Mao Minghai, the old man in Macheng City, has been collecting more than 1200 bottles of wine for 36 years.
Moutai bottles, Lang wine bottles, wine bottles, ghost bottles... Pot shape, tripod shape, Lohan shape, chariot shape, gourd shape... Have everything that one expects to find銆� Mao Minghai, 61 years old in Macheng, has been running around the country for 36 years, collecting 3800 bottles and more than 1200 kinds.
recently, the reporter walked into the Mao Minghai house, 3800 wine bottles neatly, different forms of "standing" on the shelf, like to welcome guests.
spend one month's salary, buy a bottle of wine
Mao Minghai had no other hobbies except drinking, drinking and reading. When his wife died in his early years, he brought up two children. Now his sons and daughters work in Shenzhen, leaving him alone with 3800 bottles.
"wine bottle has a culture about wine, which can make people feel relaxed and happy." Mao Minghai said that in March 1975, he retired from Dazhou, Sichuan, and a man sat moody on board the ship. All of a sudden, I want to drink some wine. So, when he came to the canteen on the ship, he saw a liquor named "divine liquor". It was strange that the bottle was like a dragon's mouth. He asked the waiter how much a bottle of money. The waiter said 3 yuan. At that time, he had only 3 yuan a month. At last he took the money and bought the bottle of wine. After he bought the wine, he could not bear to drink it. He kept looking at the pattern on the bottle. He felt that there was a culture on the bottle, which was worth studying. This is the first wine bottle he has collected. Since then, Mao Minghai has seen two glasses of wine bottles whenever he takes part in a dinner party.
to clean a bottle, four friends home
in April 1988, one day, Mao Minghai returned to Macheng turtle mountain home. When I was in the door, I found a porcelain bottle with a Guanyin in my friend's house. He asked for a friend, but he was rejected by his friend. He went to his friend's house for 4 times and wrapped it in soft foam. Finally, he used two bottles of wine to stay at his friend's house. The friend was forced to be forced to give him the bottle.
"for the wine bottle, I'm running around all over the country, almost all the counties and cities in Guangdong have run all over, as long as they can find a good wine bottle, no matter how far it is worth." Mao Minghai said that when he had a chance to travel before retirement, the first thing he thought of was collecting local bottles.
collect more than 130 kinds of Chinese red wine bottle
Mao Minghai said that he likes red best and has a special liking for red wine bottles. In over 30 years of collection, he collects more than 130 kinds of Chinese red wine bottles, of which there are more than 60 kinds of blue and white porcelain bottles. "This kind of porcelain bottle has been attached great importance from the Tang and Song dynasties. At that time, it was a lot of family members' families, most of which were sent by others. This kind of bottle is very valuable, so it is worth collecting. The most valuable wine bottles collected by
in some people's view, the collection of wine bottle appreciation is small, but in Mao Minghai's eyes, a wine bottle is a cultural symbol, and the wine of different times carries the memory of that time. He said that the early wine device was a big thing, there was nothing on it, and there was a decorative pattern on it. Later, the wine factory appeared, there was a logo for the publicity. Now, the wine factory has a fierce competition, the wine machine has become the eyeball, and now it advocates moderate drinking, and there are persuasive words on the bottle.