On completion of filling, tanks were either inoculated the same day with a small yeast dose, or kept as cool as possible for some extended coldsoaking.
Soaking the clothesline in salt water will also prevent clothes from sticking to it in cold weather.
把晾衣绳在盐水里浸泡一下也可防止衣服被冻在上面。
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By the Tang Dynasty, however, the people in Chang'an preferred to gather under pavilions, soaking watermelons and pears in cold water, drinking wine and writing poetry, returning home only after dark.