Why before the launch, people often break a bottle of wine?

The ritual began by holding up a bottle of wine tied with a rope and hitting it hard into the wall of the ship to splash around.

In fact, smashing a bottle of wine every time a ship launches existed long ago, earlier than the birth of ships powered by fuel or coal.

Meanwhile, going to sea, whether catching, trading or even moving from one region to another is extremely dangerous because of frequent accidents and shipwrecks due to the weather, storms and winds. Safety measures have not developed as today. The number of casualties is relatively large.

Breaking a bottle of wine when there is a ship launched has existed a long time ago.

In addition, the communication on the sea is extremely difficult, so every time a serious accident or incident occurs, the crew often have the habit of writing a warning message and putting it in a bottle of wine (usually It was champagne because it was their favorite drink) and dropped into the sea in the hope of passing by boats.

But amidst the vast sea, even getting a bottle of wine is difficult to locate where the distressed ship is coming to rescue.

Therefore, people often pound bottles of wine into the wall of the ship (or the bow) when the ship first launches with the belief that it will eliminate the ills and incidents that relatives can meet. On the sea and the trip will be smooth sailing and peaceful return.

Smash the bottles into the walls of the ship when launching with the desire to dispose of black.

Long time ago, from those days, they also had similar rituals to bless their ship. However the Greeks did not break the bottles of wine but they wore olive garlands around their heads, drank wine to honor the gods, and poured them on the new boat to bless it.

A little different, often sacrificing a cow and the strong ones sprinkle some fresh color on their own boats.