《中国文物报》2000年3月22日第一版登载的许显成先生《青海发现早期酿酒器具》一文中,将青海省平安县平安镇东村出土的一个球形、底部外侧带有一短小流咀的汉代绳纹陶瓮认定为“酿酒器具”是错误的,这件文物应为“酿醋器具”。这件文物鉴定定名之所以错误,是因为鉴定者对我国传统的酿酒和酿醋生产工艺不了解。从文献记载和墓葬刻石中,我们可以清楚地看出,我国从汉代到 “Chinese cultural relics,” March 22, 2000 the first edition of published Xu Xiancheng “found in early Qinghai wine appliances,” a text of the Ping’an County, Ping An Town, Qinghai Province unearthed a ball, the bottom of the outer with a short Tsui The Han Dynasty jacquard urn identified as “brewery ” is wrong, this artifact should be “brewing vinegar ”. The reason for this identification of cultural relics is wrong, because the appraisers of our country’s traditional brewing and vinegar production process do not understand. From the records and tombs carved stone, we can clearly see that our country from the Han Dynasty to