在国外每逢新船下水庆典活动举行之时,必不可少地要由船主(或船主代表)的夫人在船下滑前“打香槟酒”,一般称之为掷瓶礼。为什么“打香槟酒”?据说,此俗起源于古代的西方,那时航海还十分冒险的职业,由于科学技术的落后,船毁人亡的海难事故时有发生。当时,无线电还没有问世,人们没有合适的通讯手段。因此每当船只遇有不测,只好将遇难的船名、失事日期、失事方位以及遇难船员的姓名、籍贯和其他一些 Whenever a new boat launching ceremony is held in foreign countries, it is indispensable that the wife of the owner (or the owner of the ship) “play champagne” before the boat slips, which is generally called a throwing ceremony. Why “champagne”? It is said that this vulgar originated in the ancient West, when navigation is also very risky occupation, due to backward science and technology, shipwreck accidents have occurred. At that time, radio was not yet available and people did not have the proper means of communication. Therefore, whenever a vessel encounters an accident, he has to classify the vessel name, date of calamity, calamity, name of the crew member, origin and other