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Xia was destroyed by Shang Tang. Chengtang, who established the Shang Dynasty, was well aware of the ambitions of the Sanmiao and Wu people, so he sent envoys to Wucheng , I hope it can be repaired forever. The Wu people hated the Xia Dynasty. It should be said that Shang Tang avenged the hatred of the Sanmiao Wu people, so the Wu people, inspired by Shang Tang Renyi, were willing to become the Fang Kingdom of the Shang Dynasty (a country or tribe that surrendered to the Shang Dynasty). According to research, today's Wucheng ruins may be the capital of Fang State at that time.

The good-neighborly friendship with the Shang Dynasty allowed the Wu people to once again have a peaceful pastoral life. This time the Wu people dedicated their four special wines to the Shang king, not to curse the descendants of Shang Tang for the subjugation of the country, but to willingly surrender to the benevolence and righteousness of the Shang Dynasty.

After the Site wine was presented to Shang Tang, it was quickly sought after by the Shang nobles. The supply of Site wine in Wucheng soon exceeded the demand, so Wucheng, the capital of the Fang Kingdom of the Wu people, was praised by the Shang nobles as " Liquor City". Judging from the various wine vessels unearthed from the Wucheng site, such as goblets, zuns, jues, and 杝, the Wu people were already very skilled in brewing wine at that time, and the wines were not in vain.

"Chen" is the official who manages various specific affairs of the royal family in the Shang Dynasty. There are chief workers who are experts in all kinds of work, Shi who is in charge of food collection, Mu Zheng who is in charge of animal husbandry, Shou Zheng who is in charge of hunting, and Zheng who is in charge of hunting. The brewing wine is waiting. The pottery pieces with the word "chen" discovered from the Wucheng site may be the traces left by the "chen" son of the wine master of the Shang Dynasty when he fetched wine from the wine capital of Wudi; perhaps the word "chen" also confirms that the Wu people were willing to call themselves ministers of the Shang Dynasty broad mind.

Judging from the bronzes unearthed in Wucheng today, the bronzes in Wucheng have their own independent cultural style, but they are also influenced by Shang culture. Today, these rusty bronzes fully bear witness to the inextricable historical facts of Wucheng as a wine capital and the Shang Dynasty.

The inheritance of fine wines is praised by Chu Ci

The pace of history continues to move forward, and human beings always cover the traces of the past with new developments. In 1046 BC, King Wu of Zhou defeated the Shang army in the "Battle of Muye", forcing Shang Zhou to burn himself to death. The Shang Dynasty in the Bronze Age was replaced by another powerful dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty.

At this time, the "four special wines" were no longer just the four special wines of Wucheng or Zhangshu. The spread of the reputation of the "wine capital" and the increase in production made the "four special wines" begin to become more popular. vast area. By the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, that is, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in history, half of the area of ??camphor trees belonged to Wu and half to Yue. The "four special wines" spread wider and wider with the scope of these different feudal states. They followed Wu into Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then It crossed into Fujian and Guangdong and followed Chu into the two lakes.

As the forces of various countries compete for the Po-Gan River Basin, they become enemies over wine. Wucheng, the "wine capital", has become a treasure land for all countries to compete for. The relationship between the "four special wines" and the "wine capital" The name is also deeply embedded in the culture of Jiangnan.

In the Warring States Period, the Chu State, one of the "Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period", was the most powerful. It took the "wine capital" Wucheng and its surrounding areas as its own, and made Wucheng worship the "Four Specials" all year round. "Wine" was enjoyed by the aristocratic class of the Chu State, and the "Four Special Wines" became the national wine of the Chu State. The luxurious and elegant drinking etiquette of the upper class of Chu State provided the "Four Special Wines" with a stage to show their unique style. Promote the continuous development of "Four Special Wines".

When Qu Yuan was young, he was a member of the aristocracy of Chu State at the end of the Warring States Period. He was always intoxicated by the aroma of the "Four Special" wines, expressing his hope that the beautiful Chu State would always be strong. In the "Calling Souls" chapter of "The Songs of Chu", Qu Yuan described the scene of a noble banquet with four special wines. He said: "If you drink it coldly, it will be cooler; if you drink it with zhou, it will be cooler; if you drink it with wine, it will be old." These." express the elegance and feelings of the nobles of Chu State who were intoxicated when drinking "four special wines".

Getting Connected with Taoism and Praising Immortal Wine

In 221 BC, the Qin State established a unified feudal country for the first time on the land of China. Qin officially established Xingan County in the territory of Wu, namely Zhangshu.

In order to consolidate the feudal system, the Han Dynasty established Xingan County, Xincheng County, Yichun County, Jiancheng County, and Hanping County in Zhangshu. At this time, the private property of ordinary people in Zhangshu increased and their living conditions improved. improvement. Under this circumstance, the "four special wines" broke out of the exclusive status of the aristocratic class and began to spread among the people.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the drinking utensils used by the nobles in Zhangshu were jade and porcelain, while ordinary people generally used low-priced pottery drinking utensils. One of the main drinking utensils, it represents the rise of Zhangshu folk wine culture at that time.

The "double-eared pottery cup" is made of local red clay and covered with glaze. It is flat and oval in shape, with an ear-shaped handle on each side of the long side. Holding a cup with both hands and drinking it all in one gulp was the way to drink at that time, which reflected the generous drinking style of the ancients. Folk wine sets are made of ordinary materials and simple in appearance. They lack the elegance of noble wine sets, but they embody a kind of practicality and are organically integrated with the lifestyle of ordinary people.

After enjoying the aroma of fine wine, changes in the lives of ordinary people also prompted them to pursue more spiritual comfort and sustenance. Gods and immortals were the main ways of spiritual sustenance for the ancients. Under this situation, Taoism, whose main content is "refining elixirs to become immortals", was founded and rapidly developed throughout the country.

Zhang Daoling is the founder of Taoism. His original name is Zhang Ling, and his courtesy name is Fu Han. He is the eighth grandson of Zhang Liang, an important minister of the Han Dynasty, and a native of Peiguofeng County in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was originally a scholar of Taixue University. He was eager to learn and learned a lot from the Five Classics. He was able to read the Tao Te Ching at the age of seven. He knew everything about astronomy and geography, and he grew up to be a learned man. Later, he abandoned his official position to realize Taoism and founded Taoism, commonly known as "Five Pecks of Rice Sect". After Zhang Daoling ascended to heaven, he was named Zhengyi Zhenren's three-day mage and controlled the six virtual worlds. He was honored as "Zhang Tianshi" by later generations.

Before becoming an immortal, Zhang Daoling visited famous mountains all over the world in search of the way to attain Taoism. Later, I went to Zhangshu, known as the "wine capital", and couldn't resist the temptation of the four special wines. I got drunk at the foot of Gezao Mountain for three days. After I woke up, I felt that the canopy was bright and refreshing, and I suddenly understood "Tao, Heaven, Earth, and King" ( The "four major" essences of Taoism. After that, Zhang Daoling built a cottage in Longhu Mountain, learned the Taoism and Dharma while drunkenly drinking in the camphor tree, practiced with great concentration, and finally became an immortal.

Zhang Tianshi became enlightened and became friends with Site Wine because of his drunken Site. After that, another legendary figure in Taoism, Ge Xuan, also formed an indissoluble bond with the camphor tree because of Site Wine.

Ge Xuan, whose courtesy name was Xiaoxian, was a native of Danyang, Wu State, from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period. Born into a famous eunuch family, he was born handsome and wise in nature. He was eager to learn since he was a child, and he was well-read in all the histories passed down to his children. He was famous in Jiangzuo when he was fifteen or sixteen years old. When he was more than ten years old, he lost both his parents. He deeply felt that life is impermanent, so he decided to learn Taoism. In the end, he cultivated and became an immortal, and was named "Tai Chi Immortal", known as "Ge Immortal" in the world.

An important method for Ge Xuan to make alchemy is to "combine medicine with wine". Therefore, he visited famous mountains and rivers to find a place to make alchemy. When he came to Zhangshu, which is known as the "wine capital", Ge Xuan immediately He was attracted by the mellow and fragrant Site wine. When he saw the ethereal Gezao Mountain again, Ge Xuan decided to dig an elixir well at the foot of Gezao Mountain, build a medicine bath, and concentrate on refining elixirs and practicing Taoism.

According to local legend, Ge Xuan had deep magical power and could "thorn trees to produce water" when he came to Ge Zao Mountain. After practicing for several years in Ge Zao Mountain, Ge Xuan finally learned how to "thorn trees to produce wine". The wine flowing down from the tree is of the same origin as the four special ones and is used to make elixirs and mix medicines.

Ge Xianweng also opened an altar in Gezao Mountain to recruit disciples, and his method of using four special wines to make elixirs and combine medicines also spread. With the development of Taoism, Ge Xianweng's disciples spread all over China, and the reputation of Site Wine spread further and further. Ge Xianweng combined wine with medicine in Gezao Mountain, which not only made Site Wine famous far and wide, but also promoted the development of the local medicinal materials industry. The foundation of camphor tree as China’s “Medicine Capital” was laid here. Since then, Site Wine has formed an indissoluble bond with Taoism and Chinese medicine, and "Xianjiu" has become another unique honor after Site Wine won the title of "Liquor Capital".

Returning to the countryside and expressing emotions through wine poems

China’s thousands of years of splendid culture cannot be separated from wine, and Chinese culture is filled with a strong aroma of wine. Poetry, wine, and literati are interdependent and have become a unique landscape in Chinese culture. The great poet Tao Yuanming, who was obsessed with wine and was revered as the "Sage of Wine" by later generations, is a model in this cultural landscape.

Tao Yuanming, also known as Qian, with the courtesy name Yuanliang, posthumous title Jingjie, and nickname Mr. Wuliu, was born in Yichun and was born during the wars in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Seeing that the government was deteriorating, Tao Yuanming, who was "unwilling to give in for five buckets of rice", only stayed in the post of Pengze County Magistrate for one month before resigning and going into seclusion.

Tao Yuanming lived in seclusion at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, less than a hundred miles away from the camphor trees. "The servants welcome you, and the young children wait for the door. The three paths are deserted, but the pines and chrysanthemums still remain. When you bring your children into the house, there are bottles of wine." This is a portrayal of his mood when he resigned and went into seclusion.

The beautiful landscape and leisurely life of the camphor tree gave Tao Yuanming poetic connotation, and the rich Site wine produced by the camphor tree made Tao Yuanming, who was addicted to alcohol, burst into ideas. Tao Yuanming described the situation when he was writing poems like this: "I have nothing to do, and the night is long. I occasionally have famous wines, and I drink them all night long. I look at the shadow alone, and suddenly I get drunk again. After I am drunk, I often write a few sentences to entertain myself. "In Tao Yuanming's "The Biography of Mr. Wu Liu", he wrote: "He is addicted to alcohol and his family is poor, so he cannot get it often. He retreated when he was drunk, and he did not hesitate to leave and stay. Since his death."

During the years when he returned to his hometown to live in seclusion, Tao Yuanming wrote a large number of poems, especially those about wine. We live in troubled times, and we don’t see many talented people. What can be better than good wine to relieve the depression in our hearts? The camphor tree, which is rich in four famous wines, gave Tao Yuanming an excellent place to rest his mind. I really don’t know whether the wine made the poet, or the poet made the wine.

Tao Yuanming once wrote 20 poems on "Drinking", "The cold and heat are metabolized, and human nature is like this. A master understands his meeting, and his passing will no longer doubt him; suddenly with a bottle of wine, he stays happily day and night." "I have forgotten all my worries, and I have left behind my worldly feelings. Even if I go into the cup alone, the cup will pour itself out."

Tao Yuanming also wrote "Stop Drinking". "I live in the next city, and I am free and at ease. I sit under the high shade and walk in the gate of the pigeon. The good taste stops the sunflowers in the garden, and the joy stops the childish ones. I don't stop drinking in my life, and I don't feel happy when I stop drinking." The name is "stop drinking", But it is "stop drinking and love without joy". The drinking will never stop!

"The fate of life will eventually come to an end, and this has been said in ancient times. There are pine trees and qiaos in the world, but where will they be today? Therefore, the old man gave me the remaining wine, saying that he would become an immortal by drinking. Try to drink hundreds of emotions far away, and suddenly you will drink again. Forget the sky. The sky is gone, Ren Zhen has no idea. The eight wings will return in a moment. The body has been transformed for forty years, so what is the meaning of the heart? "Drinking Alone in the Rain" by Tao Yuanming. "What can I say when my heart is in a state of mind?" What I feel in silence is the detachment that is transformed into something external. Everything is like a Zen smile while holding a flower.

The poet expresses his emotions through wine. Through this poem and this wine, we seem to be able to still have a dialogue with the poet who lived more than a thousand years ago, and truly feel the poet's heart and soul.

The poetry and wine of the prosperous Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty, this was the golden age of China. China in the Tang Dynasty was also a country of poetry, and Tang poetry reached the highest peak of Chinese classical poetry. Poetry and wine are like a pair of lovers, closer than ever at this time.

Whether it is saying goodbye in a long pavilion, or having friends coming from afar; whether it is wandering under the moon, or having a night banquet in a high-rise building; whether it is expressing one's feelings, or traveling alone; whether it is Wu Palace, Yan City, or the desert. Wine is indispensable for all, and poetry is also indispensable.

Poetry and wine merge in the poet: poetry is the monologue of the poet's soul; wine is the catalyst for the poet's inspiration. Wine, poetry, and poets were perfectly combined in the glorious era of the Tang Dynasty, writing the most splendid chapter for Chinese culture.

Zhangshu, which is famous as the city of wine, is not only a place that can produce fine wines. The influence of wine culture also made Zhangshu and Site wine write a rich and colorful history in the Tang Dynasty, an era of unprecedented prosperity of Chinese culture. One stroke.

In the ninth year of Tang Yuanhe (814 AD), the famous poet Bai Juyi took office as Sima of Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi) and lived here for four years. During this period, Bai Juyi was particularly obsessed with Site wine. In the winter of the twelfth year of Yuanhe (817 AD), the weather was cold. Someone sent Bai Juyi a jar of Site New Wine. Bai Juyi wrote a poem to his friend Liu Shijiu as an invitation: "Green ants newly fermented wine, red mud small stove. It's snowing in the evening, can you have a drink?" Bai Juyi's descendants settled next to the camphor trees in the "Liquor Capital" and prospered.

To this day, these descendants of the Bai family still live in Houqiao Village, Liwei Town, Dongxiang County, Zhangshu.

In the fifteenth year of Tang Yuanhe (820 AD), another great literary giant and one of the leaders of the Tang Dynasty classical literature movement, Han Yu, also came to Jiangxi and became the governor of Yuanzhou (now Yichun, Jiangxi). Han Yu was a good drinker, and he once had a famous saying that goes, "If you don't drink, you won't know what to do if you have wine."

Han Yu served as the governor of Yuanzhou for only nine months, but in these nine months, Han Yu did two great things for the local people: one was to free slaves; All debt-bonded slaves were returned to their parents, all debts were cancelled, and 732 slaves were liberated. Secondly, academies were established, attaching great importance to culture and education, advocating pragmatic writing style, and stimulating and cultivating a number of groups such as Lu Zhao, Yi Zhong, and Huang Po. students.

Due to his dedication to benefiting the people, Han Yu won the love of the local people. When he was about to leave office, the people came together to send him gifts. Han Yu declined all the gifts, but only left a jar of four special wines. After that, Han Yu still remembered the old days of Yuanzhou and the four special wines, so he wrote a sentimental work such as "Send Wine to the Horse Waiter".

Li Deyu, a famous prime minister in the Tang Dynasty, was also demoted to Jiangxi in the ninth year of Dahe in Tang Dynasty (835 AD) and served as governor of Yuan Dynasty. After Li Deyu arrived in Yuanzhou, he lived in the chemical rock in the north of the city. Li Deyu often invited local scholars to Huachengyan to enjoy drinking and writing poems. There is a stone near the metamorphic rock called the "sobering stone". It is said that it can sober up alcohol. After having fun, the drunk Li Deyu often lay on the sobering stone, unaware of the whiteness of the east.

Zheng Gu, courtesy name Shouyu, was born in Ximen, Yuanzhou District, Yichun City today, in the second year of Dazhong reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (848 AD). His imperial examination and official career were quite bumpy. He took the exam ten times and was only ranked on the gold medal list when he was 40 years old. Then due to the turmoil of the current situation, he remained depressed in officialdom. Although his official career was not smooth, Zheng Gu's achievements in poetry and prose were extraordinary. 325 of his poems were included in "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty". Among them, "Partridge" is known as Jingjue, so he is also called "Zheng Partridge".

Zheng Gu also likes wine. As a Yichun native, he especially loves Site wine. There must be poetry when there is wine. Among Zheng Gu's drinking poems, there are "Lying on the pillow and sleeping in the afternoon in the spring, and sleeping soundly with wine is the most leisurely body", "In spring, lying in the urn while listening to the wine, dew singing in the courtyard waiting for the flowers to bloom", which are full of leisure and elegance. sentence, but the ups and downs he experienced made his drinking poems contain more sentimental sentences such as "I don't mind the ant wine that washes my lungs, but I remember the fisherman's illness." . Through these poems, we seem to see a drunken and melancholy poet, whose chest is full of depression and helplessness of unrealized ambitions.

In the Tang Dynasty, not only was culture unprecedentedly prosperous, but there were also some major breakthroughs in brewing technology. Before the Tang Dynasty, wine was brewed using the ancient method of brewing wine, which was to steam rice or glutinous rice and add rice cakes to ferment it. In the Tang Dynasty, the distillation method of brewing wine first appeared in Zhangshu, the "wine capital" where the brewing industry was highly developed. Compared with brewing wine, the distillation method uses heating to make wine, which can extract higher purity wine. The wine brewed in this way has a higher alcohol content and a stronger aroma, and the blending methods are more diverse, and can be prepared into A more distinctive wine. In the late Tang Dynasty, "Site Tushao" (called "Site Tushao" by locals and "Qingjiang Tushao" in other places) has been recorded in classics. "Shao" means to heat, so the wine brewed by heating using the distillation method is called "Shochu", which is what we call liquor. The emergence of "Four Special Local Burning" created a new history for China's liquor industry.

The Medicine Market in the Liquor City, a double wall between the two Song dynasties

In Zhangshu, the tradition of "combining medicine with wine" passed down by Ge Xianweng made medicinal wine a specialty among the people in Zhangshu. "Medicine and wine are inseparable" and "medicine and wine are integrated" have become the most common concepts among camphor trees. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the medicinal materials of camphor tree developed together with the wine making industry. In the third year of Chunhua (AD 992), a "medicine market" was established in camphor tree. The "Liquor City" and "Medicine Market" complement each other, and the camphor tree economy is flourishing. Song Yuan, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote a poem to recall the scene at that time, "Who wrote a poem about the medicine market, and the new abundance of wine."

The distillation and brewing method invented in the Tang Dynasty began to gradually replace the traditional brewing method in the Northern Song Dynasty.

After the Southern Song Dynasty established its capital in Lin'an (today's Hangzhou, Zhejiang), the ruling area was limited to the Jiangnan area. As the originator of Jiangnan Shaojiu, "Sidi Shaoshao" quickly spread to the vast area south of the Yangtze River.

The Song Dynasty was a dynasty with a prosperous literary style, and the relationship between the four special earth-burning and literati is still the same as before.

Zhu Xi, named Ziyang, was from Wuyuan, Huizhou (now part of Jiangxi). He summarized all the achievements of Neo-Confucianism since the Northern Song Dynasty, and thus founded the "Fujian School" and became the master of Neo-Confucianism. In the sixth year of Chunxi (1179 AD), Zhu Xi served as the local magistrate of Nankang (now Xingzi County, Jiangxi). Since then, he has come to Gaozaoshan Daodegong twice to give lectures. In addition to lecturing, Zhu Xi's four special earth burnings of camphor trees also helped Zhu Xi to leave many poems. There is still a couplet written by Zhu Xi at the Mingshui Bridge in Gezao Mountain: "The water flows against the rocks like flying snow, and the shadows of the trees on the mountain are about to turn into clouds." Another seven-rhythm poem "Inscribed on Chongzhen Palace" was written by Zhu Xi when he finished his lectures and drank farewell to Gezao Mountain. Do. The poem says: "Treading on the road Qianxun, the wind fills the forest, and the cave door is unlocked in the autumn shade. The purple typhoon is not far away, and the dragon in the Danjing returns to the deep axis of the earth. The old man in the wild is looking for the truth, and the Taoist has no intention of thanking the guest. A statue is at the bottom to celebrate the festival, Looking down at the past and present of the mountains and forests. "

In the seventh year of Chunxi (AD 1180), the poet Lu You came to Fuzhou (now Linchuan, Jiangxi) to serve as an official of Ping Tea and Salt on Jiangnan West Road. In Fuzhou, Lu You drank Site local roast from Zhangshu (then called Qingjiang). After drinking it, the poet greatly praised, "When famous wine comes to Qingjiang River, its color is as tender as a new goose." Although he has not visited the camphor tree in person, the poet's heart has already flown to the Ganjiang River with the four special wines.

The last poet in the Southern Song Dynasty who never forgot Site Wine was Wen Tianxiang, who was born in Luling, Jizhou (now Ji'an, Jiangxi). During his tenure as the magistrate of Ganzhou, Wen Tianxiang was deeply worried when faced with the situation of treacherous ministers in power and the country's imminent demise. In order to seek spiritual relief, Wen Tianxiang visited Gezao Mountain many times. In Gezao Mountain, Taoist priest Sun from Chongzhen Palace became Wen Tianxiang's close friend. Although they were far away from the temple, they were worried about national affairs. They often drank and wrote poems in Gezao Mountain to relieve their worries. The inscriptions on the Mingshui Bridge in Gezao Mountain and the couplet "Sounding in thousands of valleys, water hitting thousands of rocks" were said to have been written by Wen Tianxiang and Taoist Sun after drinking four special wines.

Four special earth-burnings, Ming Dynasty became famous

In the first year of Hongwu (AD 1368), when the Ming Dynasty was just established, Zhu Yuanzhang established Linjiang Mansion in Zhangshu. As the Ming Dynasty unified the country and the social environment stabilized, the Zhangshu economy, known as the "Liquor City" and "Medicine Market", achieved tremendous development. By the fourth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, Zhangshu and Linjiang towns had become one of the 33 important tax towns in the country at that time, and together with Jingdezhen, Wucheng Town and Hekou Town, they were known as the four famous towns in Jiangxi.

At this time, the "Four Special Local Burning" of camphor trees has been exported to all parts of Jiangnan, occupying the leading position of Jiangnan liquor. After hundreds of years of development, the distillation and brewing method of Zhangshu Site Doshao has reached a very mature level. At this time, an outstanding scientist conducted a systematic study on the brewing technology of "Site Dosha". This scientist is Song Yingxing, who wrote the scientific masterpiece "Tiangong Kaiwu".

Through learning with an open mind, Song Yingxing understood the techniques of each brewing process of Site wine, and especially studied the manufacturing technology of Site wine rice cakes. Based on the research on wine-making technology in Zhangshu, in "Tiangong Kaiwu", Song Yingxing wrote a special chapter "Qu Ti" to describe the raw materials, proportions and production of distiller's yeast, medicinal divine song and Danqu (red yeast). Technology and Product Usage.

"Tiangong Kaiwu" spread the brewing technology of Site Doshao from camphor trees to the whole country, which had a profound impact on the development of China's liquor industry. Many domestic liquors have therefore learned from "Site Dosha". "Burning" brewing technology.

Original Qingyuan, Revival of Four Characteristics

During the Qing Dynasty, Zhangshu maintained the organizational system of the Ming Dynasty and was still located in Qingjiang County, Linjiang Prefecture. "Liquor City" and "Medicine Market" are still the source of power for Zhangshu's economic development.

At that time, Zhangshu Wharf was often lined with thousands of sails, and the teahouses and taverns on the riverside old street were lined up for more than ten miles, and they were packed all year round. Zhangshu's wine-making industry continues to grow. There are more than a dozen wine-making workshops in the town, and the town's annual wine production is as high as 2 million to 3 million jins.

But until the end of the Qing Dynasty, Site wine, which had been passed down for three thousand years, was still the unified name for the products of many folk wineries in Zhangshu.

Although on the whole, the styles of the Site wines of various Zhangshu wineries are basically the same, and the wine quality is also among the top quality, it is inevitable that there are some shoddy products that have an impact on the reputation of Site wine. In this case, the task of clearing the source was completed by a winery called "Lou Yuanlong".

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a young man named Lou Deqing who worked as an apprentice at a "Wancheng Hotel" on Manzhou Street, Zhangshu Town. He is smart, studious and hard-working, and he quickly mastered the traditional brewing technology of "Site Dosha". He is also an ambitious person who decided to do something of his own. Therefore, after accumulating several years of experience, he relied on his excellent technical skills to establish a "Lou Yuanlong" hotel in partnership with Chen Yuanmao Hotel.

In the early days, the "Lou Yuanlong" hotel used the traditional "Site Doshao" small rice cake brewing process to brew distilled liquor. Although the quality of the liquor was better than that of other hotels in the town, there was no fundamental difference. Therefore, hotel operations have not developed much.

In order to change this situation, Lou Deqing first dug out the traditional Site wine brewing methods, continuously studied and learned from previous brewing methods and the brewing methods of other restaurants, and further improved rice making, fermentation, distillation, etc. Craftsmanship. With his experience and wisdom, Lou Yuanlong's wine finally stood out in the entire Zhangshu Town.

During the development process of Lou Deqing, his partner Chen Yuanmao Hotel withdrew, so he operated independently. With the newly improved high-quality four special wines, "Lou Yuanlong" has more and more customers, and its sales have surged. "Lou Yuanlong" has become famous and has become a wine giant in Zhangshu Town.

With the growth of "Lou Yuanlong", some Site wines sold under the name "Lou Yuanlong" began to appear on the market. In order to distinguish these fake products, Lou Deqing put four "te" characters on the jar of "Lou Yuanlong" Site wine, indicating that this was a truly pure "Site wine" and that the wine was special. high quality.

Since then, "Lou Yuanlong" has become the representative of the brewing of four special wines in Zhangshu, the wine capital of thousands of years. The sales of "Lou Yuanlong"'s four special wines are getting better and better, and the business has rapidly expanded to all provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. It has become the leading liquor store in the south of the Yangtze River and has opened more than ten branches in Nanchang, Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places. By the 1930s, the annual output of "Lou Yuanlong" Site wine had reached hundreds of thousands of kilograms.

Inheriting the past and improving the technology

After the warlord war in the early years of the Republic of China and the eight-year Anti-Japanese War, Lou Yuanlong's sales were greatly affected. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the market scope was basically It has shrunk to Jiangxi Province, but the unique brewing process of Site wine has still been preserved.

In 1952, in order to discover and restore the traditional famous four special wines, the Zhangshu City State-owned Tobacco and Liquor Monopoly Company was established, implemented a redemption policy for "Lou Yuanlong", prepared to build the Zhangshu Winery, and began to re-discover, develop and Expand the production of Site wine.

The conditions in the early stages of starting a business were difficult, with a lack of supplies and crude equipment. Several entrepreneurs created miracles despite the difficulties. In 1958, several masters brewed Site wine that fully conformed to the traditional flavor and quality. In 1959, mass production began, reaching an annual production capacity of 100 tons of Site wine.

In order to further improve the quality and taste of the wine, in the 1960s, the factory appointed several experienced winemakers to further improve the brewing process of Site wine, while maintaining traditional techniques. On the basis of the characteristics, some new processes were created, and finally the unique liquor brewing process of Site Liquor was formed: solid fermentation using whole grain rice as raw material, wheat bran, flour and distiller's grains to make rice dumplings, and using red strips of stone to make wine. cellar. ——The ancient method of winemaking originated here

The long history of winemaking in Jiangxi: The Wucheng area is exactly the area where Yidi was located in the legend in ancient times. "Shuowen" of the Eastern Han Dynasty has "In ancient times, Yi Di made wine mash, and Yu tasted it and found it delicious." Tao Yuanming's "Preface to Ji Shu Poems about Wine" has a description of "Yi Di made wine, and Du Kang polished it." This proves that the Jiangxi region is China's The origin of wine.

The unearthed artifacts (pottery beans, pots, saucers and other wine vessels) from the 3,500-year-old Wucheng and Acropolis sites in the Zhangshu area can be used as evidence of the developed wine culture in Jiangxi.

The "Book of Rites: The Rites of Drinking in the Countryside" describes the ritual of respecting the elderly by Chinese ancestors, using wine as a ritual and beans as utensils: "The ritual of drinking in the countryside is three beans for those who are sixty and three beans for those who are seventy. There are four beans, five beans for those who are eighty, and six beans for those who are ninety, so it is also known as Yanglao."

-The ancient method of brewing wine flourished here

The Yichun area was already famous in the Jin Dynasty. The origin of tribute wine has a historical status that lasts for thousands of years

"Book of Jin·Di Dao Ji": "Yichun County produces fine wine, and tribute is given every year."

Volume 1 of "Old Book of Tang" 05. Volume 134 of "New Book of Tang" contains: In the second year of Tianbao of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (743), a canal was dug to Chang'an, and 300 riverboats from the south of the Yangtze River were loaded with famous products from various counties. The emperor ordered all the ministers to come and watch. A ship from Yuzhang County carried Jiangxi famous wine as a tribute. The emperor sighed and said, "Benefit for all generations."

"New Tang Book·Geography": "There is Yichun wine, and the wine is brewed and paid tribute."

Song Dynasty's "Taiping Huanyu Ji": "Yichun wine brewing is carried out as tribute every year. ”

——The ancient method was spread by Tiangong Kaiwu

In the history of Jiangxi, the development of liquor industry ranks first in the country

"New Book of Tang·Biography of Wang Zhongshu" 》: "Jiangxi Jue wine benefits many other states." The wine output in Jiangxi is much higher than that in other parts of the country.

Lu You's "Pair of Wine": "When famous wine comes to Qingjiang, its color is as tender as a new goose."

"Literature Comprehensive Examination·Zheng Que Kao": During the reign of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, there were 117,000 liquor classes in Jiangxi every year, and 468,554 liquor classes in the country. Jiangxi accounted for almost 1/4, and Jiangxi liquor became the best in the world.

The "Nai Li", "Qu Zeng" and "Tao" chapters of "Tiangong Kaiwu" record the local wine making method of camphor tree. The ancient method of wine making became famous with the spread of "Tiangong Kaiwu" spread at home and abroad. With its unique brewing process and high-quality products, Site Liquor has not only won praises from great men, but also performed very well in the market. However, from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China to 1984, Site Liquor has always been in the national liquor evaluation activities. was not nominated.

Through research, Site people finally understood that the problem lay in the fragrance type. At that time, there were five major categories of liquor aroma recognized by the Chinese liquor industry: light aroma, sauce aroma, strong aroma, rice aroma and mixed aroma. Although Site Liquor has excellent quality and unique craftsmanship, it does not belong to any of the above aroma types. All the liquors rated as national excellent liquors have their own unique aroma types.

Which type of aroma does Site wine belong to?

Site first found Shen Yifang, a leader in the Chinese liquor industry and the then vice president of the China Liquor Association. In April 1987, Shen Yifang specially tasted Site Wine. After looking, smelling, and tasting, Shen Yifang believed that Site Wine was indeed a good wine, but she was also quite confused as to what type of aroma Site Wine should belong to.

Although it was difficult for Mr. Shen to come to a conclusion for the moment, it aroused his strong curiosity. The aroma issue of Site wine is not only concerned by Site people, but also becomes a concern of Shen Yifang.

On January 26, 1988, Shen Yifang personally came to Site Winery for inspection. By observing the Site Liquor production workshop and communicating with technical staff, Shen Yifang gained a deep understanding of the unique brewing process of Site Liquor. For this inspection, the rigorous Mr. Shen came to the conclusion: "Site wine is neither strong-flavored nor sauce-flavored, nor light or rice-flavored. It is a 'four different' wine. Therefore, it should be We are considering other flavors. But we still can’t decide what flavor to choose.”

On March 8, 1988, Site held a quality report meeting in Beijing. At the meeting, Shen Yifang first systematically introduced her on-site inspection at Site Winery. Then, the experts present at the meeting evaluated the Site wine from all aspects of color, aroma, taste and shape. There is a lot of controversy among experts about the aroma of Site wine. Some people think that Site wine is fragrant and elegant, so it can be called elegant type; some think that it should be called Qingya type; others think that Site wine is produced in Jiangxi, so it can be called Gan type. Finally, Mr. Zhou Henggang, China's chief liquor expert, suggested: "It's best to call it special type, and Site Liquor is special." Zhou Henggang's suggestion was initially recognized by most experts present.

On April 26, 1988, nationally renowned liquor experts such as Zhou Henggang, Shen Yifang, Cao Shushun, Yu Shumin, Jin Fenglan, Jin Peizhang, Tao Jiachi, etc. gathered at the Site Distillery to discuss the aroma of Site Liquor. to confirm.

After three days of field investigation, at the "Site Wine Style Seminar" held on April 29 of the same year, experts finally concluded the aroma type of Site Wine: the aroma type of Site Wine is the "special type" . At the same time, the experts also summarized the style of this aroma: "Whole rice is used as the raw material, rice bran is added with distiller's grains, and the wine cellar is built with red sticks and stones. It is not necessary to rely on all three aromas."

The identification of Site Liquor’s “special flavor” confirms Site Liquor’s unique position in China’s liquor industry and promotes the development of Site Liquor in the new era. Excellent wine with unique taste----Comrade Deng Xiaoping spoke highly of Site Wine during his inspection at Zhangshu

Fragrant and mellow, with endless aftertaste----Premier Zhou Enlai enthusiastically praised Site Wine at the Lushan Conference