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How to contact Xinghua Village

Contact information of Xinghua Village: 0358-8236509

Introduction to Xinghua Village Attractions:

It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die. May I ask where the restaurant is? , the shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village in the distance. Although the place described in the poem is Tongling, Anhui, people are accustomed to associate Xinghua Village, the origin of Fenjiu in Shanxi, with this poem.

Xinghua Village is an ordinary village. Compared with some villages in the south of the Yangtze River, it does not have clear water and pavilions. Compared with some forest villages in the north, it does not have towering mountains and thousands of years of ice and snow. However, it is not famous for its scenery, but for its world-famous wine. Fenjiu is the pride of the people of Xinghua Village. While brewing and tasting it, the people of Xinghua Village also incorporate their own ideals and wishes into it, weaving beautiful and moving stories one after another.

There is an ancient well in Xinghua Village. To the people of Xinghua Village and Fenjiu, it is a sacred well. Legend has it that a long time ago, a Taoist priest went to drink at Zuixianju in Kehua Village. He drank a lot and left without paying a penny. The owner was kind and didn't take it seriously. He did this every day for the next few days, and finally one day he got drunk near the well in front of the shop. The aroma of alcohol came out of his nose and poured straight into the well, turning the water into wine. From then on, the water in this well turned into fragrant and sweet wine, and this well was regarded as a sacred well. The ancient well in front of Xinghua Village today is the legendary divine well. Fenjiu, which is famous both at home and abroad, is brewed with water of the same origin. It is said that the well water in Xinghua Village does have its own magic. When used for cooking, the water will not overflow the pot; when put into containers, it will not rust or corrode; when used for washing clothes, it will be soft and clean; when used for making wine, it will be soft and sweet, which shows its The water quality is excellent.

As for the wine in Xinghua Village, literati of all ages wrote poems and carved steles praising the wine. Fu Shan, a patriotic poet and calligrapher in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, once personally inscribed the four words "De Dao Hua Xiang" for this well. Now if you look closely, you can still see it on the stone wall next to the well. It is said that there was originally a pavilion built next to the well, named Zhongming Pavilion. There is a stele outside the pavilion. According to ancient inscriptions, the water from the well tastes sweet and refreshing, and the water used to make wine is fragrant and fragrant. It is the source of Fenjiu and Bamboo Leaf Green Wine. There is also the Du Gong Temple in the south of the well, which was built by later generations to commemorate Du Mu. Unfortunately, the ancient stele pavilion and ancestral hall have been destroyed, and the current stele pavilion was rebuilt by modern people.

Xinghua Village has unique conditions for making wine. The climate here is mild and humid, the land is fertile, and the sorghum produced in abundance has plump grains and high starch content, making it a top-quality wine. Moreover, the underground water is rich in storage, of high quality and sweet in taste. Since ancient times, it has the reputation of being sweeter than the mulberry trees in Hedong, and clear and refreshing even if the luxuriant spring plows are insufficient. It is said that wine making in Xinghua Village began in the Northern Wei Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,500 years. Volume 11 of "Book of Northern Qi" contains a record: The emperor was in Jinyang, and he issued an order saying: I drink two cups of Fenqing, and I advise you to drink two cups in Ye. Yu Xin, a poet of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, once wrote: Bamboo leaf wine in three springs, a poem with a melody of strings, the earliest recorded bamboo leaf green wine, etc. According to records, in the Tang Dynasty, there were 72 wine shops in Xinghua Village, which increased to more than 220 in the mid-Qing Dynasty. In 1875, a Fenyang squire named Wang founded Baoquan Yijiu Workshop in Xinghua Village, which is world-famous for its production of Laobai Fenjiu. In 1915, it merged with Dehoucheng and Chongshengyong and changed its name to Yiquanyong. That year, Lao Baifen won the gold medal at the Panama International Exposition. "Bingzhou Xinbao", with the reputation of German wine, An Nei Jiao Chi, vented its anger for domestic products, cheered to the Chinese people and said: Lao Baifen is shining in North and South America, and the Panama race is a blockbuster. Since then, Fenjiu has become famous both at home and abroad. Jinyu Fenjiu Company was born in 1919. Fenjiu has won international awards twice and domestic championships six times. The state-owned Xinghuacun Fen Liquor Factory was established in 1949. By 1993, it had developed into one of the largest famous liquor production bases in China. It was restructured into Shanxi Xinghuacun Fenjiu (Group) Company and became a large company with diversification in brewing, services, tourism, etc. There are Xinghua Village Hotel, travel agency and other departments. Nowadays, traveling to Xinghua Village is actually a visit to Xinghua Village Fen Distillery.

Xinghua Village is the most representative wine-making holy place in China’s wine culture. The history of wine-making in Xinghua Village is a microcosm of the history of Chinese wine-making. Today's Xinghua Village Winery is a microcosm of the history of Xinghua Village's winemaking in the past. Xinghua Village attracts many tourists with its unique wine culture tourism resources. The most popular place to visit when visiting Xinghua Village Fen Winery is Zuixianju. This is a famous wine culture garden built by the winery to promote wine culture. It has monument corridors, pavilions, rockeries, beautiful trees and other scenery. The most important thing is There is a wine vessel museum inside. The museum is the first professional wine vessel museum in the country and currently has the most comprehensive collection. According to the staff of the museum, the museum has collected more than 1,000 pieces of wine vessels and drinking utensils from the third generation to the Republic of China. These utensils are basically drinking vessels or drinking utensils collected within a radius of a hundred miles with Xinghua Village as the center. Wine vessels, these vessels are physical evidence of the long history of winemaking in Xinghua Village. At the same time, it has also collected more than 3,000 calligraphy and painting works by celebrities since liberation, including the "Qingming" poem written by Mao Zedong himself. For long-term preservation, three stele galleries have been built in the country, and hundreds of famous works have been carved into stele, and many famous works have been carved into wooden couplets.

It is worth mentioning that in this famous hometown of liquor, Xinghua Village people and Xinghua Village Winery built this wine history museum with the main collection of wine vessels from past dynasties. The history of winemaking in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River provides a large amount of physical evidence.

Today, we have the honor to be guests in Xinghua Village and walk into this apricot garden where wine, painting, poetry and calligraphy are unparalleled. When admiring these wine vessels and calligraphy and painting works, we can feel the fragrance of books in Xinghua Village everywhere, as if we are wandering in the wine culture. In the ocean, I couldn't help but feel my heart surge and be filled with emotions.

Today, Xinghua Village has become the seat of Fenjiu Group Company, an ancient capital of wine culture, and a tourist attraction. The Wine Culture Exhibition Hall and Wine History Museum here display the history of wine making in Xinghua Village, and also display the style of wine culture. Today's Xinghua Village has picturesque factory scenery and flowing wine. The famous wines Fenjiu, Zhuyeqing, Baiyufen, Rose Fen and Beitejia have all entered the domestic and foreign markets and become the best wines. Xinghua Village Winery is experiencing its most prosperous period.