maotai town, a corner in the southwest of China, is one of the core producing areas of China liquor, and is also known as "the three famous wine towns in the world" together with Scotland in Britain and Konnek in France. Maotai region has a long history of brewing, and it can be confirmed from archaeological unearthed cultural relics that there was a brewing industry in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. According to Historical Records? Biography of Southwest Yi records that in 135 BC, Tang Meng, the envoy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, sent an envoy to South Vietnam, and tasted the citric acid sauce wine produced by the Department of Gui (now Renhuai) during the banquet of the king of South Vietnam. The unique taste was amazing. In order to please Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Tang Meng specially made a detour around the Department of Gui, and took the goulash wine for Emperor Wu. After drinking it, Emperor Wudi praised it as "sweet", so there is a saying that "Tang Meng made the western regions drink the citric acid sauce".
after the song, yuan and Ming dynasties, especially in the 3 years of Qing dynasty, the brewing industry in maotai town was more developed, and brewing workshops could be seen everywhere, especially in Chengyi, Ronghe and Hengxing, among which Zheng Yixing, the winemaker, was the object of heavy competition, and he was the best among the "four winemakers" of the Zheng family at that time. This talented winemaker is well versed in every aspect of wine making, and it depends on his experience to hire his burning workshop, from the earliest preparation to the final blending. At the Panama World Expo in 1915, the ancient Maojiu from Maotai Town, Guizhou Province, China won the gold medal in one fell swoop. It was the mellow fragrance of the ancient Maojiu of the Zhengjia winemaker that floated around the world, standing with many famous wines and winning glory for the Chinese nation. "If several bosses want to invite him, they have to contract with him a year ago. The deposit is a few gold bars, and it depends on whether he is happy." This is a legendary description of Zheng Yixing by people in Maotai Town today.
before the middle of the Qing dynasty, the ancestors of Zheng had already used Chinese medicine to make koji in the wine-making process. The secret recipe of Zheng's koji-making is composed of 117 traditional Chinese medicines, which was handed down by Zheng in the custom of "passing on children instead of daughters, passing on daughters-in-law instead of husbands". The research proves that the ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine are influenced by microorganisms in the process of koji-making and production, forming trace elements, vitamins and flavor components that are beneficial to human body, and inhibiting the growth of harmful substances, so that people do not dry their mouths and head after drinking. After the establishment of local state-owned Maotai Distillery, Zheng Yixing's wine-making skills and Zheng's secret recipe for koji-making handed down from five generations were compiled into a book and donated to the country free of charge, which laid a solid foundation for Maotai Distillery to standardize its wine-making skills and operating standards and made an epoch-making contribution. Its secret recipe for koji-making consisting of 117 Chinese herbal medicines is still a "state secret".
In p>1956, Maotai Distillery launched a campaign centered on improving product quality, and adopted Zheng Yixing's suggestion to restore traditional operation methods, and the liquor quality was gradually improved. In recognition of Zheng Yixing's outstanding contribution, the Zunyi prefectural party committee at that time specially wrote the following words: "Care in politics, care in life", and promoted Zheng Yixing to deputy director (technical director) and awarded the title of engineer.
in p>1953, Moutai started to export with the "five-star" trademark, but its design was regarded as a "political trademark" by foreign politicians, so it was resisted. In 1957, Zheng Yixing, then the technical director, put forward a new trademark design based on the beautiful legend of "flying fairy giving wine to the river" circulated by the people in Maotai Town, named "flying", and the graphics were selected from the mural fairy flying shape in Dunhuang Grottoes. Since then, "flying" brand Moutai has sold well at home and abroad.
Zheng Yixing was elected as the second and third member of the Guizhou Provincial Political Consultative Conference and the second and third representative of the National People's Congress. Since Zheng Yixing was the core force of the first generation of Kweichow Moutai after his death, Maotai Distillery made a statue of him in the Modern Pavilion of the National Wine Culture City in 1997, ranking first as the "Master of National Wine".
In p>22, in order to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Zheng Yixing, the master of national wine and the originator of modern maotai-flavor liquor, Mr. Zheng Guohua, the grandson of Zheng Yixing and the chairman of Guizhou Huaijiang Liquor Industry, initiated the establishment of Guizhou Zheng Yixing Liquor Co., Ltd. to produce the "Guitaizu" sauce with the same ancestry as Moutai, and Guitaizu Liquor Industry was responsible for global marketing, together with * * to create the "Guitaizu" sauce.
since its launch, Guitaizu sauce has won the recognition of national liquor experts and the favor of the market with its unique ecological environment, unique brewing technology, unique distinguished style, unique health quality and unique business model. Some alcoholics praised it: "the noble one comes from the ecological essence of the unity of man and nature;" The ancestors inherited the wine-making skills and craftsmanship of the national wine masters. When you taste your Taizu sauce wine, you can only believe that gold is arrogant and expensive, wood is simple, water is gentle and lovely, fire is strong and earth is thick, and these five natures blend together and shock the world. Among the jade liquid, Maotai and Guizu Zu are the only ones. The nectar is like a beauty, and the whole city returns to the country. Just one cup, the years are drunk, and the world is drunk. "