As the saying goes, "Where famous wines are produced, there must be a good spring". Throughout China's famous wines and high-quality wines, most of them are made from groundwater with excellent water quality, especially crystal clear and sweet spring water. For example, Kweichow Moutai, known as the "national wine", is the Chishui River where mountain springs converge, and the water is clear and delicious. Luzhou Laojiao Tequ, Sichuan, takes the water from "Longquan Well". Tsingtao beer, which is famous at home and abroad, relies on Laoshan mineral water. Shaoxing rice wine is made of mirror-clear Jianhu water. Shanxi Fenjiu, which is famous for its thousand years, uses the well water of Xinghua Village. Yanghe Daqu, which is famous in five continents, benefits from the cool and sweet water of Yanghe "Beauty Spring" and has a unique style of "sweet, soft, clean and fragrant".
Yanghe, formerly known as Baiyang River. There is a clear spring at the bend of Baiyang River, which is called Beauty Spring. Where did Baiyang River come from, and why did Beauty Spring come into being? There are beautiful and moving stories circulating among the people.
It is said that more than 2, years ago, Xiang Yu, the overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty, led 8, soldiers across the Yangtze River in Dongwu, and went to Huaishui to overthrow the rule of the Qin Dynasty. Soon after, he passed by Yuji ditch, settled in Yujiazhai and his Hakka village house, and led troops to practice every day. Before the expedition, Xiang Yu invited all the soldiers to drink to cheer up the morale. Because she used a lot of wine, Empress Yuji led many maids to Yujigou to fetch water for the brewer to make wine. Xiang Yu and his soldiers drank the fragrant wine from this altar and even praised it.
Xiang Yu was very excited and admired because Empress Yuji personally brought water to brew wine. He was so drunk that when he was excited, he took a hip flask and grabbed a jade cup, rode on a black horse, urged the horse to whip and ran. From Luoma Lake, I ran to the south foot of Maling Mountain, standing on the hill of my hometown, holding my head high and shouting, "I want all the villagers and elders to taste this beautiful beauty wine!" " Xiang Yu said, and he poured a full glass of wine, throwing the pot and cup into the air. The jade cup and hip flask were immediately smashed on the big bluestone at the head of Malingshan Mountain, and the sweet wine was sprayed out. Where the wine drops, it drops a small dimple. In the blink of an eye, the dimple becomes a spring, and some springs turn into a river when the water flows out. As long as water is taken from these springs and rivers to make wine, the wine will be sweet and sweet, and taste as good as the wine drunk by the overlord of Chu. It is said that Baiyang River and Meiren Spring; Tian Quan of Huaihe River Water and Gaogou Winery in Sihong Shuanggou Winery; The Phoenix Spring at the foot of Maling Mountain in Suqian, etc., are all formed by Xiang Yu's sprinkling of wine and dripping springs. Since then, the Baiyang River has been formed; Take water from Baiyang River to make wine, which is mellow and sweet. Legend has it that one year, Lv Dongbin, a fairy, rode a white goat, took Xianhe Sui, and drove a colorful auspicious cloud around. On this day, when he passed over the Baiyang River, there were waves of mellow wine, which were thick and thin, as if there were none. At this moment, Lv Dongbin was addicted to alcohol. When he walked down again, a strong smell of wine rushed in, which made him feel excited. He fell to the ground involuntarily, drooling, licking his mouth and boasting, "Good wine, good wine!" At this time, he crept into the brewing trough, used invisibility, and learned the old method of the Monkey King, cast spells, let out sleepy, and let the winemaker fall asleep. Then, Lv Dongbin had a drink and had a good time. Then he untied the wine gourd and filled it up, and quickly drove Xiangyun and ran away. Because I was drunk in a daze, I slipped away in a hurry, leaving the white goat and Xianhesui I was riding. Since then, the white goat and this Xianhesui plant have settled on the bank of Baiyang River. Since then, the Baiyang River area has witnessed bumper harvests, prosperous livestock and stronger wine fragrance. People say that because the white goat and the ear of Xianhe bring the gospel to Baiyang River, they also take "Yanghe" as the pronoun of "Yanghe". On the logo of Yanghe Daqu's "Yanghe" brand, there stands a white goat in the middle, surrounded by two ears of rice, which symbolizes "good luck, long life".
This beautiful Baiyang River in history was washed away by the Yellow River, and since then, it has become a waste Yellow River beach filled with flying sand. The barren wasteland of generations has changed now. When you look up, you can see the pieces of fruit forests, sparkling fish ponds, flocks of geese and ducks, and towering trees. Here, it presents a vibrant scene.
Now, although the Baiyang River no longer exists, the Beauty Spring still exists, and her sweet spring water and beautiful legend will remain in the world forever. "Enchanted people are not drunk, famous wine, might as well even drink three cups. A bite, full of wine, three cups of belly, enough for a hundred days! " This is a poem by the famous poet Huang Dongcheng praising Yanghe Daqu liquor.
Yanghe Daqu, which is famous for its high quality and high yield, is named after the land. This wine is brewed from the cool and sweet Yanghe "Meiren Spring" water and has a unique style of "sweet, soft, clean and fragrant". For hundreds of years, it has been prosperous for a long time.
Jiangsu Yanghe Winery, which produces Yanghe fine wine, is located in Yanghe Town at the junction of Siyang, Sucheng and Sihong counties in northern Jiangsu. Xu (Zhou) Huai (An) Highway passes through the ancient town, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is close to the north of the town, with smooth traffic, prosperous market and a long history of brewing. "Siyang County Records" contains: "Yanghe Daqu is said to have enjoyed great fame in the Tang Dynasty, and it is even more famous in the Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 4 years. At that time, merchants from 9 provinces including Shanxi, Shandong and Anhui set up troughs in Yanghe to make wine. " Guangxu's "Records of Huai 'an Prefecture" records that "... since the dawn, salt, wine and oil have been the most important, and the wine used to be wormwood and pearls, but in fact it is both wine and koji". Tomorrow's Fu Zhi records: "Before Zhengde, Huaijiu was famous." According to textual research, the Huai liquor here mainly includes Yanghe Daqu. During the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, there were 27 troughs in Yanghe. More than 7 famous winemakers from inside and outside the province gathered here to compete for wine.
Wei occupies the reputation of "the first family in the south of the Yangtze River" and is listed as a tribute of the Qing royal family. According to historical records, during the second southern tour of Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong stayed in Suqian Palace for seven days, and after tasting Yanghe Daqu, he left a eulogy that "the wine tastes mellow and really good". In 4 years (1915) and 12 years (1915), he won the title of international famous wine and the international prize at Panama International Famous Wine Expo and Nanyang International Famous Wine Competition respectively.
as the old saying goes, "where a famous wine is produced, there must be a good spring". At the corner of Baiyang River in the west of Yanghe Ancient Town, there used to be a large area of reeds, among which there was a pond with clear water like a mirror, and the spring was full of flowers, which was called "God Spring" by the locals. Whether in dry year or waterlogging year, this well is always flowing and the water level is always balanced. There are many beautiful legends about the origin of this "God Spring". According to legend, there was a beautiful girl named May in Yanghe town at that time. She was kind-hearted and ingenious. Due to poor family, parents died one after another because of poverty and illness; May and her grandmother were left alone. Soon, May was hired as a servant by a local bully rich man. The bully often asks her to go to town to buy him wine. Once, on the way to buy wine, May saw a poor villager who was sick. She felt sorry for her, so she gave the money for buying wine to the poor man. What if I have no money to buy wine? May used his quick wits to scoop up a pot of spring water in the well and go back to work. Unexpectedly, the bully thought that "wine" was sweeter than usual, so he asked May, "Where did you buy this good wine?" May prevaricated and said, "I bought it in a new trough workshop in Yanghe town." The bully believed it, so he ordered May to buy him wine in this trough in the future. Since then, May has often scooped back the spring water from the spring, and used the money to buy wine to help some poor villagers. Soon, the bully found out the secret and was very angry, so he followed May. When May went to the spring to scoop water again, he pushed May into the spring. After May's death, this spring was more fragrant. In order to commemorate her, people named it "Beauty Spring". Now, Yanghe Winery has built an antique beauty fountain pavilion and a slim statue on the original site of this well for people to enjoy. This story is just a legend, and the groundwater in Yanghe town is really clear, transparent, soft and sweet, not a false story.
enter the courtyard of Yanghe winery today, turn to the west, and you will see the famous beauty spring. Here, surrounded by green willows, steep rocks, long springs gurgling, a beautiful statue of white marble, a portable hip flask, graceful, smiling and standing on the sparkling water. Surrounded by rockeries and caves, exotic flowers and exotic plants, the antique hexagonal pavilion stands in Chi Pan, becoming a great landscape. Many tourists come to visit Meiren Spring while tasting Yanghe wine. Some come from inside and outside the Great Wall; Some come from the north and south of the river; Some come from the capital Beijing and even abroad. Guests from Germany, the United States, Japan, Romania and other countries come here to watch. From time to time, poets and poets write poems and paintings in the face of the beauty spring, leaving behind excellent works of praise. In April, 1984, Fei Xiaotong, Vice Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Professor Peking University, a famous economist and sociologist, wrote an article with thousands of words entitled "You are drunk when you smell the fragrance, but you are drunk before you taste it", among which there is a paragraph that expresses strong feelings in connection with the beautiful and tragic story of Beauty Spring. He wrote: "The girl was pushed into the water and disappeared. The spring water keeps pouring out, and people use this spring water to brew pure and sweet wine. In memory of this girl, this spring is called Beauty Spring "; "It's not always people's intention to associate famous wine with the story of human joys and sorrows. In fact, it does happen ..." In the autumn of 1986, more than 3 famous national poets, including Yan Chen, Zou Difan and Lv Yuan, formed the Huaiyin "Wine Country Poetry Meeting" and came to Yanghe Winery. Facing the newly decorated "Beauty Spring", they wrote a lot of poems. Legend has it that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a kind and beautiful Meixiang girl in Baiyangguan (now Yanghe Town). Because of her poor family, she worked as a maid in Wang's family. Mr. Wang is cunning and very fond of drinking. He often asks Mei Xiang to buy wine for him in town. On the evening of nine winters, Mei Xiang went to Qiaoxi Hotel to buy wine. Just after crossing the bridge, she met an old woman who was in rags and shivering with cold. She was kind enough to give all the money for the wine to the old man.
when Mr. Wang saw Mei Xiang coming back with an empty bottle, he asked what was going on. When Mei Xiang told the story, Miss Wang flew into a rage and forced her to get the money back. Mei Xiang was forced to go back and walk to the bridge. The old man had already disappeared, and then she went to the small hotel, which was closed.
Mei Xiang is in a dilemma, thinking to herself: It is better to kill herself than to go back and suffer again. Mei Xiang ran to the edge of a dirt well and was about to jump, but she was pulled by someone. Mei Xiang looked back, and in the dim moonlight, it was an elder sister as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade who pulled herself. Mei Xiang turned and pounced on her elder sister, crying as if she had met a relative.
After listening to this, the elder sister comforted Mei Xiang and said, "Mei Xiang is kind-hearted. Why should she jump into the well? My sister will give you a bottle of wine. Take it quickly. Don't be sad!" She raised her hand and pulled out jade hairpin, the cockscomb pinned to her hair, and gently took a photo above the wellhead. Suddenly, the well water turned over and the wine smelled fragrant. She immediately filled a bottle and gave it to Mei Xiang, and told her that if she was in trouble in the future, as long as she shouted three times at the well, someone would come to help her out. Say that finish, a sweet wind, I don't know where to go.
Mei Xiang went back with wine in doubt. When Mr. Wang took a sip of the wine from Mei Xiang, he suddenly felt a strong fragrance invading his heart. Clear and sweet, wonderful, peace day is very different, so we will not pursue it.
From then on, Mei Xiang helped the poor neighbors in Yanghe Town every time she got the wine money, and then quietly took the wine bottle and asked Jiu Xiang's sister to fill the wine for a job. After a long time, members suddenly became suspicious. One day, he asked Mei Xiang to buy wine, and he followed him quietly. When he saw that Mei Xiang went to the well to call someone, it was a beautifully dressed and beautiful woman who poured wine into the bottle for Mei Xiang. Mr. Wang suddenly fell head over heels in love, so he rushed forward cheekily. Who knows, the cuff of Jiuxiang Fairy flicked gently, and the girl Mei Xiang turned into a wisp of breeze and floated away. Since then, people have called this well "Beauty Well". There is a spring underground, which is dry all the year round and the water quality is clear. People also call it "Beauty Spring". Among the people in northern Jiangsu, there is a story of "Guo Gong Jiu". "Guo Gong Liquor", also known as "Shi Guo Gong Liquor", why is this wine named and what is its wonderful use? There is a magical legend here.
It is said that in the winter of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, the Qing army invaded Yanjing, during which Fu Wang and Zhu Yousong came to Nanjing to establish the Nanming Dynasty. Shi Kefa, the official minister of the Ministry of War, led a large number of military forces to Jiangbei to build a defense line to resist the southward Qing soldiers. At that time, Shi Kefa visited the front line and took command of the soldiers to resist the enemy.
when Shi Kefa led his troops into Yanghe, an ancient town, it was in the dead of winter, the weather was cold, the wind was cold, the rain and snow continued, and it was wet everywhere. Under this condition, Shi Kefa, like the soldiers, was dressed in armor, sleeping on the battlefield, waiting for the enemy, especially at night, and the weather was even worse. Suffering from cold and hunger, Shi Kefa soon felt his muscles and bones ache and his arms were hard to lift. It turned out that he was suffering from rheumatism.
After Shi Kefa's illness, he was very anxious. Personal safety was a minor matter, but resisting the Qing soldiers was a major one. So, I invited the famous doctors in the military camp to treat the disease, and all kinds of panaceas were used, but they still didn't work. Just as he was burning with impatience, that night, Shi Kefa was lying on the shop moping. Suddenly, his door creaked open. Shi Kefa fixed his eyes and saw a white-haired old man standing in front of him. His face was full of red and he was full of energy. He stepped forward with a smile and said, "Inspector Shi is well!"
Shi Kefa was puzzled at the moment and asked, "Who are you?"
"I am an old folk Chinese medicine practitioner in Yanghe town. Although my medical skill is not high, I heard that Shi Dushi, who is brave and patriotic, suffers from rheumatism. I have a small prescription here for you to dispel wind and treat diseases." Said, and took out a bottle of Yanghe Daqu from his bosom, and then took out a few Chinese herbal medicines, let Shi Kefa bubble into medicinal liquor, take it every day, saying that drinking it would be effective. According to the method of the old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, Shi Kefa took this medicated wine. After drinking it, it was very effective. Soon, he recovered from rheumatism. Later, some soldiers also suffered from this disease, so Shi Kefa put Yanghe Daqu in a jar and soaked it into medicinal liquor to cure many soldiers suffering from rheumatism in the army. Since then, the morale of the soldiers has been greatly boosted and they have won the battle.
Later, in order to commemorate Shi Kefa, people called the medicinal liquor brewed with Yanghe Daqu "Shiguogong Liquor". Also known as "national wine". In this way, "Guogong Liquor" has become a famous wine in Jianghuai area, and its formula has been spread all over the country. If you take "Guo Gong Liquor" for a long time, you will get good effects. Yanghe, an ancient town, is the throat from Huai 'an to Xuzhou and northern Anhui. The traffic here is developed and it has always been a battleground for military strategists. The story of "Good Wine Plan" is a touching legend left by Shi Kefa, a patriotic general in Ming Dynasty.
According to legend, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the state affairs were in chaos, and after the Qing troops attacked Yanjing, Regent Dourgen led a heavy army to the south. Soldiers crossed southern Shandong in an attempt to cross the waste Yellow River and occupy Baiyang Town. After 7749 rounds of bloody battle with the Ming army, none of them won. At this time, Dourgen was anxious like a cat on hot bricks, fidgeting and unable to think of a good way at the moment. So, he sent spies to inquire about the news everywhere. Later, I heard that there was Yanghe wine in Yanghe town, and the smell was attractive. Dourgen was ecstatic and shouted: "This is good, this is good!"
In order to boost the morale of the soldiers, Dourgen issued this order: "When you enter the Baiyang River, the officers and men will have a three-day holiday. Drink wine at will, and bring beautiful women casually. " As soon as the soldiers heard about drinking Yanghe wine, they were eager to sharpen their fists.
When Shi Kefa, the supervisor of Jiangbei, who was stationed in Baiyanghe Town at that time, knew about this situation, he immediately came up with a clever plan. On the one hand, he sent troops to guard the riverbank in the north of town.