In 202 BC, Lingxian County (Hengyang) was established, and the residents near the county were good at making wine, which was called Lingjiu by later generations. (On July 3rd, 2003, the Overseas Edition of People's Daily reported that the golden cup wine of the phoenix bird in the Western Han Dynasty buried underground for 2 100 was unearthed. Experts believe that this wine is a tribute wine produced in Hengyang, Hunan. )

In 280 AD, Sima Yan established the Western Jin Dynasty, held the founding ceremony, and recommended wine in the ancestral temple.

Around 282 AD, Zuo Si, a famous writer in the Western Jin Dynasty, wrote Five Degrees of Fu, which described Hengyang famous wine as "light, light and inseparable".

Around 290 AD, Zhang Zai, a great writer in the Western Jin Dynasty, wrote the Ode to Wine, which is the earliest literary work in Chinese history.

From 3 18 to 334 AD, Mrs. Wei of Nanyue drank Joan Su Qing wine, that is, health wine brewed from Hengzhou wine. According to legend, Mrs. Wei became immortal after drinking this wine. )

In 369 A.D., Fu Jian destroyed the Yan State, which was passed down from the previous generation, and entered the Western Regions to conquer barbarians in all directions. Soon, "80% of the counties in the world" basically unified the territory of China north of the Yangtze River, and its national strength was greatly boosted. Every time Fu Jian went to the army, he drank the wine and said, "This is the wine of the lake. Only real warriors can drink it."

In the 4th century AD, Lohan wrote "Zhong Xiang Ji", introducing the wine produced in Hengyang as a good wine.

In the 4th century AD, Yu wrote in the Story of Xiangzhou: "There is Mianhu Lake in Lincheng County of Xiangzhou (namely Hengyang), and water is used as wine, so it is called Mianjiu."

From 432 to 445 AD, Ye Fan of the Southern Dynasties wrote the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Thirty-two books record: "(Hengyang) has three miles of Mianhu Lake, and the lake water is used as wine, and the wine is extremely sweet."

In 450 AD, when Emperor Tuoba Tao of the Northern Wei Dynasty invaded the Southern Dynasties, he captured Kuaiying, the general of the Southern Dynasties, and later released him. In the Southern Dynasties, Song Wendi and Liu Yilong immediately sent people to send the fine wine to the Northern Wei Dynasty to kill the army. So the two sides resorted to force and made peace.

In the 6th century A.D., Li Daoyuan's famous geographical masterpiece "Notes on the Water Mirror" in the Northern Wei Dynasty accurately recorded the origin and beauty of Qiang liquor: "There is a lake in Lingxian County, and there are continents in the lake. The residents on the continents give each other money and brew good wine, which is called Qiang liquor."

Around 630 AD, Emperor Taizong praised the beauty of wine: "Wine wins Lansheng and jade wins jade." Drunk for a thousand days, unbeaten for ten years. "

In 646-648 AD, Fang and other 265,438+0 people compiled the Book of Jin in the Tang Dynasty, which recorded the history that Jiujiu had been a tribute since the Jin Dynasty: "Emperor Wu recommended Jiujiu as the ancestral temple".

In A.D. 1060, it was recorded in the Book of the New Tang Dynasty written by Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi, the great writers of the Northern Song Dynasty, that the wine produced in Hengyang was the first-class wine.

About A.D. 1063, Liu Laiheng was appointed as the magistrate, and Ouyang Xiu especially praised Hengzhou's mellow wine in the poem "Sending Liu Zhi to Hengzhou": "Xiangban has a wine name since ancient times."

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty in A.D. 10, the self-brewed Qiang wine was given to Queen Zhang and Zhang (both from Hengyang).

11-1At the beginning of the 2nd century, the Northern Song Dynasty took wine as a gift for the birth of the imperial palace. The old story of Wulin lasted for eight years: "Every pavilion in the palace is pregnant ... take 53 stones, two barrels and eight liters of wine from the inner warehouse."

After the Manchu Dynasty entered the Central Plains in the 0/7th century AD/KLOC, wine was still classified as tribute wine, which was called "forever".

In A.D. 1686- 1743, the Qing court compiled the Annals of the Qing Dynasty, which recorded: "Mianhu Lake is located in the east of Hengyang County, and the water can make wine, so it is called Jiujiu."

In a.d. 1763, Jiang Xun, a magistrate of qingquan (Hengyang), majored in Qingquan county annals (Volume II). Geographical customs: "Lingxian, the city of Han Dynasty, is a place where folk workers make wine and build wine, but it is mellow and cheap, and there are many drinkers, so overseas Chinese are tired of traveling."

In A.D. 1805, Ma Yiyuan specialized in Hengyang County Records, which recorded the long history of drinking: "People who drink have a long history and have paid attention to manners and virtues for 3,000 years."

In A.D. 1872, Ceng Guoquan, the minister of the Qing Dynasty, made a pilgrimage to Qishan and was given the secret recipe of Ren Rui Temple-"Liquor Bai Zi Decoction", which cured infertility.

In A.D. 1889, Master Jing Tian presided over Ren Rui Temple in Qishan, Hengyang, and drank Dionysian Qushui, which cured the stubborn disease of Empress Dowager Cixi.

1935, the government of the Republic of China founded the magazine China Industry, which is an economic publication, and published a discussion on China's economy and an investigation on excellent industries at home and abroad. There is a famous saying in Hengyang's wine book: "Hengyang wine producer, the most famous wine producer in Hunan, has the wine in the lake, which was called wine in ancient times." It was used for offering sacrifices to ancestral temples in the Jin Dynasty and as a tribute in the early Qing Dynasty. Its quality is bitter and mellow, second only to other counties in Hunan Province. "

From 200 1 to 2007, Hunan Jiujiu Liquor Co., Ltd. sorted out more than 600 pieces of ancient Jiujiu historical materials, crafts, wine collectors and brewing tools, and established the Jiujiu Culture Museum.