Xia Shangzhou

Shao Kang's Zi wine in Xia Dynasty may be the earliest famous wine in China.

During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, Oracle Bone Inscriptions recorded all kinds of famous wines used by Shang kings to sacrifice gods and ancestors, among which "Zhen" was the largest and most famous.

By the Zhou Dynasty, wine had obvious categories, grades and names. Zhou Li recorded Yuan Jiu, Zhu Qing, Clarification and Old Rules. However, the quality and taste of these wines are unknown to us.

the Spring and Autumn Period

Due to the development of agricultural production, the brewing industry has also made new progress. There are many famous wines in Chuci and other documents, such as Yaojiang, Frozen Drink, Guijiu and Jiaojiang.

During the period of 1977, when Chinese archaeologists excavated the tomb of King Zhongshan during the Warring States Period in Pingshan County, Hebei Province, they unearthed two pots of ancient wine more than 2,300 years ago, which is an empirical study of the technical level of brewing during the Warring States Period in China and the oldest old wine found in the world so far.

Han/Han/Chinese/human

By the Han Dynasty, wine names had appeared in a large number of literary and historical works and unearthed wooden slips and pottery texts. Among them, Nai wine is a high-grade wine brewed for many times, with mellow taste, and it is a high-grade wine specially for ancestral temple sacrifices and emperors to drink. At this time, Fufeng (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province) and Liangzhou (now Wuwei, Gansu Province) are rare and famous all over the world.

Wei, Jin, southern and northern dynasties

At this time, not only many famous wines appeared, but also their tastes and brewing methods were recorded in history books.

There was a famous wine called "Mulberry Wine" in Wei and Jin Dynasties. According to Zhu, the person who brewed this wine is Liu Baiduo, and the autumn climate is very suitable for fermentation. So he makes wine every year when the mulberry leaves fall in autumn. The wine is very mellow and will be drunk all day. Therefore, at that time, there was a saying that "I am not afraid of bending my bow and drawing my sword, but I am afraid of falling into the rain."

There is also a kind of wine called Qua wine. It is recorded in the History of the North that Liu Zao, a town general, suggested that Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty go to the south of the Yangtze River to entertain the people with Qu wine produced by Qu, but this wine is also very famous.

At this time, Shaoxing wine, the oldest famous wine in China, has also become famous all over the world.

Shaoxing yellow rice wine

Shaoxing yellow rice wine originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. According to Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals, the King of Yue once threw wine into the river in Huiji. After drinking it, people became more angry. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shaoxing yellow rice wine has become a necessary hospitality for men and women. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Yinshan sweet wine packed in silver porcelain bottles was very famous.

Fenyang distilled liquor

During the Northern Qi Dynasty, Fenjiu in Shanxi also became an expensive product. But it was also called "dry wine" and "dry wine" at that time. In Zhang Ji's poem, it is said that "wine making loves dry harmony", which is a praise for dry harmony wine.

the Tang Dynasty

There were many famous wines in the Tang Dynasty, such as Tukuchun, Jiannan Shaochun, Ganhe Grape, Lihua Spring and Perak Spring. At this time, Shaoxing wine became a tribute required by the royal family in previous dynasties, and also attracted many literati. Li Bai, a great poet, wandered in the mountains and rivers of Shaoxing more than once, drank wine and wrote a poem "I hope I will stay drunk for a long time".

At this time, the wine-making industry in Xinghua Village, the origin of Fenjiu, has been very prosperous. There are more than 70 wine shops in the village, which has become a famous wine village in downtown, attracting many literati such as Li Bai and Du Fu to drink and compose poems here. Tu Mu's "Excuse me, where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village. " It is also a liquor population, which has been sung by people so far, showing the status of Xinghua Village and the status of wine in Xinghua Village in people's hearts.

Song dynasty

The wine-making industry was very prosperous in the Song Dynasty. There are countless names of wine, and there are more than 200 kinds of famous wines circulating in historical materials. Aries wine was one of the most expensive wines at that time. It is made of tender mutton and rice.

The "honey wine" brewed by Su Dongpo was also a famous wine circulating at that time. Su Dongpo not only loves drinking, but also is good at making wine. When he was in Huizhou, he made wine with honey and wrote a "Honey Wine Song".

the Yuan Dynasty

The most famous wine in Yuan Dynasty is probably Aji wine. Aji wine is synonymous with distilled wine in the early Yuan Dynasty, and it was first popular in the court. Later, it spread to the people and was replaced by "shochu". Because the output of shochu in Yuan Dynasty was not too much, many dignitaries were proud of having Aji wine.

Wine is also favored. At that time, the wines produced in Dadu, Taiyuan, Nanjing and other places were very famous, and the brewing technology reached a fairly high level.

the Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty was a period of great development of wine industry, and the variety and output of wine greatly exceeded that of the previous generation. At this time, distilled liquor has become very common, and Shaoxing wine has a better reputation. Gu Qing's Miscellaneous Notes on Autumn Pavilion, Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica and Feng Shihua's History of Wine also recorded a large number of famous wines.

Ching Dynasty

Some famous historical wines have been further developed, and the output and quality have been improved. At the same time, the working people also used their intelligence to brew some new wines.

Many modern famous wines in China had a very loud name in the Qing Dynasty. The most famous are Maotai Liquor, Shaoxing Liquor, Fenjiu Liquor, LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD, Yanghe Daqu, Gu Jing Distillery, Wuliangye, Jiannanchun, xifeng liquor and Lianhua Liquor.