Gourd sauce wine:

Two thousand years ago, Sima Qian told us a story about the discovery of Yelang in Historical Records, which was "A historian never sings again, leaving Sao without rhyme". The hero of this story is called Tang Meng. Around BC 135, when Tang Meng went to South Vietnam, where Guangdong and Guangxi were separated at the end of Qin Dynasty, he had the opportunity to eat a kind of food called citric acid sauce at a banquet. While eating, Tang Meng casually asked his host: Is this dish delicious? Is it made locally? The host also casually replied to him: this thing comes from Yelang country, which is west of South Vietnam. There is a river that flows down from Yelang and flows into the sea in Panyu, the capital of South Vietnam, which is today's Guangzhou. Tang Meng saved his heart and returned to Chang 'an with citric acid sauce. Some Shu merchants knew the origin of gouache sauce and told him that it was made in Sichuan. Shu people stole it and sold it to Yelang, who then sold it to South Vietnam. Hearing this, Tang Meng suddenly came to his senses. At that time, the Han court did not know that there was a Yelang country next to Shu. When asked in detail again, Shu merchants told him that this Yelang country "faces the river, and Jiang Guang has more than 100 steps, which is enough to sail ..." Tang Meng, after learning about these situations, dedicated the stewed beef to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for tasting. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty called it "Xiang". Tang Mengli took advantage of Emperor Wu's pleasure and further hinted that if he seized South Vietnam from Hunan and Jiangxi, it would be difficult to succeed. It is suggested that the imperial court use Bashu's strength to subdue Yelang, and get more than 100,000 Yelang soldiers, and then go down the river, so as to take advantage of the surprise attack and bring South Vietnam into the territory. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appreciated Tang Meng's proposal very much. As a master of a generation, he is keenly aware of the huge strategic opportunity contained in this proposal itself. So in 135 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named Tang Meng as a doctor, led a thousand Han troops, and entered Yelang along Chishui River with 10,000 civilian workers and a lot of gifts. Under the persuasion of Tang Meng and the temptation of various gifts, Wang Duotong of Yelang and some small countries around Yelang surrendered to the Han Dynasty. This incident was later called "Tang Mengtong Yelang". According to many researches by later generations, this kind of beef stew praised by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a kind of fine wine carefully brewed by the ancestors of the Gelao people who lived in Chishui River valley and the Pu people who constituted the main ethnic groups in Yelang and other countries in southwest China.

Moutai:

Maotai Town is located in the mountains of Dalou Mountain, geographically on the northern edge of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Chishui River, which originated in Yunnan, flows through her. This place was first called Sang Ma Bay, and later called Sifang Well. After the Song Dynasty, the name Maotai began to appear. According to the research of local historical experts, the origin of this name comes from an ancient platform on the riverbank where Pu people sacrificed their ancestors. This high platform, which was later abandoned, was lost in the long years by the thatched grass that grew year after year, so that for a long time, the people simply called this place "thatched platform". Today's maotai appellation is actually the abbreviation of "thatched terrace" in the past. In the past, the old people often said that this place is the geomantic omen of returning the dragon and the horse to the valley, which contains the royal spirit. But this kind of kingly way has been said among the people for hundreds of years, but it has never been revealed.

Since the China government and the Han Dynasty, Maotai has been an important gateway between Guizhou and Sichuan 1000 years. Whether it is called Masangwan, Sifangjing, Maocaotai, or any other name, the wine industry in this area has not only never cut off the incense of the same strain, but has gradually flourished since entering the Qing Dynasty. During the Jiaqing and Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty, according to the records of Zunyi Prefecture, "Maotai (brewer) burned more than 20 houses, worth more than 20 thousand stones." Moreover, the brewed wine was called "Maotai Shao", which was "the first in Guizhou Province" at that time. However, no one expected that the development of Maotai's wine industry was devastated at this prosperous time.

At that time, it was in the middle of19th century, and in the same year of Qing dynasty, China, who was deeply troubled by internal and external troubles, struggled and groaned in the fire of revolution. Although Maotai District is isolated in the southwest corner, it cannot be as comfortable as Xanadu. 1862, Shi Dakai, a famous general of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and a wing king, led more than 100,000 troops to Guizhou after the Tianjing Incident, hoping to open up a new situation in Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. This winter, Shi Dakai sent troops to attack Zunyi City. Unexpectedly, although Zunyi is small, the resistance of the Qing army and militia is very tenacious. Shi Dakai attacked Zunyi for a long time and got the news that reinforcements arrived at night, so he had to withdraw from Zunyi and go north to Sichuan. During the siege of Zunyi, Shi Dakai ordered Prime Minister Li Fuyou to attack Maotai, which is more than 100 miles away from Zunyi. Maotai defenders and security guards fought to the death. The Taiping Army went door to door, and the fighting was fierce. After the First World War, the ancient town of Maotai, which had developed to a certain scale and established a considerable reputation and influence in the Qing Dynasty, was left with only rubble, people were displaced, their wives and children were separated, and all houses and wineries disappeared in flames.

Perhaps, just under a mountain and by a river near Maotai, His Royal Highness Wing Wang, with romantic poems and wine, received a trophy from Maotai-several jars of good wine. This wine is packed in a pottery jar and sealed with dried pig urine. It smells strange when it is opened. According to the customs of the local natives, the sergeants put some straws in the mouth of the clay pot, and then invited Wang Yi and the generals around them to have a good drink. The rare wine in this world gradually moistened His Royal Highness Wang Hao's sensitive, lonely and noble heart and inspired him to become a world hero. I only heard him drink lightly: "Pen and ink serve", and suddenly wrote an earth-shattering drinking poem. The poem says:

Ten thousand pearls were collected in a jar,

The king bowed his head when he came here.

Hold Optimus Prime gently,

Draw a long river back.

After leaving Maotai, the Taiping Army led by Shi Dakai wandered around the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou, passing in and out of Renhuai seven times, and then stepping towards its destiny-Dadu River. After the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Ding Baozhen, a famous official of the Qing court who started from suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was appointed as the governor of Sichuan. Ding Baozhen, a native of Guizhou, knows that Guizhou does not produce salt, and all the salt that Guizhou people eat is brought in from Sichuan. However, because the system does not exist, the transportation and marketing are chaotic, and the price is extremely expensive, Guizhou people lack or even have no salt, and ordinary people mostly eat a light diet or "eat salt for the New Year". At the beginning of his tenure, Tang Jiong, a good friend, Zunyi native and later governor of Yunnan, was appointed to supervise the salt affairs and be responsible for rectifying the salt administration in Sichuan. Tang Jiong also recommended another Zunyi person, Hualian Hui, to assist. After meeting, Ding Baozhen also appreciated Hualian Hui's personality and talent, and the three of them hit it off.

It should be said that this time the salt policy rectification was very successful. First of all, Sichuan's salt tax revenue surged from 7,000 yuan per year before the rectification to more than1million yuan. Then, because the circulation channels are smooth and the system and price are relatively stable, the problem of Guizhou people's difficulty in eating salt has been alleviated to some extent. Hualian Hui, who resolutely came out to help Tang Jiong rectify salt affairs, firmly grasped this opportunity, not only did a good job, but also obtained some monopoly rights of Renhuai, Qijiang, Xuyong and Fuling ports when Sichuan Salt was transported and sold in Guizhou. For more than ten years, Renhuai and Xuyong ports were owned by a small landlord in Zunyi. He was educated but had no official position. So, many years later, the folk in Guizhou circulated the proverb "Tang Jia Queena Ding, Hua Jia Yin" to describe it. The Tang family in this proverb is the Tang Jiong and his descendants who were mentioned earlier as an official for him. The so-called Huajia is the Fahrenheit industrial and commercial family initiated by Hualian Hui.

Among the two major ports monopolized by Hualian Hui, Ren 'an, or Maotai Port, is the most important one. Due to the convenient navigation of Chishui River, Maotai Port became the most important wharf for selling salt in Sichuan and Guizhou at that time, with a sea of people and merchants, and gradually recovered from the chaos of war. Hualian Hui, who is responsible for rectifying salt affairs and has a salt number in Maotai, often runs near Chishui River. He is a man nourished by Confucian culture and believes in benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and filial piety. Even after he was very rich and glorious, every time he came home, he had to get out of his sedan chair and change clothes ten miles away from home so that his followers could return to the city. From a small hat in Tsing Yi, let the servant choose a gift, a hat in summer and an umbrella when it rains, and walk home. This is of great significance to the development of Moutai and even the brewing industry in Maotai area.

On one occasion, he came home from Maotai and gave a banquet at home to welcome him. During the dinner, Hua Lianhui's mother suddenly mentioned one thing, saying that before "Long Hair" rebelled (that is, the Taiping Army entered Guizhou), she had a very delicious Moutai. I wonder if this wine is still available after the riots. If not, it would be a pity. The old lady Hua didn't know what she was talking about, but she accidentally said it to her son. When Hualien Hui went to Maotai again, she told her men to look for this "good wine" and fulfill her mother's wish. Who knows what he thought was simple, but he encountered unexpected difficulties. The reason is that after the war, the wine cellar collapsed, the wine cellar was filled and the winemaker died. Maotai's brewing industry, except for a brick, no longer exists.

Although Hualian Hui couldn't find the kind of wine that his mother had drunk, in order to satisfy his mother's wish, he decided to rebuild a brewing workshop. With his financial resources and ability, this is not a big deal. A few months later, a new workshop was built on the ruins. At that time, there was no concept of a factory. Hualian Hui pondered it and named this new Fahrenheit family business "Cheng Yi Burning House". This happened in the sixth year of Tongzhi in A.D. 1867, only five years before the Taiping Army attacked Maotai, 138 years ago. This "Cheng Yi Burning House" is the earliest prototype of the world-famous Maotai Distillery. Kweichow Moutai, which was later regarded as the world by Wang, was born in the leisure of mother and filial piety of son.

When Hualian Hui first built "Cheng Yi Burning House", his salt business was booming and money poured in like water. So his original intention is that the wine baked in this burning house is for personal use at home, and it is given to relatives and friends as a gift to meet some entertainment needs of officialdom and shopping malls, not to sell money. The output is very low and there is no price. But contrary to expectations, this wine was welcomed by everyone as soon as it came out. The news that Huajia has good wine spread like wildfire, and relatives, colleagues and peers who came to ask for this wine came in an endless stream, breaking the threshold. Hualian Hui was very happy at first, generous and generous. More and more people want wine, and wine has become a burden. But he is a businessman after all, and his nature soon showed him the hidden business opportunities. After some thinking, he decided to increase production, mark the price and officially put the wine on the market. For Hualian Hui, this decision not only solved the human suffering, but also gained another benefit, killing two birds with one stone. However, Hualian Hui could not have imagined that the salt industry, which he and his descendants worked so hard to manage and made them a generation of rich people, had long since ceased to exist with the progress of the times. However, this inadvertently cultivated small tree has grown into a towering giant with the careful cultivation of future generations. It is really intentional to plant flowers instead of flowers. I planted a flea that year, but today I have harvested a dragon. The old comrades of Maotai did not expect that the legendary "Wang Qi" finally rose in the nectar of this altar. ...

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191101October10, the revolution of 1911 broke out. In the same year,165438+1October 4th, Guizhou established the Dahan Guizhou military government under the leadership of revolutionaries. 19 13 One day, Hua Zhihong, the son of Hua Lianhui, then the financial director of Guizhou Military Security Government, received an official document from the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce of Yuan Shikai Beiyang Government in his antique office.

The official document of Beiyang government was caused by an important event in the world at that time. It turned out that the United States government specially held a Panama World Expo in San Francisco to celebrate the opening of the Panama Grand Canal connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The Grand Canal that has been dug is 68 kilometers long, and it takes about 8 hours for the boat to pass. Before the Grand Canal was dug, it took 60 days for ships to sail from new york on the east coast of the United States to San Francisco on the west coast. Therefore, the Grand Canal was called "the lifeline of isthmus" by Americans at that time. After the navigation of this "isthmus lifeline", it will also create more than 1 billion dollars in tax revenue every year, saving the US government more than 1 billion dollars in expenditure. This really makes Americans very happy, and holding an unprecedented grand exposition is a manifestation of this good mood.

19 12 At the beginning of this year, the US Congress passed a proposal to hold an international exposition to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, and determined the purpose of this exposition as: to exchange human knowledge and promote civilization and progress. 1912 In March, the China government, which had just experienced the Revolution of 1911, received an invitation letter from US President Taft to attend the Expo. Later, the US government sent a special commissioner to China to "persuade China officials and businessmen to watch the Olympic Games". Beiyang government also set up a "Panama Games Preparatory Bureau" for this purpose, and sent letters to all provinces, asking them to pay attention to this matter, sending agents to carefully select exquisite and special utensils produced locally, and then organizing delegations to participate in the exhibition. After receiving the official letter, Hua Zhihong decided to personally package Yijing Moutai and Moutai produced by another Maotai "Rong Tai He" burning house in the name of "Moutai Brewing Company" and send them to the exhibition together. You can also see the scenery and human feelings across the ocean.

There are about 1000 kinds of commodities in China participating in the Panama World Expo. After some collection, selection and sorting, all the exhibits and accompanying officials of the China delegation boarded the seagoing vessel and embarked on a long journey to the other side of the ocean. At that time, the voyage from Tianjin Port to San Francisco took about two months. In the choppy Pacific Ocean, it is sometimes stormy and sometimes sunny. The ports along the way are also beautiful and have different customs. Such a tempting and refreshing journey will surely make Hua Zhihong's thoughts fly with the exhibition group. After all, there were too few people in Guizhou who could see the sea at that time.

The World Expo is called the World Expo. In fact, less than 50 countries participated in the exhibition, but more than 200,000 kinds of goods were sent to the exhibition. Memorabilia of the China delegation to the World Expo:1965438+February 20, 2005, the World Expo officially opened; 1965438+On March 9, 2005, the China Government Pavilion was officially opened; On March 25th, US Vice President Martha congratulated the museum on behalf of US President Wilson. In May, all exhibits entered the review and selection; On September 23, former US President Roosevelt visited the China Government Pavilion; On February 4, 65438, the Panama World Expo closed. In the final stage of the Expo, it is to give awards to exhibitors from all over the world. After tasting by wine experts from all over the world, Moutai was unanimously elected as the world famous wine and won the gold medal for its excellent and unique quality and style. Together with French cognac and English scotch whisky, it won the reputation of three major distilled spirits in Share the World.

However, in The Legend of Maotai, there is another exciting version of this award-winning story in San Francisco. It is said that the Expo is coming to an end, and the prize-level evaluation of the goods delivered by various countries has also come to an end, especially the evaluation of famous wines in various countries has been basically completed. However, there is no news from China about Kweichow Moutai. This situation made Hua Zhihong, who went to the United States with the delegation, anxious. He inquired in many ways, and finally knew that this was because there were hundreds of famous wines from all over the world, all beautifully packaged and brightly colored, which attracted the attention of the judges as soon as they came up. But the Moutai we sent to the exhibition was a black pottery bottle, a cork, a pig urine bubble seal, a trademark or a homemade paper lithograph, which was really inconspicuous. The judges thought that the packaging of Moutai was too rustic and rough, and it was not opened at all. Hua Zhihong was very angry after learning this situation. In desperation, he took advantage of a group of western sommeliers to visit the China Pavilion, picked up a bottle of Moutai and threw it on the ground. ...

Hua Zhihong's original intention is nothing more than to express his anger at the unfairness of western judges. But he never imagined that the fall turned out to be a rock-breaking, and the rich and fragrant wine suddenly attracted many tourists to watch and marvel. Of course, the fragrance spread like wildfire and got into the experienced noses of western judges. The judges stopped immediately, and they looked at each other, looking for a fragrant place in unison ... Needless to say, it was Hua Zhihong who introduced the extremely complicated brewing process of Moutai to the judges. His story must have surprised the judges, who regretted their ignorance to judge a book by its cover. At the same time, they also admire the short China people who have such courage and drive. Finally, they agreed to take Moutai back to the jury for evaluation. As a result of the re-evaluation, all the judges agreed that Maotai liquor was the top liquor in the world and deserved to win the gold medal in liquor selection.

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After winning the prize, Maotai became more and more famous with many imitators. At this time, the so-called "golden hair", "ding hair" and "lang hair" appeared. Even in later Taiwan Province Province, there were many kinds of wines called Maotai. After liberation, because of the favor and support of leaders of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and other countries, Moutai has enveloped a circle of political aura, thus witnessing almost all major events in the Republic since the founding of the People's Republic. Such Maotai has gradually become the name card of the country and the symbol of the nation. Just as westerners used to know China through porcelain, now when it comes to Maotai, everyone knows it's China.

In 1970s, in order to carry out the instruction that Mao Zedong Moutai should produce 1 10,000 tons, the Ministry of Light Industry also directly or indirectly hosted several large-scale off-site experiments of Maotai Distillery. But strangely, all these imitations of Moutai, even though the technology and raw materials are exactly the same, and even the winemakers are all winemakers in Maotai Distillery, can't produce Moutai with the same quality and taste. According to scientific analysis, this may be closely related to the soil and water, altitude and atmospheric environment of Maotai Town. Therefore, except Moutai produced by Maotai Distillery in Maotai Town, the "Moutai" produced in other places is not Moutai. This kind of Moutai can not be separated from the special phenomenon of producing area, which has become the consensus of Chinese people. In recent years, the advertising words of "Moutai, the national wine, drinks health" have gradually become familiar to Chinese people. Indeed, drinking Maotai liquor has been recognized by more and more drinkers and has become an experience because it does not scratch the throat, hurt the head and hurt the liver and kidney.

Shaoxing yellow rice wine (Huadiao wine):

Regarding the origin of Huadiao wine, a folklore was recorded in Wandering Tales in Qing Dynasty. According to legend, a rich man gave birth to a daughter. At the full moon, the rich man brewed several jars of wine and hid them in the wine cellar. 18 years later, when his daughter was going to get married, the rich man took out the wine stored at that time and painted festive patterns such as "auspicious dragon and phoenix", "spend a good moon" and "send Guanyin" outside the jar as his daughter's dowry. Because there are beautiful colorful patterns on the outside of the jar, people call this wine "flower carving" vividly. Since then, "flower carving" has become synonymous with Shaoxing children. Today, if someone gives birth to a daughter, people will call it "Congratulations on the Flower Carving".

As for the quality of Huadiao wine, the original Huadiao wine jar was filled with ordinary Shaoxing yellow wine, which became old wine after being stored in wine cellar or wine warehouse for many years. When the altar was opened, it was full of fragrance and aroma, which became a treasure in Shaoxing wine. Huadiao wine has also become synonymous with old wine and an elegant title of Shaoxing rice wine.

Jujube and wine

Zaoji Town is a famous traditional wine town in China and the birthplace of Laozi, the originator of Taoism. Its wine-making has a long history, which can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and flourished in Sui and Tang Dynasties. The wine produced was named as "Palace Tribute" by Zhao Heng, Song Zhenzong, and there is a beautiful sentence that "the famous wine is given by heaven and the famous spring is given by the earth" and "the jujube gathers fine wine and deserves it". From 5/KLOC to 0/8 BC, he was a famous thinker and educator in the history of China. Confucius, founder of Confucianism, paid homage to Laozi, founder of Taoism (Li Er). Laozi gave Confucius wine made from jujube. After Confucius drank it, he left an eternal famous saying, "Only wine is infinite." . Zhao Heng, a native of Song Zhenzong, visited Lao Zi in Lu Yi in the past seven years in Zhongxiang Mansion. He spent the night in the "Mingdao Palace" in front of the old gentleman's desk and drank jujube wine before he remembered the great event. He wrote that "the monument of the innate empress dowager" stood in front of Taiqing Palace, and wrote to the local government to pay 20,000 Jin of jujube wine for the palace every year.

Hongmao wine

Hongmao medicinal liquor was founded in the thirty-second year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (AD 1693) and has a production history of more than 300 years. Produced in Hongmao Ancient Town, Liangcheng County, Inner Mongolia.

In the fourth year of Qing Qianlong, Wang Jitian, a famous Chinese medicine doctor in Wang Jiabao, Yuci County, Shanxi Province, went to Hongmao Ancient Town to practice medicine. Seeing such excellent wine, he resolutely bought Hongmao base wine (then called Hongmao medicinal liquor or Hongmao medicinal liquor) to brew the jar, and used this wine to extract the secret recipe of Chinese herbal medicine handed down from generation to generation to make Hongmao medicinal liquor with outstanding curative effect. Since then, Wang Jitian stopped the sale of this wine and used it exclusively as the base wine of Hongmao medicinal liquor, making this wine more mysterious and rarely accessible to the outside world. During the reign of Houdaoguang, it was selected as the palace tribute wine together with Hongmao medicinal liquor. During the Anti-Japanese War, Marshal He Long often drank this wine during his work in Liangcheng to keep out the cold outside the Great Wall.

Acanthopanax senticosus wine

Wujiapi wine is the oldest tribute wine. Wujiapi wine is made of many kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, and there are many beautiful legends about its preparation.

Legend has it that the five princesses of the Dragon King in the East China Sea descended to earth and fell in love with mortals. Because of the difficulties in life, it is suggested to brew a healthy and therapeutic wine, which is difficult to neutralize. Five official documents let Zhizhong brew according to her method and put Chinese medicine in a certain proportion. When the Chinese medicine was released, the Fifth Princess sang a song: "Angelica blindly supplements its strength and uses concubine Huang to remove blood stasis and dampness." Gan Song's strengthening the spleen can dispel pathogenic factors, disperse stagnation and regulate the stomach. Mint is cool and papaya is refreshing. Hawthorn can cure dampness alone, but it can bend and stretch when it is cold and stubborn. Acanthopanax has a strange fragrance, which nourishes the liver, kidneys, bones and muscles. Don't forget to add licorice, cassia twig and Polygonatum sibiricum. Replenish the land and raise twelve, and increase or decrease is the magic prescription. "There are twelve kinds of traditional Chinese medicines in this song, which is the formula of Acanthopanax senticosus wine. In order to avoid suspicion, the Fifth Princess named this wine "Zhi Wu Zhonghe plus beer". According to the Qin and Han Dynasties "Shennong Materia Medica Classic", "Luding male and female took Wujiapi wine alone to make it immortal".

There are many legends about cocktails, but no matter which one, it shows Americans' love for cocktails to varying degrees.

The origin of cocktails (the first statement): One day, after a banquet, there were all kinds of wines left on the table, some with 1/4 in their arms and some with 1/2 in their cups. A cook who cleared the table combined the remaining three or five glasses of wine, but it was better than the original single wine. He tasted several mixed wines in a row, all of which were like this. Later, he deliberately repeated the stirring several times, and the mixed wine was really better than each single wine. Later, he gave this kind of wine to everyone, and everyone spoke highly of this kind of wine, so this kind of wine. There is also a saying that during the American revolution, an Irish girl not only welcomed the revolutionary army with roast chicken, but also prepared wine for them to drink. Because girls love beauty and dressing up, even the prepared wine should be decorated with beautiful chicken feathers. After the success of the American Revolution, mixed wine decorated with chicken feathers became popular. Because the wine glass is inlaid with chicken feathers, the name of cocktail first spread among Americans.

Supplement to the story about grape wine:

Love legends about wine.

Legend 1:

There is also an interesting legend about the origin of wine: an ancient Persian king who loved grapes and a concubine who fell out of favor. The king hid the inexhaustible grapes in a sealed bottle and wrote the word "poison" to prevent others from stealing them. Because the king was very busy, he soon forgot about it. A concubine who is out of favor is worse than death. She wanted to kill herself and happened to see Poison. After opening it, the liquid with strange color was also like poison, so she drank the fermented grape juice as poison. Instead of dying, she felt intoxicated. She reported it to the king, who was very surprised. Sure enough, the concubine was favored again, and everyone was very happy. Therefore, wine is produced and widely circulated, and is deeply loved by people. Not to mention the truth of the story, red wine has a close relationship with beauty, identity and status from the beginning, and today's red wine naturally inherits this aristocratic status.

Legend 2

Dionysus in ancient Greece

Dionysus is the god of Dionysus and Carnival in ancient Greek mythology, and also the god of art in ancient Greece. According to the most popular legend, he is the son of Zeus and Princess Semele. Hera, the wife of Zeus, was a jealous woman. Whenever Zeus falls in love with someone else, she retaliates by framing him. Hera persuaded the pregnant Princess Sinclair to ask Zeus to show his true colors to prove the sanctity of love. It turned out that when Zeus fell in love with a woman on the earth, they all appeared as incarnations. At the request of simler, Zeus agreed. Zeus is the main god in Greek religion and mythology. His strength is too great for a mortal woman, Simlai, who was killed by thunder. Zeus took the premature fetus out of Himmli's stomach and sewed it into his thigh. Zeus became lame during this period. The son was born after full term and was named "Dionysus", which means "Zeus is lame". In this way, Dionysus was born.