Brief introduction of Heqing dry wine

Heqing dry wine, tribute wine on the ancient tea-horse road, and wine culture carried by caravan.

Heqing has three famous treasures: dry wine, ham and pig anhydride. This is common sense that all children know. It was created by immigrants who moved from the Central Plains to Heqing and settled along the banks of Heqing Galaxy when the Ming Dynasty implemented "military tunnel", "private tunnel" and "commercial tunnel" in Heqing. The immigrants, represented by Huashijia, introduced the advanced brewing technology of the Central Plains and the method of making koji with Chinese herbal medicines into the ancient "soju" brewing in Heqing, and the brewed wine was mellow and sweet, which was called "Fu wine". In the Historical Records of Heqing Mansion published by Kangxi 17 14 in Qing Dynasty, there is a saying that "The Milky Way is as white as snow, and its taste is sweet, so it is not as sweet as making wine". Cui's "Yunnan is in Zhi Heng" states: "Lishi wine leaves Dingyuan (now Mouding County, Chuxiong Prefecture) and is also burned with sorghum. Those who are famous for leaving the stone say that their drinking power is as heavy as stone. Heqing (dry) wine is more mellow than Fenjiu. " Wu Daxun's "News Record of Southern Yunnan" in the Qing Dynasty recorded that "everyone drinks shochu, and the price is not very expensive. The highest is Chuxiong Lishi wine and Heqing wine. " In the Qing Dynasty, Ruan Yuan recorded that Lijiang Military and Civilian Mansion "made water wine from highland barley, which was very delicious" in Daoguang Yunnan Records. This refers to the traditional highland barley brewing in Heqing area under the jurisdiction of Lijiang military and civilian government. Due to climatic reasons, Lijiang has been short of barley since ancient times, and Heqing has always been the main barley producing area. The above records show that Heqing Yinjiu was one of the famous brands in Yunnan as early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Li Hengchun, a businessman from Heqing, took the lead in setting up a large firm named Tongxin De in Xiaguan from the 30th year of Qing Daoguang (A.D. 1850). /kloc-During the period of 0/950 century, Heqing Commercial Group, Xizhou Commercial Group and Tengchong Commercial Group dominated the business circles in Yunnan. "Fujiu" is also sold to commercial ports in Kunming, Chongqing, Wuhan, Shanghai, Lhasa, Myanmar, India and other countries with special products such as Heqing ham, home-made cloth, white cotton paper and brown sugar, which is well received by the market. Because the origin of dry wine is outside Heqing County, it is commonly known as "Heqing dry wine". In the eighth year of the Republic of China (A.D. 19 19), Heqing County Records and Products was published: "People who are well-known and widely sold, such as wine, especially the brewers around Chengxinmen." 199 1 published "Heqing county annals" records: "According to the statistics in the second year of the Republic of China (A.D. 19 13), the county's industrial output value12411. Products include iron pots, white cotton paper, home-made paper, home-made cloth, brown sugar, ham, wine, iron needles, etc., which are sold to western Yunnan and some are also exported to Myanmar. " "The entry of the food industry. "Brewing" is also published in this magazine: "In the second year of the Republic of China (AD 19 13), the county produced 12 tons of wine. In 37 years (AD 1948), the county produced 142.3 tons of wine. It shows that Heqing xuan wine is famous all over the world because of the "business gang" factor, and its sales are getting wider and wider, and its output is getting bigger and bigger. Not only has it become a genuine "brand" in the minds of consumers, but it has also become a cloud wine that went abroad earlier.

This can also be found in northwest Yunnan: "Lijiang Baba River sake, Jianchuan carpenters everywhere." In folk songs, it has been confirmed and embodied. Heqing liquor has been very famous in northwest Yunnan since ancient times, and it is no exaggeration to describe it as a "household name". There is also Heqing's famous ham, liver blowing, pig anhydride ... Special food is built in the water of Xilongtan in Heqing (Heqing is also known as the hometown of Longtan! ) and dry wine, their unique delicacies are also created by the Longtan water and dry wine in Heqing. Really fulfilled that sentence: "one side of the soil and water, raise one side." There is a good saying among the people, which can also be proved: cooking while drinking.