Yibin Nanxi Xianlin Distillery Grains Factory originated in the Ming Dynasty. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di (later Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty) and his servant Zhu Fu passed by Nanxi Xianlin. It was past noon, and the master and servant were hungry. Suddenly they smelled the aroma of wine. Following the aroma of wine, they saw a winding path. There was a firewood door at the end, and he wrote "bad house", so he went to knock on the door to beg for food. At the opening of Chaimen, a village girl, only twenty-eight years old, shines brightly under the shade of pear blossoms.
The village girl let the guest into the room and said: "Country people don't have much delicacies. They only eat coarse vegetables and a jar of home-brewed water and wine. The guest must not laugh." The village girl rose up Firewood, in a blink of an eye, a large plate of hot wheat flower rice, a bowl of green vegetables, and a bowl of fragrant white wine were served. Zhu Di hurriedly picked up the wine bowl and took a sip. He felt a stream of fragrance flowing down his throat, and felt all over his body. Feel comfortable, refreshed, and all hunger disappears.
After drinking and eating, Zhu Di remembered to ask about the village girl's name and her family situation. The village girl replied that she and her father were the only two people in the family, and they made a living by farming in the mountains and brewing their own liquor. She said that there was no need to leave her surname for a simple meal, and she even refused to pay for the meal. After hearing this, Zhu Di felt that the people here were simple and honest, so he said goodbye and went on the road. After the village girl washed the bowls, she went up the mountain to deliver food to the old man. Because it was past the time for food delivery, the old man asked the reason why, and he told the truth. The old man became suspicious and got angry and beat him. The village girl couldn't defend herself, so she ran home and committed suicide to prove her innocence.
It is said that Zhu Di returned to the capital and ascended the throne as emperor two years later. However, the beautiful image of the village girl and the delicious wine of the village girl lingered in Zhu Di's mind. When Zhu Di came to the throne, he sent Zhu Fu to take people to Xianlin to find the village girl. When Zhu Fu learned the truth about the village girl's unjust death, he had to bring back the wine making and wheat flower rice making methods from Xianlin Zaofang and return to Beijing. Zhu Di was so sad after hearing this that he allocated a special fund and requested that the liquor industry be developed in Xianlin, Nanxi, Yibin, and the fine wine produced by Xianlin Distillery Grain Factory be listed as a royal wine treasure. At the same time, Zhu Fu was asked to bring craftsmen to build a temple for the village girl, and personally gave her a plaque with the words "Xianlin Chaofang and Fairy Temple". After years of development, the brewing style of Yibin Nanxi has become popular. It can be said that every family brews wine and every household smells delicious. But when it comes to the best wines, it must be the wine from Xianlin Fairy Distillery. With the expansion of production scale, Xianlin Fairy Brewery Grain Factory moved to Shuixiangzi on the outskirts of Nanxi City in the 10th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty. It was named Shuixiangzi Zaofang after the place. It has been 206 years since.
During the same period, Yibin’s brewing industry developed unprecedentedly, with 12 breweries including “Changfasheng” and “Wendefeng” emerging. Zhou Xun's "Zhuohai Congtan" once described the grand occasion at that time as "Sichuan Province has fertile soil, people are prosperous, there is a lot of wine and grain, and there are grain shops everywhere". Among them, "Wendefeng" is the predecessor of Wuliangye, now the "King of Chinese Liquor Industry". The "Shuixiangzi" winery has been inherited in the same line, and still inherits and maintains the characteristics and management methods of the traditional winery.
Xianlin, where Shuixiangzi Zhaofang (the source of the article is the predecessor of Jinxilai Liquor Industry in Huaxia Liquor News), is the hometown of Deng Zijun (1876-1959), the founder of Wuliangye Liquor. When Deng Zijun was a child, his uncle With the help of his wife, he learned to read and read at the Zhujiamiao Private School, which was just across the street from Shuixiang Zhaofang. When he read the "rice, rice, bean, wheat, millet and millet" in the "Three Character Classic", he learned that all grains containing starch can be used to make wine.
Deng Zijun, who came from a poor family, often worked part-time in Shuixiang Zhaofang, and became a disciple of Zhao Mingsheng, who was the chief roaster in Yibin at that time and the successor of grain wine. Deng Zijun has a strong understanding and keen insight, and he is good at all kinds of work such as drying and making koji.
In his youth, Deng Zijun took a boat to Yibin, more than 20 kilometers away from Nanxi, and served as the technical and production supervisor at the "Wendefeng" brewing grains mill. It can be said that it was precisely because of Deng Zijun that Wuliangye became a century-old company. of glory and legend. Today, Wuliangye has erected a monument for Deng Zijun and engraved the six characters "The Successor of Wuliangye" on his statue.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Deng Zijun would sublet others to run the Chaofang in Yibin and return to Nanxi with his family. Deng Zijun, who was already old but had already perfected his wine-making skills, never forgot the liquor business. Later, he returned to the place where he had created brilliant ideas and skills to build a brilliant business, and gave technical guidance to Shuixiang Zhaofang.
Although it is hard work after thousands of scouring, gold will only be found after blowing away the yellow sand. It is precisely because of the perfect combination of Yibin's unique brewing technology inheritance of more than 4,000 years, the extensive and profound wine culture accumulation, and Siliya's strong scientific and technological innovation capabilities that the quality of "Jin Xilai" golden paste and jade wine is achieved today. .