The Historical Tracing of Shangshuijing

According to legend, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a drought in Shanxi, Taiyuan and its surrounding rivers were cut off, and wells dried up. As a tribute vinegar for Wang Fu banquet in Ninghua, Yiyuan Qingfang has been unable to supply vinegar to Wang Fu and the imperial court normally for several days because the well water is dry and there is no water to pour vinegar. This is a terrible moment for the officials in Wang Fu and the shopkeepers of Yiyuan Garden. In desperation, the shopkeeper found someone to find Mr. Feng Shui. Mr. Feng Shui made a survey around the workshop and said, "Worship the Dragon King, the backyard is on the water." The shopkeeper didn't understand what it meant and asked him why. Mr. Feng Shui said, "The secret can't be revealed." Then he left.

So the shopkeeper chose an auspicious day and personally led the whole class of workshop guys to worship at the Longwang Temple outside the city. After returning to the house, the shopkeeper dreamed of a white dragon in his sleep, which was tens of feet long and as thick as a bucket. The tail rolled up the post of the pavilion in Wang Fu's back garden, and the head reached into the dry well of Jingting, as if drinking water. Startled, the shopkeeper ran into the back garden and headed for the well platform. He saw clear water flowing out of the dry well, gurgling upward and rising to the well in an instant. The shopkeeper shouted "The water is boiling" and "The water is boiling". Listening to the wind and the shouts of the shopkeeper, the guys rushed to the well platform and cheered when they saw the clear water in the well. After that, this well became famous, and later people named it "Shangshui well". After the water from the well came out, the water quality was excellent, the vinegar factory became famous and the business was getting better and better.

After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the aged vinegar brewed by Ninghuafu insisted on using "fermented vinegar from the well", so the quality of vinegar has always been favored by the people. Now, more than 600 years later, Ninghua House's brand aged vinegar is still purified and reduced in strict accordance with the water quality composition of the upper well in Ninghua House, and the traditional crock brewing process is adopted throughout the process, so that today's consumers can truly taste the original traditional Shanxi aged vinegar.