Where is Bai Lu Rice Wine

Zixing Xingning, Sandu, Tate River area traditionally has the custom of brewing wine. Every year, when the White Dew Festival arrives, every family brews wine and must drink "local wine" to receive guests. The wine is warm and slightly sweet, and is called "Bai Lu Rice Wine". The best Bai Lu Rice Wine is "Cheng Wine", which is named after the water of Cheng River. Cheng Wine is an ancient tribute wine, and its fame has spread far and wide. "Water Classic" records: "Chen County, there is Bryan water, out of the county east of Hougong Mountain northwest, flow and south bend injection in Lei, Wei Cheng water stream, the county set up a tavern brewed under the mountain, called 'Cheng wine', dedication with." The name is "Cheng Wine", which is also known as "Dedication of the same." "Bryan Wine" is an heirloom wine. The Book of Jin. Emperor Wu Di Ji": "recommended, Bryan in the temple," which can be seen when the Cheng wine and Bryan comparable. Nine domains of the Zhi also cloud: "Cheng water in today's Chenzhou Xingning County, which originated in Cheng Township to come also, this water to make wine, since the name 'Cheng wine', and wine, respectively." Chengxiang that is today's Sandu, Tate River area. Zixing from the Southern Song Dynasty to the early Republic of China called Xingning, so there is Chenzhou Xingning County.

Bai Lu rice wine brewing in addition to water, selected festivals are quite elaborate, the method is also quite unique. First brewing white wine (commonly known as "soil burning") and glutinous rice wine, and then according to the ratio of 1:3, the white wine into the wine, altar to drink. Such as the production of Cheng wine, must be mixed with the appropriate amount of grits water (grits boiled with water), and then into the altar sealed, buried in the ground or cellar, but also buried in the fresh cattle pen in the silt, to be a few years or even decades before taking out to drink. Buried for decades of Cheng wine color is brownish red, pouring now silk, easy to taste, fragrant, and very strong aftertaste. Qing Guangxu first year (1875) compilation of the "Xingning County Records" cloud: "color blue taste mellow, the longer the more fragrant", "brewing can be a thousand days, to the home and drunk.

"Water Classic" also records, Liang Liang literati Ren and his friend Liu Min chat, "Ren said Liu Min said: 'Wine has thousands of miles, when it is a false statement? We said: 'Guiyang Cheng Township has a thousand miles of wine, drink it to the home and wake up, but also its example.' During the Liang Dynasty, Xingning was under Guiyang County. Now Cheng wine is generally not drinkable, only when the wedding celebrations or hospitality to VIPs, the host is willing to take out to drink. In order to develop this famous historical wine, Sandu Township neighborhood committee is preparing, mass production of "Cheng wine".