Baofeng was the territory of Yingguo in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and the ancient Yingguo site is now located at 10 km southeast of Baofeng County, which is a national key cultural relics protection unit. More than 0/00 tombs and more than 0/0000 cultural relics were excavated at Guyingguo site, including more than 3,000 wine vessels. In terms of texture: copper, stone, pottery, jade, bone, agate, turquoise, etc. In terms of use, there are: cups, cups, pots and so on. Among them, the most precious ones are: Volume, Pan Long Wen Xiang, Ear Cup, Copper Square Pot, InBev Pot and Copper Jue. As can be seen from the inscription on the seal script of Juenei, Baofeng wine industry has a long history and a large scale. To sum up, "the south of Ruhe River, the wilderness of British and foreigners" is the current Baofeng area. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Baofeng wine industry developed greatly. There is a saying in history that "Tang prospered and Song prospered". In the Tang Dynasty, Baofeng wine was also designated as tribute wine and sent to Chang 'an through Luoyang, the eastern capital at that time.
According to the Records of Baofeng County, there were ten wine businesses in Ruzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty, and only Baofeng had seven wine businesses, including Shang wine business, Fengjiazhuang wine business, Fucheng wine business, Caocun wine business, Shougui mulberry wine business and wine business. Wine service is a place where Song Dynasty officials specialize in wine, with an annual tax revenue of over 100 million yuan. At that time, there were "thousands of stoves and thousands of villages" in Baofeng, "chimneys are like forests, and wine flags are like withering". The prosperity of Baofeng wine industry alarmed the imperial court, and Song Shenzong sent Cheng Hao, a Dali scholar, to supervise Baofeng wine industry. Manage the double wine service, spread the Baofeng wine law, and benefit the world. Shuangjiu is located 25 miles northwest of Baofeng County, and now it is renamed Shangjiu Town.
During the Jin Dynasty, Baofeng liquor industry flourished, with more than 65,438+000 workshops, assets exceeding 1 100 million yuan, and a large number of grain merchants and wine merchants. Wine supervisors include general Zhen Guo, captain Zhong Yi, captain Zhong Yi, etc. 16 people, from official to senior. According to the Records of Baofeng County, at the peak of the Jin Dynasty, the wine tax was 45,000, ranking first among all counties in China.
The admiration of historical celebrities is the main reason for the enduring of Baofeng wine.
Wine is different from other products and has a strong cultural color. The prosperity of a certain wine is closely related to the admiration of celebrities. Baofeng wine has won the praise of celebrities in past dynasties for its long history and excellent quality. Liu Xiyi, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, was from Ruzhou. After entering the Jinshi in the first year of last year, I traveled to the Three Gorges with Song and Shen Lunqi and returned to my hometown. He warmly entertained his friends with his hometown Ruzhou Longxing Liquor (the predecessor of Baofeng Liquor), and wrote a poem "Hometown Wine", saying, "I hope to get drunk for a thousand days and relieve my troubles for a hundred years." The poet advised his friends to drink Longxing wine, in order to alleviate the century-old sorrow, and expressed his praise for his hometown wine between the lines.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Luoyang was in an important position in the capital for a long time. Ruzhou, the southern gate of Luoyang, is a place of capital city with beautiful natural scenery, and it is a resort for celebrities to travel and seek official positions. Anyone who has traveled and worked in Ruzhou loves Baofeng wine, leaving a good memory. Li Bai, known as "Brewmaster", visited Longxing County (namely Baofeng County) in Ruzhou many times after he left Sichuan at the age of 25. He said in the preface of Summer Time (Longxing Pavilion is located in longxing temple, northwest of Baofeng, with Wu Daozi murals): "If you spend time with Fengzao, you will enjoy the summer, and you will have nothing to lose." "Xiamao" is the poet's laudatory name for Longxing fine wine. After drinking the world famous wine, he wrote: "If the sky doesn't love wine, the wine star is not in the sky. If you don't like wine, you shouldn't have the name Jiuquan. Since heaven and earth love wine, I am worthy of heaven loving wine. ..... three cups to lead the way, a bucket of natural ",full of good feelings for Longxing wine. Yuan Haowen, a famous writer at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, wrote the quatrain "Spring breeze makes people drunk, 300 cups go quickly" to praise Baofeng wine.
Pu Jie, the younger brother of the last emperor Puyi and a famous calligraphy artist, wrote a poem praising Baofeng's wine cloud: "Every time you love a cup, you get drunk, and the fragrance flies in vain. Pass on the wine to the next generation, and the reputation is outside. "
The admiration of celebrities in the past dynasties has continuously expanded the popularity of Baofeng wine. The expansion of the popularity of Baofeng wine not only attracted more celebrities to love Baofeng wine, but also promoted the continuous development of the production scale of Baofeng wine and the steady improvement of product quality.