Legends and allusions: The legend of Dukang’s wine making
Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty said in "Shuowen Jiezi": "Dukang makes rice wine." Dukang is the originator and god of wine in my country's wine industry. Research found that Dukang Village, Caidian Township, Ruyang County today was the place where Dukang made wine. "Full Records of Ruzhou, Zhili" during the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty records: "Dukang (Shiba) is the current Dukang Village. The village is surrounded by three mountains and has a stream flowing beside it. The water in the Dukang River in the south of the village is gurgling and crystal clear. Among them, Jiuquan Valley In one section, hundreds of springs are gushing, clear and clear, with lush trees and pleasant scenery.
In 1972, Ruyang County built the Dukang Winery in Dukang Village, using Jiuquan ditch water, traditional craftsmanship and modern technology. Combined, they brewed a series of strong-flavor Dukang wine products, which won the titles of national, ministerial and provincial excellent products. By 1992, they had won 62 gold and silver cups (brands) and were exported to 59 countries and regions.
Next to Jiuquan Valley is the Dukang Temple, which was built during the Jianwu period of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. In recent years, Ruyang County Winery has invested more than 3 million yuan in the restoration and reconstruction of the Dukang Temple, Xiangchun Garden, and Dukang Cemetery. There are more than 20 scenic spots such as Dukang Restaurant, Jiuquan Pavilion, Erxian Bridge, Hulu Lake, Zhi'en Pavilion, Gujiangzhai, Qixian Ruins, Wei Wuju, Drinking Eight Immortals Hall, etc., and the Chinese Liquor Museum has been established, making Dukang Xianzhuang has become the first wine culture tourism destination in my country.
Du Kang makes wine
Legend has it that Du Kang was from the Zhou Dynasty, and his grandfather was Du Bo, the censor of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty. Doctor. Once, when King Xuan's chariot (more commonly referred to as the emperor's car) was driving to the market, he heard a group of children clapping their hands and chanting a song on the street, to the effect of saying, "The moon is about to rise, the sun is about to set, and the Zhou Dynasty is about to perish." "
King Xuan was furious and ordered his attendants to arrest the child and interrogate the guarantor for teaching him this anti-song. The child said that it was a passerby who taught him this song three days ago. He said that chanting this song often can ward off disasters and evacuate people. .
The next day, when King Xuan was in power, he angrily told the ministers about the matter and asked Taishi Boyang's father: "What is the meaning of this statement?"
Boyang's father He was good at understanding Yin and Yang gossip and gained favor in the court by pretending to be gods and ghosts. He turned the compass, frowned and thought for a while and said: "The moon is yin and the sun is yang. When Yin Qi rises and Yang Qi declines, it is regarded as a demon causing chaos. Please take precautions early. "
At this time, the eunuch in the palace went up to the court and said: "Long live Qi, today the eighty-year-old palace maid in the palace gave birth to a baby girl who was able to speak in the palace today. When King Zhou Xuan heard this, he was very surprised: "It is really a wonder in the world. I will wait for you (the emperor calls himself) to visit her and see her." Who is this child prodigy? We can know the clues of this person's chaos in government. "As he said that, he stood up from the throne.
At this time, Boyang's father frowned and thought about it. He recited "Book of Changes", turned the compass, muttered something for a while, and took a few steps forward. Kneeling in front of King Xuan, he said: "Long live the Qi report. The angry minister said bluntly, Your Majesty, you must not go. "
"Why?" King Xuan asked. Boyang's father continued: "Today is You day, and this girl was born in You time. On You day and You time, she worries about the sun and worries about death. Women are yin, which is exactly what is going to cause chaos in the Zhou Dynasty. ?
When King Xuan heard the words, he believed them to be true. Then he sent an order to send Du Bo to kill the baby girl.
This Du Bo is a veteran of the palace for three generations. He is kind-hearted and has the heart of a Bodhisattva. Boyang's father often talks nonsense and kills innocent people unjustly. There is a lot of civil and military complaints in the court. How could he listen to the nonsense of Fu Boyang's father today and kill the ignorant child! He first sent his men to deal with it secretly. , sent the girl out of the palace, and then rushed to the harem with a large group of people, shot a feint, and went back to the palace to deliver business.
Unexpectedly, the news of Du Bo's secrecy leaked out, and King Xuan soon found out about it. King Xuan was so angry that his eyebrows stood up, his steel teeth clenched, and he jumped three feet in the air and said: "You uncle Du, you dare to make fun of me. I will kill your entire family and quarter your body with five horses." Then he sent an order to Uncle Taizong to summon a tiger. He went to capture Du Bo. Bo Zhaohu and Du Bo fought in the north and south all their lives. How could he bear to make the Du Bo family innocent victims? He also quickly sent someone to inform the Du Bo family, so that the Du Bo family fled for their lives. The uncle's family only took Du Bo, and a fire reduced Du's mansion to ashes, and he returned to the court.
Du Kang was only seven years old that year. He was playing in the back garden of his home when he suddenly saw a fire in his home. He didn't know what to do. His uncle Du Xi ran over, picked up Du Kang and ran out of the back garden.
They went out and walked southeast, spending the night at dawn. When they arrived at the sparsely populated Funiu Mountain, it was already dawn in May and June.
The weather this year was extremely hot, and the sun was so poisonous that it made the land and barren mountains crack and open their mouths, and the trees and weeds withered and wilted. On this day, they came to the ground in Ruyang and climbed up to Fenghuang Ridge under the sun. They were so hot that their sweat dropped to the ground, and their throats were so thirsty that they started to burn. At this moment, a large mulberry forest appeared in front, and a spring water "gudu, gulu" came out from the edge of the forest. They hurried to the spring to drink water. Unexpectedly, as soon as I ran into the mulberry forest, it was like a completely different world: the grass was green, the water was clear, the ground was dark, and the air was dense. There was no sweat at all. Du Kang said: "Uncle, there are homes everywhere for distressed people, and it is difficult for us to find such a good place. I think we can live here!"
Du Xi heard what Du Kang said was reasonable, So I found a cave to live here, thirsty to drink water from the spring, hungry to pick fruits from the forest, greedy to catch fish in the river, and happy to hunt birds in the trees. Although he lived a poor life and was not as wealthy as his family, he felt comfortable to earn his own living and avoid being wanted by the government.
Unexpectedly, not long after, one day, Du Xi was about to take Du Kang up the mountain to hunt. A man came from the foot of the ridge. His name was Hu Da, a famous rogue in the Phoenix Ridge area. He saw that Du Xi was young and strong and had good energy. Although Du Kang was young, he was handsome and smart, so he came up with a crooked idea in a blink of an eye. Hu Da said:
"Who are you from, and why do you live in my family's mountain forest and Baoquan? No wonder everything has happened to my family these days. It turns out that you invaded my ancestors' Hongfu Yinde and destroyed it. My family's wealth has been ruined."
Du Xi hurriedly stepped forward and apologized, "Sir, please calm down. We are from Hexi and don't know the rules here. Please forgive me."
Then Hu Dayi. Hearing Du Xi say that he was an outsider and knew how to bully, Zhao Fa was startled and said: "I didn't mean to bully you. The rules here are that anyone who invades the ancestral home of others will be regarded as a slave. You can follow me down the mountain!"
Du Xi is an honest man, how could he know that there was a fraud and follow Hu Da down the mountain. From then on, Du Xi did farm work for the Hu family, and Du Kang herded sheep for the Hu family.
How do you imagine the life of a seven-year-old baby going to herd sheep? Du Kang secretly shed many tears and cried many times. Every day at dawn, Du Kang drove his sheep up the mountain. He knew a good place with a mulberry forest and drove his sheep there every day. This Hu Da was a miser who had to look for three days for a sesame seed. He only wanted people to work and was reluctant to let people eat. Every day, Du Kang went to the mountains to herd sheep, and only gave Du Kang a sorghum (sorghum) rice ball for dry food.
Du Kang drove the sheep to the mulberry forest every day, put the dry food in the hole of an old mulberry tree, and then lay down under the tree to rest. Every time at this time, he had something on his mind. He thought that in the past, there was endless delicacies to eat, and beautiful cars and BMWs would be sent to each other when going out. Now, the glutinous rice balls are not allowed to be fed, and they are even beaten and beaten. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He didn't even want to eat the rice balls placed in the tree hole. In this way, as time went by, more and more rice was placed in the mulberry tree hole. Du Kang did not want to eat, and his body became thinner and thinner.
Let’s say that Du Kang’s uncle felt very sad when he saw that Du Kang was losing weight day by day. He thought that Du Kang was sick because he often ate rice and couldn’t stand it. He asked someone to inquire and found out that the disease could be cured by using koji powder. I found some koji powder for Du Kang to eat.
On this day, Du Kang drove the sheep to the mountain again and sat under the old mulberry tree chewing koji powder. He thought: "It's all the old guy Xuan Wang who is unreasonable that makes it difficult for me to return home and become a Slave, what is the use of eating this koji powder if you have hatred in your heart?" In anger, he threw a handful of koji powder into the mulberry tree hole, lay on the ground and fell asleep angrily.
Suddenly, "rumbling", wind and thunder sounded in the sky, waking Du Kang from his dream. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the dark clouds had covered half of the sky, and the cold wind was coming from the west. It was about to rain.
Du Kang got up from the ground, picked up his whip, drove the cattle and sheep and ran down the mountain. Before I had run half a mile, there was a "click" of thunder, a "sudden" flash of lightning, and the rain was like the Milky Way in the sky opening up, pouring on the ground. Du Kang's body was already very weak, how could he withstand the heavy rain and strong wind. He fell ill when he got home and was bedridden.
Time flies like an arrow, the sun and the moon fly by, and three months passed in the blink of an eye. Du Kang's illness became more and more serious. He would be hot and sweaty, and tremble at other times. He had to be hot and cold many times a day. He was tortured to the point where his forehead was shaking, his ribs were flaring, and only a piece of skin was left covering his bones. Du Kang knew that his illness could not be cured and he would die here sooner or later. He thought, I came here to suffer a lot, but I wanted to start a family and build a career to honor my ancestors. How could I have imagined that, after the world was so rough and the Du family was no longer with us, I would be allowed to go to each other in such a cowardly manner. For example, while I still have breath, I would go to the mulberry forest and leave a message on the big mulberry tree, occupying that piece of land. It is a geomantic treasure, and my family members can find my remains even when they visit.
Having made up his mind, Du Kang walked toward the old mulberry forest with his weak body. As soon as I arrived at the mulberry forest, I suddenly felt a burst of fragrance wafting in. I suddenly felt that my eyes were clear and my breath was smooth, and my body felt energetic.
What a pleasant smell this is, he thought as he glanced around, looking around until he saw the mulberry tree where he threw the rice balls. Oh my God, it turns out that this fragrance is coming from the mulberry tree. He came to the mulberry tree in two steps and took a closer look. From the hole in the mulberry tree where he threw the rice balls, there was a thick fragrant juice flowing down the cracks in the tree. Du Kang climbed on the mulberry tree and licked the fragrant juice with his tongue. "Oh, it's so sweet!" He climbed on the tree and sucked greedily. After a while, he felt relaxed all over and no longer sick at all.
What’s going on? Could it be that a god is rescuing me? Du Kang stood under the old mulberry tree and frowned in thought. In just a blink of an eye, he looked under the mulberry tree hole again, and the fragrant juice flowing out was faintly visible. Two lines of writing:
There is no hope in the officialdom, so don’t force it.
It will benefit the people and bring joy to thousands of families.
Du Kang looked at these two lines and thought: Oh, it’s the gods who told me that I can’t be a high-ranking official, but I can still do some good things for people, but how can I benefit the people?