According to legend, during the Xia and Yu Dynasties, Yidi invented wine making. The history book Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals in the second century BC said, "Yidi makes wine". The Warring States Policy, edited by Liu Xiang in the Han Dynasty, further explained: "In the past, the emperor's daughter asked Yidi to make wine beautifully. When she entered Yu, Yu drank it, but she was willing to drink it. That day:' There will be people drinking in the country in the future. "Therefore, I neglected etiquette and morality, but I never wanted to drink" (Emperor in Xia Nai).

There are many references in Historical Records to Yidi's "making wine for beauty" and "initiating wine mash". It seems that Yidi is the ancestor of wine making. There is a saying that "Yi Di makes mash and Du Kang makes wine". There is no chronological order here. It seems that they are making different wines. Du Kang liquor-making means that the raw material used in Du Kang liquor-making is sorghum.

4000-2000 BC, that is, the early Yangshao culture in the Neolithic Age and the early Zhixia Dynasty, is the first paragraph. This period, which lasted for 2000 years, was the enlightenment period of China traditional wine. Brewing water wine with fermented grains was the main form of wine making at that time. This period was the late primitive society, and the ancestors regarded wine as a very magical drink.

From the Xia Dynasty in 2000 BC to the Qin Dynasty in 200 BC, it lasted 1800 years, which was the growth period of China traditional wine. During this period, due to fire, six animals and five grains appeared, and the invention of distiller's yeast made China the first country in the world to make wine with distiller's yeast.

The export of grains, wine and other varieties, as well as the emergence of Du Kang and Yidi, have laid a solid foundation for the development of traditional wine in China. During this period, the brewing industry was greatly developed and valued, and the government set up a special brewing institution, and the wine was controlled by the government. Wine has become the enjoyment of emperors and princes, and the "meat forest wine pool" has become a portrayal of the life of slave owners.

From the Qin Dynasty in 200 BC to the Northern Song Dynasty in 1000 A.D., it lasted 1200 years, which was the maturity of China traditional wine. During this period, scientific and technological works such as Qi Shu and Liquor Law appeared. Yellow rice wine, fruit wine, medicinal liquor and wine have also developed; Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Du Mu, Su Dongpo and other wine culture celebrities come forth in large numbers.

The prosperity of wine began from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. This is mainly due to the wars and disputes that lasted for more than two centuries at that time, and many frustrated people and literati emerged within the ruling class, advocating empty talk, not asking about political affairs, drowning their sorrows by drinking and drinking too much, which made the wine industry flourish.

By the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the wine industry was more prosperous, and drinking was not only popular in the upper class, but also spread to ordinary people. The flourishing age of Han and Tang Dynasties and the rise of non-land trade between Europe and Asia during this period made Chinese and Western wine cultures penetrate each other, further laying the foundation for the invention and development of China liquor.

The Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1000) to the end of Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1840) lasted for 840 years, which was the improvement period of China traditional wine. At the same time, distillers from the Western Regions were introduced into China, which led to the world-famous invention of China liquor. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen said in the Compendium of Materia Medica: "Soju is not an ancient law, and its law was founded in the Yuan Dynasty."

It is also reported that "shochu started in the Dading period of Jin Shizong (1 16 1)". Distilled liquor with high alcohol content quickly became popular. Over the past 800 years, white wine, yellow wine, fruit, Portuguese wine and Chinese medicine have been developing, while China white wine has penetrated into life and become a widely accepted drink.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-China China Spirit