Useful wine has been recorded in Shennong Materia Medica, and according to the analysis of wine and vinegar homology and contemporaries, vinegar appeared in Shennong's period of tasting a hundred herbs. According to historical records, vinegar was invented by Heita, the son of Du Kang, who made wine with Du (low alcohol content in ancient times). Because of his playfulness, the wine turned sour into vinegar. According to historical records, Du Kang makes wine because it tastes delicious. Therefore, it is believed that there was vinegar when Dayu was born. Du Kang made wine in Luoyang, and his son naturally had vinegar. The invention of vinegar also pushed to the Xia Dynasty 4000 years ago.
China is the first country in the world to make vinegar from grains. In BC 1058, the Duke of Zhou had written records of vinegar making and The Analects of Confucius Gongye Chang. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a workshop dedicated to fermented vinegar appeared. In the Book of Qi Yao Min in the Northern Wei Dynasty, * * * collected 22 kinds of vinegar making methods, some of which are still in use today.