Wucheng Rice Wine [Anhui Xiuning Specialty]

What is Five Cities Rice Wine? Authentic Anhui Xiuning specialty: Wucheng rice wine

Content summary:Do you want to know what Wucheng rice wine is? This article is a detailed introduction to the specialty of Anhui Xiuning - Wucheng Rice Wine. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information about Wucheng Rice Wine. The full text takes about 5 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Wucheng Rice Wine and its nutritional value? What are the product characteristics of Wucheng rice wine? How did the history of Wucheng rice wine come about? The production method of Wucheng rice wine, etc

Introduction to Wucheng Rice Wine

Wucheng Rice Wine is a traditional Han Chinese liquor from Xiuning County, Anhui Province.

Five cities are famous for their rice wine, and their people are also famous for drinking alcohol, which has been passed down from generation to generation. According to 78 year old Zhang Shunxiang's recollection, before the liberation, the most famous drinkers on the streets of Wucheng were the "Three Heroes", "Five Tigers", and "Drunken Eight Immortals". The "Three Heroes" Tong Zao, Ye Jiuzhai, and Yao Fengji drank and played rock paper scissors, unmatched by anyone else, and drank heavily without getting drunk. Ye Jiuzhai, the master of Xingfengfang, is known for his excellent wine making and exceptional tolerance for alcohol, earning him the nickname 'Ye Ban Street'. The "Five Tigers" Huang Lianshun, Cheng Chenghou, Huang Fuchun, Huang Chunmei, and Xu Xiqi use alcohol as tea and drink it for a long time without getting drunk. Among them, Huang Lianshun and Xu Xiqi's uncle and nephew have similar alcohol tolerance, and Huang Chunmei's distillery and cloth shop are thriving. The "Drunken Eight Immortals" Wu Zeng, Wu Jie, Beggar's Food Girl, and other eight people soak in wine jars from morning till night, drinking from street taverns and hotels, one big bowl at a time, all the way to the foot of the street, swaying and talking non-stop, but still unable to get drunk. The 'Drunken Eight Immortals' in the Five Cities have been like this for a long time, why aren't the Five Cities distilleries thriving? There are also those porters from Longwan to Jiangwan who can drink, reducing the burden of carrying. However, when they arrive in the five cities, they cannot speak of alcohol, that is, they cannot be called alcohol tolerance. Legend has it that "a hundred carrying poles were drunk in one night in the five cities", which means countless porters were drunk

Wu Cheng rice wine is not only popular locally, but also transported to Longwan for shipment to Tunxi and Hangzhou, with a fragrant aroma on both sides of the Xin'an River

Five city rice wine can be consumed in summer to cool down and relieve heat, and in winter to keep warm and dispel coldness. It also has the effects of promoting lactation, treating injuries with medicine, and dispelling epilepsy. Regular moderate consumption can improve memory

When Wucheng rice wine is produced, it is beige in color. After aging, it is clear and transparent, without turbidity or precipitation, with a rich aroma, sweet and refreshing taste, and mellow and mellow

The Five Cities have a long history, located on the ancient post road from the ancient Huizhou prefecture to Wuyuan County (now Xiuning County). The Song Dynasty's "Xin'an Chronicle" states: "The Five City Villages are the ancient big towns". In the Yuan Dynasty, "Five City Affairs" were established, and in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Five City Stores" were set up. The Five Cities consist of two parts: the Five Cities and the Ancient Forest. An ancient street stretches for 2 kilometers and serves as a distribution center for mountain delicacies and miscellaneous goods in the surrounding areas of the Five Cities and the northern part of Wuyuan. It is also an important bustling market town in ancient Huizhou, only 18 kilometers away from the Fuzhi Tunxi. During the Republican era, there were still nearly a hundred large shops in various industries such as North South grocery stores, mountain goods, tea shops, cloth shops, national medicine shops, sugar shops, tobacco and alcohol shops, restaurants, hotels, and sedan shops on the ancient streets. There were only about ten or twenty liquor shops alone. Other famous shops that had not yet faded out of history included Xiangmiao, Sanshun, Xiangji, Xingfeng, Yihexiang, Yufeng, Rixin, Xiangxing, etc. Some liquor shops also served as cloth shops, while others served as tofu shops. From the beginning to the end of the street, the aroma of water and liquor was ethereal, and the entire fragrant street was where everyone was drunk without alcohol

The production method of Wucheng rice wine

Wucheng rice wine has a smooth and sweet taste, and is made using koji. The raw material is high-quality pearl glutinous rice from the local area, which is brewed through more than ten rigorous processes such as soaking rice, steaming rice, pouring rice, mixing koji, saccharification, opening rice cakes, fermentation, wine extraction, wine filtration, secondary steaming, and aging. The brewing technique of Wucheng rice wine is unique. It can be brewed all year round, with winter brewing being the best. It has a unique ancestral secret recipe for handling water temperature, wine making, and other processes