Yibin is located at the confluence of the Jinsha River and the Minjiang River into the Yangtze River, the west of the Minjiang River is mainly the Hengduan Mountains, the Jinsha River basin is mainly the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the south of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is mainly the northern foot of the Wumeng Mountain. Yibin has become the intersection of the marginal zone of civilization and the marginal civilization zone, Yibin connects the Bashu culture and Jingchu culture through the Minjiang River to the east and the Yangtze River to the east, and connects the Yunnan-Guizhou culture and Tibet-Qiang culture through the banks of the Jinsha River and the Minjiang River to the west. It is the traffic artery and important military support base of the first dynasty in the west and Zhurong and Fuyi Yue in the south. During the Warring States Period, Li Bing burned charcoal on the side of the Min River in Yibin to build the Yan Road, the Qin Dynasty Chang Qian slightly passed the Wuchi Road, the Western Han Dynasty Tang Meng passed from the Shu Road to Nanyue, the Shu Han Dynasty Zhuge Liang conquered Meng Hu, the Tang Dynasty Wei Gao suppressed the southwest, the Song Dynasty along the rivers and mountains to resist the Yuan, the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty Southern Ming, Qing Dynasty, and Daxi regimes fought for the place, and the refuge of Chinese higher education during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Yibin's important military-strategic position is based on the special location of Yibin, the capital city of the Yangtze River.
In the process of studying the spread of wheat, the raw material of Wuliangye liquor, it was found that there is a place of great cultural value, which is the Nanguang estuary by the Yangtze River, the original location of Nanguang Town, Xuzhou District, Yibin City, the place where Zhuge Liang sacrificed to Lushui, and the steamed bun was named here. The long history of wheat application has provided a strong cultural internal force for Wuliangye. The wonderful wheat story provides valuable materials for the global, regional and niche expression of Wuliangye, and is an important attempt to explore and deepen the culture of Wuliangye wine.
1. Zhuge Liang Liulushui is sacrificed with steamed buns
Zhuge Liang's southern expedition passed through Yibin twice, once from Chengdu to Kunming via Yibin, Zhuge Liang went down from Chengdu along the Min River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, from Yibin City along the Jinsha River to the new town of Pingshan County, Yibin City to Xichang, and through Huili and Chuxiong to Kunming's southern expedition route, which is the route mentioned in Zhuge Liang's "Departure Table" "so May crosses Lu and goes deep into the barren". One was from Kunming to Chengdu via Yibin. Zhuge Liang crossed the Yangtze River from Kunming through Qujing and Weining along the Nanguang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, to Yibin and then crossed the Yangtze River and returned to Chengdu. This is the route of "the south has been determined" mentioned in Zhuge Liang's "Teacher Table". Zhuge Liang's southern expedition route is from Chengdu to Yibin, starting from Yibin and returning to Yibin along the current Wumeng Mountain, a loop around the current Wumeng Mountain, and its main area belongs to the so-called Wumeng Mountain contiguous poverty-stricken area before 2020.
About 13 kilometers away from Wuliangye Group Company, the mouth of the Nanguang River on the Yangtze River is the place where the legendary Zhuge Liang class returned to Chengdu to sacrifice Lushui and name steamed buns. It used to be the starting point of the Five Feet Road and the Southern Silk Road. To the west of the Nanguang River is Yingpan Mountain (part of Qixing Mountain), and to the east is Dayingpan Mountain. On the opposite side of the Yangtze River, there is Hanging Bow Mountain, there is Ximachi Park behind the mountain, and Guandou Mountain is in the distance, which is the backing mountain of Sichuan University of Light Chemical Industry (China Baijiu Institute).
I went to the relics of Zhuge Liang Ruins Diliu Cup Pond, Prime Minister Ancestral Hall, Qixing Mountain, Guandou Mountain, Yingpan Mountain, Dayingpan Mountain, as well as Fenxi Town, Xuzhou District, Zhongdu Town, Pingshan County, Shimenguan, Gao County, Mahu City, Leshan City and other places to conduct field surveys, collected a large number of folklore, read historical records from all over the world, and analyzed and researched all the academic information about "steamed buns" on CNKI and Yuxiu.
After Zhuge Liang's victory in the southern expedition, he returned to Yibin through the Yan Road, and there is this consensus in the historical materials. To inquire about Zhuge Liang's route back to Chengdu, it is most convenient to cross the river from the mouth of the Nanguang River on the Yangtze River in Nanguang Town, Xuzhou District, Yibin City. There is a huge stone about 500 meters long in the Yangtze River near the mouth of the Nanguang River, which is called "Saw Beam Stone" (known as Wuhou Xiema Stone in ancient times) because of its uneven height at the top. The Xiema Stone Cliff Inscription is located in Chentangguan Community, Nanguang Town, commonly known as "Prince Stone", which can only be seen during the dry period of the Yangtze River. The inscription reads: "Kaixi changed the Yuan Dynasty to the first month of the first month, Jiashen Nanxi ordered Yuan Shuyi and Ke Jiaochang Dynasty to visit Wuhou Xiema's stone teeth and teeth are really strange, and there is no such trip to the mouth of Chen Qi, and the mouth is hanging from the ancients. This is an important relic of Yibin Song Dynasty wine culture, an important witness of Yibin wine culture with a long history, and an important carrier to tell the story of Wuliangye. The current of this section of the river is turbulent, and even today's mobile patrol boats feel difficult to sail, and it can be imagined that Zhuge Liang's army had difficulty crossing the river in those years, which shows that the legend of Lushui is "turbulent" and "soldiers cannot cross" has a factual basis.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the story of steamed buns in the long chapter of Huiti Historical Romance created by Luo Guanzhong in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" became a household name with the wide spread of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Although "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a literary work, not a historical fact, and the story about steamed buns in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" cannot be used to argue the view that "Yibin is the place where steamed buns are named", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" secretly spreads and strengthens the view that "Yibin is the place where steamed buns are named".
The 84-episode TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" broadcast in 1994 retold the story of steamed bread in a modern way of imagery. Art is higher than life, art is not equal to life, but the communication power and influence of art are far beyond the truth of life, and a social consensus has been formed in the long-term wide dissemination, and the power of truth has been weakened and reduced to basically non-existent. Even if someone puts forward the idea that steamed buns are not named by Zhuge Liang, it is difficult to cause such a wide impact.
As the central city of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Yibin is the only "pilot area for the integration of learning, education, research, industry and city" in the province, Yibin Sanjiang New Area is the first provincial-level new area in Sichuan Province, and Sanjiang New Area is the opposite bank of the Yangtze River where Nanguang Town is located. We believe that based on the most secure view of "the legendary Yibin is the origin of steamed bread", it is a pragmatic research idea to connect Yibin and the place where steamed bread got its name, and change from a strong connection "Yibin is the origin of steamed bread" to a weak connection "Yibin is the place where steamed bread is named", which can provide impetus for the economic and social development of Yibin through academic research, and at the same time provide research ideas and research space for later researchers without losing originality.
Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu from Hanyang via the Yan Road, and should cross the river from the Nanguang Town Ferry.
Crossing the river from Yibin South to Chengdu, you can cross the river at the following locations: 1. Cross the Jinsha River from the Hengjiang River. From Hengjiang Town, Xuzhou District, Yibin City, cross the Jinsha River to Anbian Town, and then go down the Jinsha River to Yibin City and cross the Minjiang River to Liubeichi Park. 2. Cross the Jinsha River from the south bank. From Nan'an Street or Zhaochang Street, Xuzhou District, Yibin City, cross the Jinsha River to Daguanlou Street or Baixi Street in Xuzhou District, Cuiping District, and then cross from Minjiang River to Liubeichi Park through Hejiangmen Street. 3. Crossing the Yangtze River from Nanguang. From Nanguang Town, Xuzhou District, Yibin City, cross the river now known as the Yangtze River to reach Hanggong Mountain. The first two river crossing routes require two river crossings, first crossing the Jinsha River and then crossing the Min River, and the third way is to cross the river only once, that is, crossing the Yangtze River.
What is in doubt is whether Zhuge Liang will return to Chengdu along the west bank of the Minjiang River after his southern expedition? Do you have to return to Chengdu along the east bank of the Min River along the Sichuan Basin? Judging from the geographical, economic, and cultural conditions of the three countries at that time, a large amount of logistical supplies for the army had to be guaranteed by returning to Chengdu from the east bank of the Minjiang River, which was more economically developed and had more convenient transportation. Yibin's cultural relics of the Three Kingdoms are all on the east bank of the Minjiang River, which is evident, and the first batch of Sichuan historical celebrities Zhuge Liang listed the Yibin Prime Minister's Ancestral Hall, Dianjiangtai, and Guandoushan in the introduction of Sichuan's historical relics, all of which are on the east bank of the Minjiang River.
There is a boulder in Yibin Liubeichi Park on the east bank of the Minjiang River, which is about 3 kilometers away from Wuliangye Group Company, about 2 kilometers away from the upstream of Hejiangmen where the Minjiang River and the Jinsha River merge into the Yangtze River, and about 7 kilometers away from the mouth of the Nanguang River on the Yangtze River. There is a stone tablet erected during the Qing Dynasty on the boulder. The stele is engraved: "Woo hoo this is", "Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Wuhou deduces the art of war", "Guangxu Xin Chou October Zhixu Prefecture Wen Huanli" three lines of vertical text.
The mouth of the Nanguang River is very close to the Yandao, and it is a wharf station that enters the Yangtze River through the Yandao (the old town of Yibin City) and turns into the Nanguang River. Therefore, this should be the first choice for the class teacher to return to Chengdu to cross the river. The mouth of the Nanguang River is located at the mouth of the Sanjiang River in Yibin City along the Yangtze River about 5 kilometers down, when the Nanguang River flows into the mouth of the Yangtze River, it is the jurisdiction of Nanguang Town, Xuzhou District, Yibin City. The Jinsha River is the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the largest river in China, and was called Lushui during the Three Kingdoms period. The Yangtze River began to be named after the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and before the Sui and Tang dynasties, people did not strictly distinguish between the current Yangtze River and the Lushui (Jinsha River). During the Three Kingdoms, the section of the lower reaches of the Jinsha River connecting the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (from Yibin to Luzhou) was still considered to be Lushui, so the Lushui in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was not the Jinsha River, but the lower reaches of the Jinsha River, where the Nanguang River flows into the Yangtze River. In ancient times, this section of Lushui was grand, the water flow was turbulent, the river bent and the beach was dangerous, and the wooden boat crossed the river, and its thrilling spirit could be imagined. In this way, there is also an environmental premise for sacrificing Lushui.
Anyone who has been to the mouth of the Nanguang River knows that after the Yangtze River flows through the sawbeam stone, it forms a huge backflow. Especially in the summer and autumn, when the flood occurs, the water covers almost half of the river, so in the past, the two rivers of Fan Jinmin washed away the houses by the river due to floods, or the boats were overturned by the reef, and some people drifted to the Nanguang backwater, they swirled with the water and no longer flowed. Even if there are drowned people, most of their bodies float up in the backwater. Therefore, there were philanthropists in the past, and special "red boats" were prepared here for salvage and life-saving purposes. So every time an accident happens here, it involves people from Liangjiang. Once it spread, women and children knew about it. Due to the lack of understanding of ancient people, it is entirely possible to form the cognition of the river god to make trouble, and at the same time, there is the possibility of sacrificing to the river god to pray for peace. The mountain range across the river in Nanguang Town is called Hanging Bow Mountain (there is a person who says Gegong Mountain), and there is a horse washing pond nearby. We speculate that the locals named it after Zhuge Liang pacified the south, "hanging on the bow mountain" and "washing the horse pool". Nanguang Town has a camping mountain in the east and a Yingpan mountain in the west. The mouth of the Nanguang River is close to the Seven Star Mountain, looking at the Guandou Mountain, the Seven Star Mountain and the Guandou Mountain are both places where Zhuge Liang observes the Big Dipper and looks at the clouds and knows the weather in the local folklore. A large number of relics and place names can prove that after Zhuge Liang's victory in the southern expedition, the class returned to the dynasty and passed through the mouth of the Nanguang River. Therefore, many place names related to the historical facts of the Three Kingdoms form a chain of evidence, which can confirm that the place where the legend of Zhuge Liang's sacrifice to Lushui is carried should be Nanguang Town, Xuzhou District, Yibin City. The place where steamed bread is named should also be focused on and located at the Nanguang estuary of the Yangtze River in Nanguang Town, Xuzhou District, Yibin City.
II. II. II, about Zhuge LiangNamingFurther argumentation on the issues related to steamed buns
1) The time and place of the Lushui of Zhuge Liang's "May Crossing Lushui" and the Lushui of "Sacrificial Lushui" are different and cannot be confused. Zhuge Liang's "May Crossing Lushui" Lushui, the academic community has basically formed a consensus, the Lushui of "crossing Lushui" is in the middle reaches of the Jinsha River, and the main location is the Yuli Ferry in Huili County, and the other is the Huadandu in Ningnan County. The place where Zhuge Liang "sacrificed to Lushui" was the Lushui that Zhuge Liang crossed when he won a decisive victory in the southern expedition and "passed through the Yan Road". "Huayang National Chronicles" contains: "Liang moved to the south of the strong pawn, Qingqiang more than 10,000 families in Shu, for the five, should be unprecedented, called the flying army." "Out of the List" contains: "Now the south has been decided, and the armor is sufficient." It can be known that Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu with a large number of troops and supplies after the victory of the Southern Expedition. The Lushui mentioned in this article is a place of "sacrificing Lushui", not a place of "crossing Lushui". Before leaving the land of the Southern Barbarians and returning to the Central Plains, it was logical to hold a sacrificial ceremony to comfort the soldiers who donated their lives and the southerners who died in battle.
2) Zhuge Liang's naming of steamed buns is what everyone expects. The first reason is that Zhuge Liang himself is an inventor, and it is entirely possible that he invented the practice of steamed buns and named them. The second reason is that there has always been a tradition of attributing inventions to emperors and generals, similar to today's job works signed by leaders, such as Shennong's invention of Leiyun, Du Kang's winemaking, and Ming Xiaozong's invention of toothbrushes. From this, it is also understandable that even if steamed bread has been invented or named earlier, contemporaries and later generations still tend to attribute the name of steamed bread to Zhuge Liang, and form a historical consensus.
3) Zhuge Liang's steamed buns in Lushui are actually what we now call steamed buns. So why did steamed buns become unfilled pasta? In the process of development, the characteristic pasta has been named independently, steamed to eat is called steamed buns, boiled to eat is called dumplings, and shredded meat and green onions are called bird's nest shreds. Only pure pasta steamed to eat is still called steamed bread.
4) Wheat was widely cultivated in Yibin during the Three Kingdoms period, and it was already able to be ground into flour to make pasta. This is an important basis for Yibin's wheat-related industries to have a long history. At present, Yibin's economic and social development is related to wheat and flour, and the most famous is Wuliangye, which is made of five kinds of grains: sorghum, rice, glutinous rice, wheat and corn. Yibin's national intangible cultural heritage items distilled liquor traditional brewing skills (Wuliangye liquor traditional brewing skills), provincial intangible cultural heritage items distilled liquor traditional brewing techniques (Yongle ancient cellar liquor traditional brewing skills), vinegar traditional brewing techniques (Sipo vinegar traditional brewing skills), municipal intangible cultural heritage items Jintan jade liquor brewing skills, Deshengfu Yuanxinghe traditional brewing skills, "Forbidden City" liquor traditional brewing skills, Zhuhai wine traditional brewing skills, Deng Zijun traditional brewing skills, among which wheat is an important brewing raw material. The provincial intangible cultural heritage items Yibin dough sculpture and Yibin burning noodle traditional production skills, the municipal intangible cultural heritage items eyebrow crisp production skills, Heshi noodles production technology, and Xingwen Liu Zhao's handmade production skills are all made of wheat flour as raw materials. The city-level intangible cultural heritage project of Huangxian wheat straw painting is made of wheat straw as raw material. The provincial intangible cultural heritage project in southern Sichuan invites spring wine folk customs and Miao people have food made of wheat flour.
ThreeZhuge is named steamed bunsConclusion application
To sum up, in the historical facts, the Lushui crossed by Zhuge Liang after the victory of the southern expedition is located 5 kilometers downstream of the Jinsha River, at the junction of the Yangtze River and its tributary Nanguang River. The Lushui River sacrificed in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" now belongs to the Yangtze River, and is now the nearby river surface of Nanguang Town, Xuzhou District, Yibin City, Sichuan Province. Zhuge Liang used steamed buns instead of barbarian heads to sacrifice to cross the water, mainly in romance and legends, but the steamed buns were named after Zhuge Liang's sacrifice to Lushui, which has formed social recognition and historical recognition. There is no public statement of the place name of the place where the steamed bun was named in China. "Legend has it that Yibin is the place where steamed buns are named" is the result of the joint promotion and deduction of "historical facts" + "romance" as cultural resources. We take the conclusion that the connection is weak, "the legend says that Yibin is the place where steamed buns are named", leaving a certain space for the next step of fieldwork and academic **.
Today, in addition to clarifying the facts and giving you a multi-angle understanding of steamed bread, it is more important to use the legend of steamed bread to develop production and serve the masses, and to use the legend of steamed bread as a valuable cultural resource given by history as an engine to promote the integrated development of food tourism industry in Yibin and surrounding areas. At present, strengthening the view that "the legendary Yibin is the place where steamed bread is named" is a rare opportunity for Yibin to develop steamed bread culture and steamed bread industry.
On the way from the mouth of the Nanguang River to Wuliangye Group Company, pass by the Prime Minister's Temple (also known as the Valley Temple). The Prime Minister's Ancestral Hall is located under the Jiangtai in the southeast of Yibin Liubeichi Park, which is built to commemorate the Southern Expedition of Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms Period, passing through Rongzhou (now Yibin). The couplet on the archway of the Prime Minister's Ancestral Hall was written by Wen Huan, the prefect of Xuzhou (now Yibin) during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty: "Knowing that Yande has declined, I feel that I am grateful to the gentleman and help the crisis; After all, the daimyo is immortal, and he has two rivers and Aizawa, and comes to worship the desolate shrine. "The place on the left opposite the Prime Minister's Ancestral Hall was originally the location of the valley ancestral grain station, which was named after Wuliangye.