Speaking of Moutai, everyone knows that there is Moutai in Guizhou.
But how many people really know the story behind Moutai? Today, let's walk into the history of Moutai and see which neglected histories. As we all know, Moutai Distillery in the modern sense was established in 1952 by the three largest private distilleries in Moutai Town, "Chengyi", "Ronghe" and "Hengxing", after the founding of the People's Republic of China. To trace Moutai, it is necessary to trace the history of these three roasting houses.
As early as the Qing Dynasty, the brewery where Moutai was brewed had been destroyed once, until the first year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1862), Moutai began to be restored and rebuilt on the destroyed site, and since then there have been three main brewing workshops called "Burning House". The first to open was "Chengyi Burning House", followed by "Ronghe Burning House" and "Hengxing Burning House".
The predecessor of "Chengyi Burning Workshop" was "Chengyu Burning House", which was opened in the first year of Tongzhi (1862). The founder is Hua Lianhui, who is originally from Linchuan, Jiangxi. The original brewing of liquor was to let his grandmother Peng drink a wine that he drank when he was young again, so he found the former winemaker and established a simple workshop on the old site, and the wine was really the same as the grandmother drank back then. Therefore, it continues to be brewed, and is only used as a family drink or as a gift to relatives and friends, and is not sold to the public. Therefore, the quality of the wine is excellent, and relatives and friends praise each other, and they come to ask for wine. Later, Hualianhui decided to expand the burning house and named it "Chengyu Burning House", which was attached to the "Yonglong Yu" salt number, and soon changed its name to "Chengyi Burning House".
"Rong Taihe burning house" was established in the fifth year of Guangxu (1879 AD), this burning house was opened by Shi Rongxiao, Sun Quantai, the big landlord of Renhuai County, and Wang Lifu, the owner of the "Wang Tianhe" salt number. Because of the names of Shi and Sun and the name of the "Wang Tianhe" store, it was named "Rong Taihe". At the beginning of the burning of the house, Sun Quantai was in charge, and the three companies withdrew profits according to shares. Later, the three had a dispute. After the ruling of Renhuai County, Shi Rongxiao returned 200 taels of silver as shares and dividends to Sun Quantai, so "Rongtaihe Burning House" was renamed "Ronghe Burning House".
The predecessor of "Hengxing Burning House" was opened in Moutai in 1929 by Zhou Bingheng, a native of Guiyang. But with poor management, the "Hengchang Burning House" was later sold to Lai Yongchu. After Lai Yongchu took over, in 1941, the "Hengchang Burning House" was renamed "Hengxing Burning House", and expanded the operation, purchasing 12 mules and horses for grinding and grinding, and the number of workers increased to more than 40 people, reaching more than 60 people at the peak. By 1947, the annual production of liquor had increased to about 32,500 kilograms.
In fact, there are still many contradictions between the three distilleries, and the real establishment of Moutai Distillery was after the founding of New China. In 1951, Guizhou Province acquired the largest Chengyi Burning House and merged the other two burning houses to form the state-owned Moutai Distillery. ** Immediately transferred to the competent cadres, invested a lot of money to expand the scale of production, Moutai began a thriving history.
Moutai has developed to become a well-known liquor today, and in the continuous market expansion, today's Moutai represents the traditional Chinese liquor, which has stood on the international stage and has been successfully exported abroad. If we talk about today's internationally renowned liquor, there must be a place for our Moutai.