Maotai legend story

Maotai is known as the "national wine" in China, and it is named after it was produced in Maotai Town (a village) in Renhuai County, Guizhou Province, and enjoys the reputation of "a thousand people are drunk when the wind comes next door, and thyme blooms after the rain". This special hair fragrance is refreshing and intoxicating.

There are many legends and stories about Moutai, among which the most beautiful ones are:

In the Millennium, there were only a dozen families in Maotai Village by Chishui River. A rich family with three big tile houses stands out at the height of the river. The rest are poor people, living in thatched cottages and distributed by the river. People who live here have the habit of making wine. But at that time, whether rich or poor, the technology of brewing was very common.

One year in the twelfth lunar month, an unusual snow fell in Maotai village, which has a mild climate all the year round. Snowflakes are flying, from night to dawn, from morning to dusk, without stopping. At this time, in the snowstorm, I saw a girl in rags, naked and barefoot, with a stick in her hand, coming down from the mountain and stumbling towards Maotai Village.

She went to the door of the rich man's house and saw several helpers busy baking wine in the wine room, so she stopped. "Brother baking wine, I feel cold all over. I need a drink to warm myself up and resist the cold. "

Seeing that she was as cold as chaff and her teeth were still gnawing, the helpers stopped their work and looked at her with pity. A helper conveniently picked up a pottery bowl, scooped a bowl of wine from the jar and handed it to her: "Leave after drinking, and the master will come at once."

What a coincidence. As soon as the girl picked up the bowl, the host came out of the room. With a straight face, he quickly grabbed the earthen bowl from the girl's hand, then poured the wine from the bowl into the jar and said angrily, "Get out of here and stop nagging here!" "