Did Du Kang exist in history? Did he make the wine?

Du Kang did exist in history. Ancient books such as Shiben, Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals, Strategies of the Warring States, and Shuo Wen Jie Zi have all recorded Dukang. Qing dynasty qianlong nineteen years to repair the "white water title record", on dukang also has a pretty detailed description. Baishui Union, located in the northern Shaanxi Plateau South Records and open the junction of the Central Plains, because of the flow through the apparent rule of a river bottom more white head and named. Baishui County, the Department of "the ancient Yongzhou domain, weekend for the Peng play, spring and fall for the Peng Nga". "Han Jingdi built Liyi Nga alliance", "Tang built Baishui County in the present rule", visible Baishui flying flies a long history. Legend has it that there were "four great sages" here: Cangjie, the historian of the Yellow Emperor and creator of writing, was born in Yangwu Village of this county; Lei Yu, who was honored as the god of Pang Nga after his death and was good at chipping porcelain during his lifetime; and Cai Lun, the inventor of papermaking, one of the four great inventions in China, who, for some unknown reason, was not able to make a living in China. Cai Lun, the inventor of one of the "four great inventions" of paper making in the Eastern Han Dynasty, has a grave here for some unknown reason; in addition, it is the ruins of Du Kang, who is rumored to be the originator of wine making. A small city on the Loess Plateau, all of a sudden has the sites of the four great sages, Cang Leader, Lei Yu, Cai Lun and Du Kang, which can be said to be "a man of great talent and spirit of the earth". "Du Kang, with the character Zhong Yu, was said to be a native of Kangjiawei, a flying bird, who was good at making wine." Kangjiawei is a small village that still exists today, seven or eight kilometers west of Suncheng. There is a big ditch in the village, which is about ten kilometers long, more than one hundred meters wide at the widest point, and nearly one hundred meters deep at the deepest point, and people call it "Dukang Ditch". The origin of the ditch there is a spring, surrounded by trees, grass and trees, the name of a "Dukang Spring". It is said in the journal of the League that "it is said that Dukang took this water to make wine", and "the villagers said that this water still has the flavor of wine". It is not true that there is a taste of wine, but it is a fact that this spring water quality is cold and sweet. The clear water gushes out from the spring, flows along the bottom of the ditch, and finally flows into the Baishui River, which is called "Dukang River". The large earthen mound next to Dukang Spring, surrounded by brick cultivation, is said to be the place where Dukang buried his remains. Dukang Temple is on the left side of the grave, cut the wall for the room, for Dukang made elephant. Unfortunately, the temple and the elephant were destroyed in a "decade of catastrophe" Ding. According to the county record, in the past, the townspeople every first month on the 21st, are to organize "Saixiang" activities. This day is very lively, Zuo Xi play, traders gathered, Hei Xi De Jie, until the sunset people Fang Qaxing dispersal. Nowadays, Dukang Tomb and Dukang Temple have been repaired, Dukang Spring has been built on a Liangheng. The pavilion is hexagonal in shape, with red pillars and tiles, colorful eaves, and the frieze is painted with the stories of "Du Kang Drunken Liu Ling" and "Heroes Discussing Heroes by Cooking Plums and Wine", etc. Although the birthplace of Du Kang is a place where he was born, it is not the only place where he lived. Although the birthplace of Du Kang are "rumors". But according to the archaeologists in this area found the remnants of the brick broken tiles to determine that the Shang, Zhou time, this place does have buildings. The history of wine production here is also quite long. The great poet Du Nan in the Tang Dynasty, during the Anshi Rebellion, had brought his family here to rely on his male Cui Shaofu, and wrote a number of poems, such as "Whitewater uncle house hi two", and other poems, "today's drunken string song", "raw open mulberry drop wine" and other records of drinking wine. Brewing experts have tested Dukang spring water and found the water quality suitable for making wine. In 1976, the people of Baishui Flying Machine established a modern distillery near Dukang Spring, named "Dukang Distillery", and used the water of the spring to make wine, the product called "Dukang Wine", which was awarded the Bronze Cup of the National Wine Competition of the State Ministry of Light Industry. Qing Daoguang eighteen years to repair the "Yiyang Xianzhi" and Daoguang twenty years to repair the "Ruzhou Quanzhi", there are also about the site of Dukang recorded. Yi Yang County Records" in the "water" article, there is "Dushui River" a phrase, the interpretation that "popular rumors that Dukang made wine in this". Ruzhou Zhi" said "Dukang, fifty miles north of the city, commonly rumored that Dukang made wine at". Ruzhou Quanzhi also cut there: "popular rumors of Dukang wine-making place" called "Dukang urged", "in the city of fifty miles north" of the place. Today, there is still a small village called "Dukang Xianzhuang", which is said to be Dukang Zhuo. The original meaning of the word "促" is the cracking sound of a stone, and the soil around Dukang Xianzhuang is made of weathered rocks. Many streams of fresh spring water gush out from the earth's limit and flow into a small river that runs by the side of the village, which is said to be the Dushui River. It is interesting to note that in this section of the river in Pongchon, there is a small shrimp about one centimeter long that grows in the river, and it is rare elsewhere because it is yellow and curls up in the waist. In addition, the eggs laid by ducks growing on this stretch of the river cover have reddish yolks. The villagers in this area have no stomach problems because they drink the river water. About ten kilometers north of Dukang Xianzhuang in Yichuan Xian territory, there is a spring named "Shanghuang Guquan", which is also said to be the spring where Dukang took water. Nowadays, in Yichuan County and Ruyang County, Dukang Liquor Factory has been established respectively, and the products are called Dukang Liquor. Yichuan's products, Ruyang's products seat with the white water products together, the annual output has reached tens of thousands of tons, which I'm afraid that year's Dukang can not imagine.