Wei Wudi Yuefu said: "Du Kang is the only person who can solve the worries." . Since then, it seems that more and more people think that wine was created by Du Kang. Dou Ping researched the origin of Du's surname, and thought that "Du was born in Liu, Shang tired was Wei's, the king of Wu sealed it to Du, passed it on to Du Bo, was condemned, and his descendants went to Jin, so there was Du, and later scholars made peace with him." Du arrived in Du Kang, long after Yu. In this ancient era, there has been a saying that "Yao drinks for a thousand minutes". If Du Kang created wine, who created it for Yao?
Du Kang does exist in history. In ancient books, such as Shi Ben, Lu Chunqiu, Warring States Policy, Shuowen Jiezi, etc., there are records of Du Kang. Du Kang is also recorded in Baishui County Records rebuilt in the 19th year of Qing Qianlong. Baishui County is located at the junction of the southern edge of northern Shaanxi Plateau and Guanzhong Plain. It is named after the white source of a river that flows through the county. Baishui County is an ancient city of Yongzhou, with Peng Opera on weekends and Peng Opera in spring and autumn. Quot "Emperor Hanjing built Cliff County" and "Jianshui County ruled by Tang Dynasty today" have a long history. Baishui is famous at home and abroad for the ruins of the so-called "Four Sages": First, Cang Xie, the legendary historian and creator of the Yellow Emperor, was born in Wu Yang Village of this county; First of all, Xiang Lei, who was named the land god of Peng Ya after his death, was good at making porcelain before his death. First, one of China's "Four Great Inventions", Cai Lun, the inventor of papermaking in the Eastern Han Dynasty, left a grave here for some unknown reason. In addition, it is said to be the site of Du Kang, the originator of brewing. Cang Xie, Xiang Lei, Cai Lun, Du Kang's remains are found in a small county town on the Loess Plateau, and its prominence is self-evident.
"Du Kang, whose real name is Zhongning, is said to be a Kangjiawei person in the county and is good at making wine." Kangjiawei is a small village that still exists today, seven or eight kilometers west of the county seat. There is a big ditch near the village, which is about 10 km long, with the widest point of 100 meters and the deepest point of nearly 100 meters. People call it "Du Kang Gully". There is a spring at the source of the ditch, surrounded by green trees and lush vegetation, named "Du Kangquan". According to the county annals, "It is said that Du Kang uses this water to make wine" and "the villagers say that this water still smells of wine". The smell of wine is not true, but the water quality of this spring is cool and sweet. Clean water gurgles out of the spring, flows along the bottom of the ditch, and finally flows into Baishui River, which is called Dukang River. On the slope next to Du Kangquan, there is a big earthen bag with a diameter of five or six meters, surrounded by brick walls. Legend has it that Du Kang buried bones. Du Kang Temple is located on the left side of the tomb, with carved walls as the room, dedicated to the statue of Du Kang. Unfortunately, temples and statues were destroyed by the "ten-year catastrophe". According to county records, in the past, on the 21st day of the first month, villagers would come here to offer sacrifices and organize "jousting for pleasure" activities. The day was full of excitement, stage performances, vendors gathered and bustling, until sunset in the western hills, people enjoyed themselves and dispersed. Today, Du Kang's Tomb and Du Kang Temple are being repaired, and a pavilion has been built on Du Kangquan. The pavilion is hexagonal, with red columns, green tiles and cornices. The lintel is painted with stories and pictures of "Du Kang drunk in Liu Ling" and "Mei Qing cooking wine on heroes". Although Du Kang's birthplace and so on are "handed down from generation to generation", according to the broken bricks found by ancient workers in this area, there were indeed buildings here during the Shang Dynasty. The history of wine production here is also quite long. When Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, was in the Anshi Rebellion, Zeng's family came here, and according to Cui Shaofu, his uncle's district, he wrote many poems such as "My Uncle's Happy Rain". There are records of drinking in the poem, such as "Drunk String Songs Today" and "Opening Mulberry Wine". Brewing experts also tested the spring water in Du Kang, and thought that the water quality was suitable for brewing. 1976, a modern winery named "Du Kang Winery" was established near Dukangquan, a native of Baishui County. The product named "Dukangjiu" was brewed with spring water and won the bronze prize in the National Liquor Competition of the Ministry of Light Industry.
Coincidentally, there are also records about the site of Du Kang in the Records of Yiyang County, which was rebuilt in the 18th year of Qing Daoguang, and the Records of Ruzhou Quan Zhi, which was rebuilt in the 20th year of Daoguang. There is a sentence "crossing the river" in the "water" section of Yiyang County Records, which explains that "it is said that Du Kang makes wine here". "Ruzhou Quan Zhi" said: "Du Kang overlords" and "five miles north of the city". Today, there is a small village called Dukang Xianzhuang. People say this is Du Kang's dad. "Bang", the original meaning refers to the cracking sound of stones, and the soil around Dukang Xianzhuang is formed by rock weathering. Many clear springs gushed from cracks in the ground and merged into a small river, which flowed through the next village. People say that this river is a Dushui River. Interestingly, in this section of the river near the village, there is a kind of shrimp, about 1 cm long, yellow and curled up, which is rare elsewhere. In addition, the eggs laid by ducks growing in Hetao are reddish in yolk and much darker than those in other places. Because the villagers here drink the river, no one suffers from stomach trouble. In Yichuan County, about ten kilometers north of Dukang Xianzhuang, there is a spring named "Huang Shang Gu Quan", which is also said to be the spring for Du Kang to take water. At present, Du Kang wineries with considerable scale have been established in Yichuan County and Ruyang County respectively, and the products are all called Dukang wine. Together, Yichuan's products, Ruyang's products and Baishui's products have an annual output of more than 10,000 tons, which Du Kang could not have imagined in those years.
There is also a record of Shao Kang's brewing in historical records. Shao Kang is Du Kang, but it is called by different names in different times. So, where is the source of wine? Dou Ping believes that "it is reasonable, and it is given to the wise, so that future generations can follow it, not abolish it". Through years of labor practice, the working people have accumulated ways to make wine. After summing up by knowledgeable and far-sighted "wise men", future generations have passed down from generation to generation according to the method of passing down from generation to generation, which has been passed down to this day. This statement is closer to reality and accords with materialist epistemology.