Liquor is shaped like water and uses fire as its nature. It gathers the essence of grains and grains. During the brewing process of liquor, the five elements enter the wine and the five flavors interact with each other. "Wine", as the essence of food and the national essence of five thousand years of farming civilization, vividly demonstrates the two words "Five Elements".
In the brewing process of Dukang National Flower Wine, the "five elements" of metal, wood, water, fire and earth are involved. The utensils for making wine are "gold", the raw grain is "wood", the water is "water", the steaming is "fire", the pit mud and containers are "earth" - the five elements harmonize and blend with each other, this is the "five elements" philosophy of Dukang National Flower.
Gold: Gold is the foundation of wine
"Gold is born in the soil and is tempered thousands of times; inheriting ancient methods, wonderful products come true"
"Gold" means solid and tough. The emergence of metal cooking pots raised wine to a higher level, and truly modern high-quality liquor emerged. The skilled Dukang brewing craftsmen abide by the ancestral motto of " The best wine must be clean", put the fermented wine grains into a clean metal steamer, and slowly load it layer by layer, in accordance with the six-character rule of "loose, light, accurate, thin, even, and flat". There must be no pressure or air leakage. They add steam while loading the steamer. After it is full, wait for the baptism of fire.
Wood: Wood is the source of wine
"Wood is born in water, and the grains and grains are in tribute; brewed over time, it is the essence of heaven and earth."
The origin of wine can be traced back to Du Kang, the ancestor of winemaking. Du Kang, the sixth king of the Xia Dynasty, used dirty rice as raw material and empty mulberry as the cellar. In the process of making wine, we have an indissoluble bond with wood. The main raw materials of Jiuzu Dukang Xiaofengtan are local ecological grains - sorghum and wheat. Brewing utensils such as wooden shovels, wooden steamers, buckets, dustpans, and brooms are all made of wood.
Water: Water is the type of wine
"Water is born from gold, and is virtuous and good; mellow and water-melting, smooth and harmonious"
Where famous wines are produced, there must be good springs! The God-given Basalt Ancient Spring in Dukang Village has a history of hundreds of millions of years. The underground spring water is filtered through layers of basalt and gushes out. Only with this good spring can you brew the best wine!
Grains and grains, accompanied by water, come into contact with distiller's yeast, which is a saccharifying fermentation agent, and microorganisms that have lasted for thousands of years. They are sublimated little by little, turning into alcohol and flavor substances. After one hundred and twenty days of cultivation in the cellar, it finally became wine!
Fire: Water is the soul of wine
"Fire is born from wood, it is hot and smelted; it burns the three flavors, and the excitement rises"
Fire is the intensity of wine. After installing the steamer barrel, close the lid and connect the condenser . The alcohol continues to condense, carrying aromatic substances, and slowly turns into a gas. When cooled by cold water, it finally turns into a liquid. It is fire that brings new life to wine! The transformation process of Dukang's national flower wine from the solid state when it is grain, to the liquid state when it is fine wine, and then to the gaseous state of wine that rises after drinking, is just like a person who has to go through all kinds of hardships to gain insight into the world and become wise and mature.
Soil: Soil is the vessel for wine
"Soil is born from fire, loves to carry things; it is made into pottery through time, and it is transformed into spring and autumn."
The cellar for Dukang's winemaking uses the fine yellow clay deposited at the foot of Dahuling in Funiu Mountain. This kind of soil is highly cohesive, contains few metal ions such as iron and calcium, and contains few impurities. It is a weakly acidic and high-quality soil suitable for winemaking. Dukang also has the "golden pit mud" that has been passed down for thousands of years. These thousand-year-old pit mud is not ordinary mud, but a "hotbed" of microorganisms and the "source of life" of Dukang's national flower!
Soil is clay , which is a container for wine. As the saying goes: "Wine is the scent of age." After the blending of Dukang Guohua Wine is completed, it will be stored in an underground cellar for five years. The storage process in the pottery jar is the most important cultivation process. After countless physical and chemical changes, catalyzed by the metal elements in the pottery jar, it becomes sweeter and more comfortable. Under the test of time, the spicy taste gradually becomes milder, the combination with water molecules becomes closer, and the wine body becomes more mellow.
Five Elements Theory is the basic way for ancient Chinese to understand the world. The development and changes of various things and phenomena in nature are the result of the continuous movement and interaction of these five different conditions.It is precisely by following the harmonious symbiosis and cooperation of the five elements in the brewing process that we can brew the most delicious cup of Dukang Guohua .
It is precisely by following the harmonious symbiosis and cooperation of the five elements in the brewing process that we can brew the most delicious cup of Dukang Guohua .
