Another proud achievement of China's ancient technology of making red wine is the cultivation of red wine. It is also called "danqu", which is a red rice fungus breeding on indica rice, and grows through the inside and outside of the rice grain?

Because red currant reproduces slowly, it is easily outcompeted by other molds that reproduce rapidly in nature. Reproduction of rapid other mold species suppression, so this song is not good production, but also not easy to find? Even if found, often because of the "do not know the goods", and thought it was a failure to make the song?

Because the red mold is a high-temperature acidophilus, so at higher temperatures, especially in the rancid rice, most of the other fungi are suppressed, but the advantages of the red mold appeared? So the successful cultivation of red mold quat is inevitably the result of long-term patient observation by the quat workers? The results of summarizing experience?

Song Yingxing's "Tian Gong Kai Wu" has a very informative record of the production of red mold? From its description, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty quilters in the production of red quilts, but also to add acidic alum water to the rice, in order to facilitate the growth of red mold, which shows how rich their experience?

Red mold is both Chinese medicine and food? It has many uses, in addition to brewing red wine, the greater use is for food preservatives, in the fish and meat on a thin dressing of red, even in the summer heat can keep the flavor unchanged, maggots and flies do not dare to approach, because the red mold can secrete a strong bactericidal effect of antibiotics? So Song Yingxing said it is "miraculous medicine", Li Shizhen said "this is a glimpse of the ingenuity of creation also"? It is also an ideal food coloring agent, both non-toxic, but also bright, red curd is the use of its coloring?

Red curd is also a very good medicine, Li Shizhen has pointed out that it can treat red and white dysentery? The first time I saw it, it was a very good medicine. The first thing you need to do is to get rid of the blood and the food. The spleen and dry stomach? About fruit brewing, before the Han Dynasty, China does not seem to fruit brewing, there is no record of this? According to the "Book of Han" records, is the Han Emperor Wu Di when Zhang Qian mission to the Western Regions, from today's Central Asia Ferghana Basin, Dawan brought back grape seeds and wine?