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Search the story and history of Lotus Baijiu on Baidu: Lotus Baijiu began in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years.
According to the records in "Qing Yu Lei Chao" compiled by Xu Ke, "Yingtai has thousands of lotus stems, green plates and green covers, as far as the eye can see. After Xiaoqin, he ordered the young eunuchs to pick the pistils, add medicinal materials, and make fine wine.
, named Lotus White. It was poured on porcelain and covered with yellow cloud satin to reward trusted ministers. Its taste is pure and mellow, and the jade liquid is unparalleled. "In the Qing Dynasty, the brewing of Lotus White Liquor was made from Kunming Lake in Wanshou Mountain.
White lotus, use its stamens to mix into wine to make a veritable "lotus liquor".
The preparation method is the royal secret recipe of the feudal dynasty.
After Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty came to the throne, he was dissolute and extravagant. His already weak body became increasingly weak and it was difficult to take care of state affairs.
Doctor Lu checked his pulse and found that he did not get better after taking medicine.
Xianfeng felt unhappy, and Cixi also felt sad.
An eunuch said to Cixi: "The ancient lotus liquor is made from the white lotus grown in the White Lotus Pond and added with medicinal ingredients. This wine nourishes yin and nourishes the kidneys, harmonizes the stomach and strengthens the spleen, relaxes the muscles and activates blood circulation, dispels wind and avoids miasma. You might as well ask the emperor to give it a try
"When Cixi came to the White Lotus Pond at Ou Xiangxie, she was very happy to see thousands of white lotuses blooming. She ordered all the eunuchs to pick their pistils and make a fine wine for the emperor.
After drinking Xianfeng, the disease recovered after a few months.
Xianfeng was very happy and praised Lotus Baijiu as "the best among wines".
Since then, Lotus Baijiu has become a tonic wine for royal meals. Every year on the Lotus Festival on June 25th of the lunar calendar, Emperor Xianfeng would use this wine to entertain the emperor's relatives and meritorious ministers next to the White Lotus Pond at the Lotus Pavilion in Wanshou Mountain to enjoy the coolness and spend the summer.
Later, it developed to the royal family and palaces, and then spread to the people.
In 1790, Kyoto businessmen obtained this secret recipe, carefully prepared it at the "Renhe Hotel" in Haidian Town, west of Beijing, and made it available to the public for drinking for the first time.