Historical records of the use of prickly pears to brew prickly pear wine first appeared in the poem of Wu Songliang in the thirteenth year of Qing Daoguang (1833 AD) in "Returning to Qianxi": "The newly brewed prickly pear invites a drunk, full of fragrant rice for three years." Bei Qingqiao's "Miao Customs", which is slightly earlier or later than this poem, says: "A prickly pear sends incense to return... The taste is sweet and slightly sour, and the wine is extremely fragrant. "The "Continuation of Sinan Province" of the 20th year of Daoguang (1840 AD): "Prickly pear is wild, really like a durian and small, prickly, its room can be brewed..." In the same year, the "Renhuai Zhilu Hall Chronicle" also has a record of prickly pear wine. The Chronicle of Guiyang Province, 30 years after Daoguang (1850 AD), has "... A winemaker made from prickly pear mixed with glutinous rice, which tastes sweet and can be consumed". Zhang Yongkang's "Selu Jicao": "The sunflower family pays, and the prickly pear is everywhere." According to the "Brief History of the Buyi People": "Huaxi prickly pear glutinous rice wine, well-known at home and abroad, it was first created by the Buyi people in Longjing Village and Guankou Village near Qingyan during the Qingxian Feng Tongzhi period."
During the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, the Guizhou Tongzhi used a brief description of prickly pears in more than fifty words: "Prickly pears are wild like tribulus, strong like small pomegranates, have prickly acid, take their juice into honey to refine it for ointment, all counties have it, yueqian is nothing, there are heavy fetuses, flowers are very colorful, and art can be played." Although the length is not long, the shape, taste, and use of prickly pears are described, leaving valuable materials for future generations to study.
The most famous local chronicle of Guizhou, "Dading Fu Zhi", is also an important historical material in Guizhou and a precious cultural heritage in northwest Guizhou, which records that the local people in Guizhou have been making prickly pear wine for thousands of years.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the "Bamboo Branch Words" were popular in the area of Mangbu and Shuixi (present-day Zhenxiong, Yunnan): "Pointed shoes are finely flowered, biased towards the neighbor's girl." Half a mile like a cloud umbrella like a lid, the cage carries wine to the bride. The poem depicts a scene of a local ethnic minority carrying prickly pear wine to accompany the bride to get married. Until the 1950s, this scene was still often seen in the Zhenxiong and Weixin areas of northeastern Yunnan.
During the Xianfeng Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Weizhou, a servant of the bureaucracy, was born in Zhenxiong, Yunnan, and he often asked his hometown people to bring him prickly pear wine, which was stored in the mansion in Beijing, and when a prince and minister came to visit, he took out this wine to entertain. These DISTINGUISHed guests, who have tasted countless fine teas and fine wines, unanimously praised the prickly pear wine. Because it is difficult to buy on the market, many people use the excuse to "rub" the wine to drink, which has become a joke for a while.