As a native of Siyang, there are many people who drink the "Feitian" trademark Yanghe Daqu, but very few people know the origin of the "Feitian" trademark, and even fewer have been to the hometown of "Feitian".
Yanghe winemaking can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, the Sui and Tang Dynasties developed rapidly, the Ming and Qing Dynasties began to flourish, and the Yanghe Distillery got its name from 1949. Yanghe Distillery's fine wine "Yanghe Daqu" is as famous as Moutai wine and is deeply loved by our beloved Premier Zhou. Premier Zhou often uses Yanghe Daqu to receive foreign business delegations. In order to open up the diplomatic dilemma of New China, the competent department of commerce specially approved Moutai and Yanghe to use the "Feitian" trademark to brew export liquor, and Moutai and Yanghe, which use the "Feitian" trademark, are deeply loved by foreign friends. There is a debate between Japanese politics and business circles, politicians say Moutai is good, while business people say Yanghe is good. African brothers who drink Chinese wine also often argue. But one thing in common is that they were all attracted to the bizarre "Feitian" trademark, which made them extremely interested in Ancient Chinese Civilization. In the 1970s, wine diplomacy, which carried China's ancient civilization, quietly became popular.
The "Feitian" trademark motif used by Moutai and Yanghe both comes from the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, the hometown of "Feitian". Mogao Caves is a Buddhist term, Mo is the meaning of impossible, high refers to height, caves are caves, and together they refer to the cave culture that is so difficult to achieve.
Mogao Grottoes is located more than 20 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang City, saying that Mogao Grottoes must first tell the story of a monk and a mountain. In 366 AD, during the Sixteen Kingdoms period in history, a monk named Le Zhun traveled the world. When he came to the bottom of the Three Dangers Mountain in the southwest of Dunhuang, Gansu, it coincided with the setting sun. The sunset reflects the three dangerous peaks, the golden light is shining, as if a thousand Buddhas are swimming, the reflected golden light reflects the Zen staff in the hands of the Monk of Lezhu, and the whole body is transparent, surrounded by Buddha's light, the Monk of Lezhu believes that this is the place where the Buddha is located, and vows to dig a cave here to enshrine the Buddha. While raising funds, the monk Lezhun publicized his adventures in the Three Dangers Mountain to his peers and the public, and personally organized the excavation of the first cave. Under the guidance of the monk Lezhu, monks and devotees excavated countless caves over the next thousand years. Most of the caves use murals and sculptures to tell Buddhist stories and spread Buddhist culture. According to expert research, the murals of the Mogao Grottoes can be stretched up to sixty miles long. The Mogao Caves have been listed as a World Heritage Site. In the Mogao Caves, various forms and various "flying heavens" are covered with walls and domes. The "Flying Sky" figure of Yanghe Daqu is taken from the Mogao Grottoes, and the Yanghe "Flying Sky" steps on the auspicious clouds, the dress is flowing, and the manners are numerous, as if offering the yanghe wine of the nine heavens to the wine fairies.
In the autumn of 1987, I was fortunate to come to the "Feitian" hometown, the Mogao Grottoes, and was able to enjoy the treasure of the motherland, the "Dunhuang Mural". What is still unforgettable is the cave that tells the story of the Buddha's sacrifice to feed the eagles, and the number of the caves is about two hundred and seventy. The mural tells the story of two gods who "tested" the will of Buddha Shakyamuni "pudu sentient beings" to "test", one god transformed into a pigeon, and the other god transformed into an eagle. The pigeon was chased and killed by the eagle and fled to the Buddha for help. The Buddha negotiated with the eagle and asked the eagle to be merciful under the mouth and release the pigeons for a way to live. The eagle said: You want to purify all sentient beings, I have no opinion, but I am also fate, I will starve to death if I don't eat pigeons, shouldn't you save me? The Buddha thought about it, and for the best of both worlds, he saved the pigeons and did not let the eagle starve to death, and decided to cut off the flesh on his thighs for the eagle to eat. But the eagle made a request to weigh the scales, and asked the Buddha to cut off meat equal to the weight of the pigeons. So the Buddha found the balance and asked the pigeon to stand in the left weighing pan, and cut his own leg meat in the right weighing pan. The Buddha cut a piece of meat, cut another piece of meat, cut another piece of meat, but the balance still tilted to the side of the pigeon, and the Buddha cut his own flesh one by one and put it in the right weighing plate, until the Buddha had no meat to cut, and then cut it to death, and the balance was finally balanced. At this point, the pigeons and eagles instantly appear in their original appearance. After this round of harsh testing, the gods believed that the Buddha's belief in "universal beings" was true. As a result, the Buddha became the originator of the Buddhist world, and the majority of believers worshipped him.
In the New Year of the Ox, when the TV came to the country's 98.99 million people out of poverty, 832 poverty-stricken counties took off their hats, and 128,000 villages were listed, the myth of "Pudu sentient beings" was in front of us, and the spirit of "I will live up to the people without me" will forever be recorded in history!