1. In the Han Dynasty, there was today's citric acid sauce wine in Maotai Town. "Zunyi County Records" contains: Gourd sauce is the beginning of wine. Sima Qian recorded in Historical Records that in the sixth year of Jianyuan (before 135), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Tang Meng to go to South Vietnam to drink the sauce and wine produced by South Vietnam (now Renhuai County where Maotai Town is located).
2. Take this wine back to Chang 'an and give it to Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, who drank it sweetly, leaving a legend that Tang Meng made Yelang by drinking sauce. This became the beginning of Moutai coming out of the mountains, and it became famous as a tribute of the imperial court.
3. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, Moutai gradually became a tribute wine of all dynasties and spread overseas through the Southern Silk Road.
4. In Qing Dynasty, the liquor industry in Maotai Town was very developed, and Maotai alcohol, Maotai, Sha Tong Maotai and other famous wines were well known. Hua Mao is the predecessor of Moutai. In the 43rd year of Kangxi (1704), the liquor produced by Zhuosheng Shaofang was officially named Maotai.
According to the records of the old Zunyi House in Qing Dynasty, during Daoguang period, Maotai burned no less than 20 houses and spent no less than 20,000 stones on grain. In the 23rd year of Daoguang (1843), the Qing Dynasty poet Zhengzhen praised Moutai as the highest among Guizhou people.
6. Before1949, the output of Moutai was declining, and there were only three wineries, namely Cheng Yi Winery invested by Hua surname, named Hua Mao; Ronghe Winery, funded by Wang Xing, is called Elvis Presley; Hengxing winery, funded by Lai Xing, is called Lai Mao. 195 1 year, the government merged three private breweries, namely Cheng Yi (Hua Mao), Ronghe (Elvis Presley) and Hengxing (Lai Mao), by means of redemption, confiscation and takeover, and implemented the policy of "three industries in one"-the state-owned Maotai Distillery was established.
7. 1996, Moutai technology is recognized as a state secret and protected. 200 1, the traditional craft of Moutai was included in the first batch of national material and cultural heritage.
8. In 2006, the State Council approved the traditional brewing technology of Moutai to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and declared the world intangible cultural heritage.
9. On February 4th, 2003, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the protection of local Moutai products. On March 28th, 20 13, the former AQSIQ approved the adjustment of the protection name and scope of Moutai geographical indication products.
10, 2019 June 12, Li Baofang, chairman of Maotai Group, announced that the trademark of Maotai, the national wine, would be discontinued before June 30. On June 29th, 20 19, it was officially renamed as Kweichow Moutai.