Legend of the Origin of Laolongkou Liquor

According to legend, Meng, a wealthy Shanxi businessman, went to Shengjing (Shenyang) in the first year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty. Seeing the prosperous market in Shengjing, he realized the business opportunities and bought an open space outside the small east gate of the Forbidden City. He wanted to build a brewery workshop, but he dug a well in the yard and found it was bitter and astringent. Just as Meng was in trouble, an Aogongzi who was good at Feng Shui and benefited from Meng came to the workshop. Qingyin said: "This place is the last vein of Changbai Mountain, and it is the place where the royal family of the Qing Dynasty prospered. Therefore, this well can be called' Wanlongquan'. In addition, it is the east entrance of Gongmen and Longkou, and the restaurant name can be' Old Longkou'. " With that, Mr. Ao turned nine turns to the left and nine turns to the left in front of the deep well. He said: "This is obviously a sweet well. Let me scoop a bowl of water. You can try it. " The words sound just fell and AoGongZi jumped into the well, only to hear a loud noise, a water column into the sky. At the cloud, Mr. Ao stood and saw his hand raise the wind, and the ribbons floated down in the air, and wrote, "Three princes of the East China Sea, Little Dragon King of Liaohe River, thank you for coming out of the disaster and repaying Wan Long Spring." Meng quickly bowed down and suddenly realized: Bandung is a dragon, and this "Bandung Spring" means "Dragon spits into the sky". At this point, the bitter well became a sweet well, called "Longtan Water". "Longtan Water" has clear and sweet water quality, and the brewed liquor is full of fragrance, which is well received by drinkers and has the reputation of "the first cellar in Kanto". In the Qing Dynasty, emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, etc. successively traveled to Shengjing for ancestor worship 10 times. When they heard that "Longtan water" was brewed, they were all ecstatic and all were levied as tribute wine. Later, the pot was cooked with "Wanlongquan" and changed to "One Longquan".