According to records, the Gupuli tribe lived in the ancient land of Maotai, where mulberry trees were everywhere. Therefore, it was named "Sang Ma Bay". Later, a pure spring was found on the east bank of Chishui River. The Puli tribe built a square well to facilitate pedestrians to drink water. After a long time, people called this place "Fangjing" instead of "Sang Ma Bay"
Since then, human activities along the river have been frequent and gradually developed. In the past dynasties, Puli people built earthen platforms behind the streets and erected lamp poles to worship their ancestors, expressing their reverence for their ancestors. They used to call it "Maotai", hence the name Maotai. This land is well-known and popular, and a large number of Puli people have settled here.
During the reign of the Western Han Emperor, the productivity of Yelang area was improved.
After the Yuan Dynasty, villages, stockaded villages, flats and departments were set up below the county level, which was officially named as "Maotai Village". Later it was called "Maocun".
Wanshou Palace was built on Maotai Street in Ming Dynasty, and there was an extremely rare half bridge outside the palace. Local residents and past businessmen crossed the half bridge to worship Buddha in the palace, so people also called Maotai Street "half bridge". ?
After the Ming Dynasty, Maotai became increasingly prosperous, and nine temples were built on both sides of Chishui River. Three bronze drums of the Eastern Han Dynasty (one of which has been unearthed) are collected in the palaces of Kannonji and Yu, so it is also called Sangu Temple, and Maotai Village is also called Yungu Town.
In the year of Qingganlong 10 (1745), the governor of Guizhou, Zhang Guangsi, asked to dig Chishui River before sailing. Sichuan salt was brought in through Chishui River and landed in Maotai, which was called "Ren 'an" and became one of the four ports where Sichuan salt entered Guizhou. Due to the smooth land and water, merchants from all directions gathered, salt merchant teams and boats came in an endless stream, and the market flourished. It has become a prosperous market town of "Sichuan salt goes to Guizhou, Qin merchants gather in Maotai" and "the family only stores wine and sells it, and the ship carries more salt", which is the main distribution center of materials in northern Guizhou. Therefore, it is simply called "Shang Yi Town". But because people are used to calling Maotai, it is difficult to change it, so it was changed to "Maotai Town".
Maotai Town, a town under the jurisdiction of renhuai city, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province. Located on the Chishui River, it is the throat of land and water transportation in Sichuan and Guizhou. It is located in the northwest of Guizhou Plateau, on the north side of the western section of the mountain range, adjacent to Zunyi in the north and Sichuan in the south. In the lush riverside area, there are "Red Army Martyrs Cemetery" and "Red Army Crossing the River Monument". Chishui River runs through the whole territory, and Ren Lin, Mao Dan, Maoxi and Zunmao highways meet here. It is an important hub connecting Sichuan and Guizhou, and a channel connecting Zunyi, a famous historical city, and Chishui, a national scenic spot.
Maotai Town has always been a famous town in northern Guizhou, hidden in the arms of benevolent people in Guizhou. The Chishui River here is famous for its grandeur except the beauty of brewing.
Surrounded by mountains and flowing water, it forms a special natural environment with moderate air humidity, low wind speed, short sunshine, short frost period and small temperature difference, and is known as a treasure house for brewing fine wine. Microbes in climate, soil, water quality and air play a decisive role in the formation of wine's unique flavor. The unique climate and natural resources make Maotai Town famous for its natural wine cellar, so it is known as "the heart of liquor" in China, "the first town of liquor in China", one of the important liquor producing areas in China and the core area of China liquor capital.
Thousands of years of endless brewing activities have made Maotai people sensitive to the seasonal selection of brewing links. The fragrance of wine floating in the air, the maotai-flavor wine in brewing and the traditional and ancient brewing technology tell the mysterious story of the Millennium wine city with intoxicating taste.