Luzhi Lake Qingjiu

Luzhi Lake Qingjiu

　　Luzhi Lake Qingjiu is a specialty of Ninglang County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. This Qingjiu is made using precious yam for koji-making and is meticulously brewed from ingredients such as corn, tartary buckwheat, wheat, and high-quality alpine spring water. The wine is crystal clear and transparent, with a mellow, refreshing aroma. It has a rich and full-bodied taste, an authentic and fragrant flavor, and a sweet aftertaste—possessing a uniquely distinctive style.

　　Luzhi Lake Qingjiu is named after the nearby Luzhi Lake. Legend has it that a goddess fell in love with a divine eagle and gave birth to a son named Zhige’er on Earth. After the divine eagle left, he did not return for a long time. When Zhige’er grew up, his mother asked him to search for his father with wine brewed using koji made from precious yam. However, Zhige’er also disappeared without a trace after leaving home. The heartbroken goddess, longing for both her husband and son, wept day and night, and her tears formed Luzhi Lake. Later, the goddess established the matrilineal “Azhu walking marriage system,” where women played a leading role in family life, by the shores of Luzhi Lake. She also passed down the methods of koji-making and brewing through generations.

　　Nowadays, Luzhi Lake Qingjiu has become the flagship product of Luzhi Lake Wine Industry Co., Ltd. It is brewed using precious yam for koji-making, along with ingredients such as corn, tartary buckwheat, wheat, and high-quality alpine spring water. The wine is crafted using traditional handcraft techniques combined with modern high-tech methods. The wine is crystal clear and transparent, with a mellow, refreshing aroma. It has a rich and full-bodied taste, an authentic and fragrant flavor, and a sweet aftertaste—possessing a uniquely distinctive style. All physicochemical indicators of Luzhi Lake Qingjiu meet national first-class standards, with the overall wine quality reaching premium-grade standards. Its bottling capacity has increased from the original 1,000 kilograms to the current 2,000 kilograms, and annual production capacity has reached over 300,000 kilograms.

　　With the continuous expansion of production scale and improvement in product quality, Luzhi Lake Qingjiu has successively won honors such as the “Gold Award at the 9th China Patent New Technology and Products Expo” and the “China Famous Food Award at the 6th China International Food Expo.” In July 2003, it received the “Quality Prize” for Yunnan alcoholic beverages at a liquor tasting event held in Kunming. In November of the same year, it was certified by the China Light Industrial Products Quality Assurance Center as a “Quality Trustworthy Product that Chinese Consumers Can Buy with Confidence,” and was announced in the China Consumers' News.