Yaowan Mung Bean Liquor

Yaowan Mung Bean Liquor

Yaowan Mung Bean Liquor is a protected geographical indication product.

　　In the vast northern Jiangsu region lies an ancient historic town—Yaowan Town. Like a brilliant pearl nestled between the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and Luoma Lake, Yaowan bustles with vibrant markets, lively daily life, and a gathering of merchants. Its well-developed waterway transportation sits at the junction of Suqian, Xinyi, and Pizhou, earning it the nickname “where the rooster’s crow can be heard in three counties.”

　　Yaowan has long been praised as “welcoming guests with seasonal delicacies all year round, a water town in northern Jiangsu that rivals the beauty of southern China.” Truly a land of abundance and a land of fish and rice. Its historic famous liquor—Yaowan Mung Bean Liquor—is renowned for its rich and sweet flavor, ranking among the top eight famous liquors of Jiangsu. Tracing its origins, there is also a beautiful legend.

　　During the Qing Dynasty’s Kangxi era, there was a Wanmao Winery in Yaowan that produced a green liquor called “Old Tile Seam,” which sold very well and earned widespread praise from passersby. During the Qianlong era, Ma Congkai, the imperial guard at the Houzaimen Gate in the Forbidden City, passed by Wanmao Winery on his way home for a visit. After tasting “Old Tile Seam,” he highly commended it and shared a secret imperial health-preserving recipe aimed at promoting longevity. The winery then researched and refined the formula, using barley and sorghum as the main ingredients, high-quality special distilled spirits as the base, and blending it with over 40 kinds of precious Chinese medicinal herbs such as red ginseng, angelica, amomum, and eucommia. It was also supplemented with rock sugar and white sugar. The resulting liquor had a golden-green hue, resembling mung bean soup at first glance. Ma Congkai presented it to the emperor, and Emperor Qianlong, after tasting it, was delighted and bestowed upon it the name “Yaowan Mung Bean Liquor.”

　　The “Dragon Kiln” brand Yaowan Mung Bean Liquor is rich and sweet in taste, well-balanced in alcohol strength, with a long-lasting aftertaste and a distinctive flavor. It combines the boldness of baijiu, the sweetness of fruit wine, and the nourishing qualities of medicinal wine. It is effective in dispelling dampness, soothing tendons, activating blood circulation, stimulating appetite, and strengthening the spleen. It has special therapeutic effects on rheumatic neuralgia, blood deficiency, gynecological diseases, hypertension, coronary heart disease, and more. It sells well in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, and is also exported to Southeast Asian countries as well as Hong Kong, Macau, and other regions.

　　The production area of Yaowan Mung Bean Liquor covers the current administrative region of Yaowan Town, Xinyi City, Jiangsu Province.