Guanyinli Jiuqujing Introduction
The "Jiu Gu Jing" well, located on Alley 17 of Zhonghua Road, has been around for over a hundred years. According to Zhang, an elderly over ninety years old from Zhang Cuo, this well existed even before she was born. She mentioned that when she was young, she watched her elders use this well to make wine, and at that time, the surrounding area belonged to Zhang Cuo, with old-style houses on all sides. The well is located in the courtyard, where everyone gathered to fetch water and make wine, which is what the locals referred to as "Jiu Gu Zhang." The well water has a slightly salty quality. Another elderly woman, Mrs. Li, who married into Li Cuo and is also over ninety years old, similarly stated that the Jiu Gu well existed before she was born and was excavated by the ancestors of the Zhang family. Her great-grandmother, known as Cha Mu Zu, was involved in winemaking back then. Both elderly women said that winemaking was the responsibility of their great-grandfathers' generation, and since they became aware, their families stopped making wine and turned to farming.
