Workers mix grains with yeast at a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 28, 2020. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Workers moisten grains at a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 28, 2020. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Workers mix grains with yeast at a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 28, 2020. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Workers mix grains with yeast at a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 28, 2020. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2020 shows a distillery surrounded by Chishui River in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
A worker conducts packaging works at a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 27, 2020. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Workers moisten grains at a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 28, 2020. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
A man works at a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 28, 2020. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Hu Meng (R), 26, works at a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 28, 2020. Hu graduated from Xihua University in southwestern Chinese city Chengdu and has been working here since this September. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Workers mix grains with yeast at a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 28, 2020. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Workers moisten grains at a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 28, 2020. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Expert Ren Jinsu checks the condition of yeast at a fermentation workshop of a distillery in Maotai town of Renhuai, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Nov. 28, 2020. Maotai is a small town in Renhuai City in mountainous Guizhou. What distinguishes it from other towns is that it produces a famous brand of Chinese liquor Moutai. The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to one year for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)