Light-Aroma Baijiu · FFET10047
Light-Aroma Baijiu Brewing Craft
Among light-aroma baijiu, the item “Xinghuacun Fenjiu Liquor Brewing Techniques” entered the first national heritage batch in 2006.
A hand spreads steaming black highland barley across a large bamboo tray with a wooden paddle, more barley fills a bamboo steamer, fermenting mash bubbles in a clay vat, and a small bowl holds clear liquor.
Baijiu of the light aroma, made with separate steaming and distilling and a daqu starter.
The item “Xinghuacun Fenjiu Liquor Brewing Techniques” on the China Intangible Cultural Heritage website is a traditional craft declared from Fenyang, Shanxi, and was added to the first batch of the national representative list in 2006. The item page classes the liquor as a light-aroma baijiu, says human judgement and insight play an important part in the craft, and notes that Fenyang still keeps Ming and Qing brewing workshops, old wells, stone tablets, plaques and old streets.