Huangjiu · FFET10048
Shaoxing Huangjiu Brewing Craft
Shaoxing huangjiu brewing entered the first national heritage batch in 2006, and its page traces written records of brewing there to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.
A hand pours golden wine from a bamboo dipper into a shallow two-handled bowl, beside it stand a jar sealed with a clay cap and a bamboo tray of steaming glutinous rice, and paddy fields lie in the distance.
Huangjiu, fermented from glutinous rice, millet or wheat and then pressed.
On the China Intangible Cultural Heritage website, Shaoxing huangjiu brewing is listed as a traditional craft declared from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and was added to the first batch of the national representative list in 2006. The item page says the land there is fertile, the climate mild, sunshine ample and the seasons distinct, and that brewing has a long history there, with written records going back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.