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How long is the history of liquor?

China liquor has a history of at least 2,000 years, and the retort unearthed from the tomb of Hai Faint Hou in Han Dynasty is a strong evidence.

The earliest physical wine discovered by archaeology in the world is the wine unearthed in Zamaria, Iran, more than 3,000 years ago. The oldest physical wine found in China is the imperial wine of Han Dynasty unearthed in Xi 'an, which belongs to grain wine.

The History of China Wine

Chinese wine has a long history. China's wine-making technology can be traced back to the Jiahu culture period 9000 years ago. The raw materials used are rice, honey, grapes and hawthorn. The earliest wines should be rice wine, fruit wine and mead. The history of China wine is even older than the legendary "Yi Di made wine" and "Du Kang made wine".

Beer has a history of over 8000 years in the world. The oldest wine literature is the method of making sacrificial beer carved by Babylonians with clay tablets around 6000 BC. The brewing technology of China beer may have started 5000 years ago, which was discovered in the research and analysis of the residue on the inner wall of pottery suspected of wine vessels unearthed from Jiaya site in Mi An, Xi.

Yellow rice wine, yellow rice wine and white wine are all unique wines in China, and the order of their invention is yellow rice wine, yellow rice wine and white wine. The interval between cycles is very long. Rice wine was invented more than 9000 years ago; Then after about 2000 years of development, yellow rice wine was filtered out and produced yellow rice wine.