Rice wine brewing industry grows rapidly in Zhangjiajie

A worker tastes rice wine at a distillery in Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan Province, Jan. 8, 2019. Rice wine, an alcoholic beverage fermented and distilled from rice, is a local specialty for celebrating festivals or treating guests. With the development of tourism, the rice wine brewing industry grows rapidly, and becomes a new engine for poverty alleviation.

Workers stir fermented rice at a distillery in Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan Province, Jan. 8, 2019. Rice wine, an alcoholic beverage fermented and distilled from rice, is a local specialty for celebrating festivals or treating guests. With the development of tourism, the rice wine brewing industry grows rapidly, and becomes a new engine for poverty alleviation.

Rice wine streams into a jar in Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan Province, Jan. 8, 2019. Rice wine, an alcoholic beverage fermented and distilled from rice, is a local specialty for celebrating festivals or treating guests. With the development of tourism, the rice wine brewing industry grows rapidly, and becomes a new engine for poverty alleviation.

A worker pours rice into a jar for soaking at a distillery in Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan Province, Jan. 8, 2019. Rice wine, an alcoholic beverage fermented and distilled from rice, is a local specialty for celebrating festivals or treating guests. With the development of tourism, the rice wine brewing industry grows rapidly, and becomes a new engine for poverty alleviation.

Workers spread newly steamed rice at a distillery in Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan Province, Jan. 8, 2019. Rice wine, an alcoholic beverage fermented and distilled from rice, is a local specialty for celebrating festivals or treating guests. With the development of tourism, the rice wine brewing industry grows rapidly, and becomes a new engine for poverty alleviation.

A worker steams rice at a distillery in Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan Province, Jan. 8, 2019. Rice wine, an alcoholic beverage fermented and distilled from rice, is a local specialty for celebrating festivals or treating guests. With the development of tourism, the rice wine brewing industry grows rapidly, and becomes a new engine for poverty alleviation.

A worker stirs fermented rice at a distillery in Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan Province, Jan. 8, 2019. Rice wine, an alcoholic beverage fermented and distilled from rice, is a local specialty for celebrating festivals or treating guests. With the development of tourism, the rice wine brewing industry grows rapidly, and becomes a new engine for poverty alleviation.