Day 17: Shuijing Street Liquor Museum

At present, Shuijing Street Liquor Making Site is the first site of ancient spirits brewing workshop that has been scientifically excavated in China, which has
been preserved in best intactness and with complete processing facilities. It covers 2,000 square meter with the layout of "store in the front, distillery in the rear".

A plenty of cultural relics are found in this site and it is so labeled "China's first liquor making site" by historian and cultural relics experts. The site is currently the key state protected historic site.

We got a private tour there as there were not many people visiting. The tickets is 40RMB each which included 2 glasses of liquor for tasting. It’s an interesting to spend an hour or two to learn about China’s first liquor making site.Read more