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. (Xinhua/Wu Yongbing)

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　　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. (Xinhua/Wu Yongbing)

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　　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. (Xinhua/Wu Yongbing)

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　　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. (Xinhua/Wu Yongbing)

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　　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. (Xinhua/Wu Yongbing)

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　　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. (Xinhua/Wu Yongbing)

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　　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. (Xinhua/Wu Yongbing)