China’s largest ancient distillery has been discovered

The ruins of China’s largest ancient distillery to date have been uncovered in Anhui province in the east of the country – the Xinhua State News Agency reported.
The remains of a distillery operating during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) were discovered by construction workers in the Suzhou District of the province.

So far, archaeologists have uncovered nearly 3,000 square meters of the 18,000-square-meter area where equipment for distillation, including three distilleries and more than 30 fermentation tanks, have been found – Chen Chao, a researcher at the Provincial Archaeological Institute said. (MTI)