Ānsù

Ansu lies north of Baoding on the Hebei plain. The town has a long association with brewing, remembered in the name Liu Ling Zui, after the wine-loving poet Liu Ling. Old fermentation pits and workshop remains date to the Jin and Yuan periods. Later generations continued the craft, and a distillery near the southern gate operated in the early Qing, carrying the local tradition into another era.