Yellow wine

黄酒

Yellow wine(made of rice or millet) is a good representative example of Chinese wine culture.

黄酒（由大米或黍米制成）是体现中国酒文化的一个代表。

Yellow wine experts have suggested making yellow wine China’s“national wine”.This is because yellow wine has over 5 000 years of history，and its alcoholic¹ content is not high，conforming to the modem² trend toward drinking low-alcohol beverages³.

黄酒专家曾建议把黄酒作为中国的国酒。这是因为黄酒有五千多年的历史，并且酒精含量不高，符合现代饮用低酒精含量饮料的趋势。

Less grain is used in produding yellow wine than white liquor, and yet the former has a higher nutritive value.

制作黄酒时谷物的用量少于白酒，然而黄酒有着更高的营养价值。

If beer is called “liquid bread”，then yellow wine can be called“liquid cake”.

如果啤酒被称作“液体面包”，那么黄酒则可称为“液体蛋糕”。