Fenjiu (Fen wine) - Fenjiu (English spelling) Fenjiu

Japanese: フェンチュウ(汾酒) - フェンチュウ（英語表記）Fén jiǔ

A Chinese distilled liquor. This sorghum wine is produced in Xinghua Village, Fenyang County, Shanxi Province, and is considered one of China's leading liquors. Xinghua Village has long been known as a famous wine-producing region, and is often referred to as the place where Du Mu's poem "I ask where the wine family has, the herdsman points to Xinghua Village" is based. Although it is a strong liquor with 60% alcohol content, it does not have the distinctive flavor that is characteristic of sorghum wine, and has a refined taste. It is also used as a base liquor for preparation of alcoholic beverages, and Xinghua Village's bamboo leaf green wine, which is made by blending and steeping bamboo leaves and other herbal medicines, has been designated as a national liquor by the National Wine Appraisal Conference of China, along with Fenjiu.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国の蒸留酒。山西省汾陽県杏花村に産するコーリャン酒で，中国を代表する名酒とされる。杏花村は古くから名醸地として知られ，杜牧の詩にある〈借問酒家何処有　牧童遥指杏花村〉を俗にこの地とすることも多い。アルコール分60％という強いものであるが，コーリャン酒特有のくせがなく，洗練された味をもつ。これを基酒とする配製酒もつくられており，とくにタケの葉その他の生薬を配合，浸漬（しんし）してつくる杏花村の竹葉青（ちくようせい）酒は，汾酒とともに中国の全国評酒会議によって全国名酒の指定を受けている。

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