Yellow rice wine is a national specialty in China, also known as rice wine, which belongs to brewing wine and occupies an important position in the world's three major brewing wines (yellow rice wine, wine and beer). Brewing technology is unique and has become a typical representative and model of oriental brewing industry. Among them, Maiqu yellow rice wine, represented by Shaoxing yellow rice wine in Zhejiang, is the oldest and most representative product in yellow rice wine.

It is a grain wine brewed with rice as raw material. Unlike white wine, yellow rice wine has not been distilled, and its alcohol content is less than 20%. Different kinds of yellow rice wine also show different beige, brown or reddish brown. Shandong Jimo old wine and Henan double rice wine are typical representatives of northern millet rice wine; Fujian Longyan Shenjiu and Fujian Laojiu are typical representatives of red rice wine.