Drunk as a pig The brewing of rice wine is quite simple, and Taiwan is an area where rice grows readily. When the early pioneering Han Chinese immigrants came to Taiwan, they naturally carried forward the traditions of their Cantonese and Fukienese (Minnan) ancestors of consuming mainly rice wine.
釀酒、養豬兩相宜米酒的釀造方式簡單，臺灣又是稻米之鄉，移墾的漢民族到了臺灣，自然沿襲閩粵習俗，以米酒為主要飲用酒。