A chapter in the Book of Rites, which instructs people on what rituals to follow in each temporal period of the Chinese year says: Upon the arrival of winter, orders are to be given to the official in charge of wine to prepare sorghum and rice and choose an appropriate time to make the ferment for brewing.
《禮記・月令》也有記載，冬至的時候，命令製酒的大酋準備好高粱與稻米，選定適當的時機製造酒麴。