In 202 BC, Liu Bang (256 BC-195 BC) defeated Xiang Yu (232 BC-202 BC) and set up the Western Han imperial court (206 BC-AD 24), founding its capital at Chang'an, with magnificent city walls and ...

Prior to this discovery, archaeologists had uncovered distillation apparatus from the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD) at various sites, as well as distilled liquor from the same period. The new ...