The Tang Dynasty (618-907) was the summit of the development of Chinese feudal society. The communication of culture and trade between the Central Plains and other foreign lands was unprecedentedly frequent. In Changan city there were foreign envoys and merchants in an endless stream. Liquor became the precious necessaries in the ceremony of diplomatic relations. It was popular to entertain guests with liquor. Emperor Taizong (627-649) and Xuanzong (712-756) entertained the foreign envoys in the scale of more than thousand people. In the whole country ceremony was accompanied by liquor. Scholars wrote poetry and articles while drinking. Liquor shops spread all over Changan city. Liquor-making trade was prominent. Allusions and stories related to liquor were in a period of great prosperity.

Princess Wencheng's marriage made Tang and Tubao (Tibet nowadays) a family and brought the means of liquor-making of the Central Plains.

In the early years of Tang Dynasty, the ancestors of Yi ethnic group of Guizhou built Jiuchong Palace, in which there are workshops of butchering and liquor-making. The materials of Jiuchong Palace shew that in Tang Dynasty Guizhou had begun to make distilled liquor.

During the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the wars in successive years influenced the development of liquor-making. In the south area where there were less wars, agriculture was promoting. Liquor-making industry in Guizhou was particularly thriving.

In the countries such as the Earlier Shu, the Latter Shu and South Tang, drinking while writing was a common practice throughout the nation. Demands of liquor increases. The customs of liquor were more and more colourful.