Kevin Frayer, a Canadian photographer in the US and winner of the World Press Photo of the Year in 2013, has captured some images of Maotai town, the hometown of China's national liquor Maotai liquor, in Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province.

Let's take a look at how Maotao liquor, a gold award winner in the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, is produced and the lives of the people who make it.

A worker scoops sorghum to be steamed as it is readied for the first fermentation to be used in locally made liquor called baijiu at Maotai town, Zunyi city in Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 24, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

A worker prepares sorghum for the first fermentation to be used in locally made Maotai liquor at the Maopu Health Liquor Co. Distillery in Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 24, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

Workers spread sorghum as it is prepared for the first fermentation to be used in Maotai liquor at the Maopu Health Liquor Co. Distillery, at Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 24, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

Workers prepare sorghum for fermentation in the Niangjiufang Distillery at Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province,on Sept 22, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

A worker heats river water, which will be used to ferment sorghum at the Maopu Health Liquor Co. Distillery in Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 24, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

A worker carries a bag of the grain sorghum to be used in locally made Maotai liquor at Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 24, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

A worker walks pass vats of locally made liquor at a distillery in Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 23, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

A worker fills bottles with locally made liquor called baijiu at Guizhou Huaizhuang Liquor Group in Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 22, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

A worker arranges bottles of quality Maotai liquor at the Guizhou Huaizhuang Liquor Group in Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 22, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

A female farmer walks her cows when passing a new distillery under construction at Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 23, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

Several men toast each other and drink Maotai liquor at a restaurant in Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 21, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

Tourists walk across a bridge over the Chishui River, the main water source for locally made liquor, at Maotai town, Zunyi city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Sept 21, 2016. [Photo/VCG]