Ancient method used to produce brown sugar in China's Fujian (2)

Workers pour syrup onto a straw mat for cooling at a brown sugar workshop in Hongkou Village of Xitan Township in Fu'an, southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 9, 2017. People here use the most ancient method to manually produce brown sugar. Sugar cane juice exacted from sugarcane is heated and constantly stirred in a pot until it becomes syrup. The heating process usually takes about four hours. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)