When will chili peppers enter China?

Chili is a kind of very irritating food, also known as spicy, horny, horny pepper, etc., is an annual or limited perennial plant of Solanaceae, because of its sterilization, antiseptic, seasoning, nutrition, cold and other functions, for human disease prevention, disease treatment, improve genes, promote human evolution has played a positive role, let's take a look at when the pepper entered China!

When will chili peppers enter China?

Chili pepper is one of the oldest crops cultivated by human beings, and it has been growing on the mainland since about 7000 BC. Archaeologists estimate that the Mayans began to eat chili peppers in 5000 BC. Columbus's voyage in 1492 not only discovered the New World, but also harvested chili peppers. But for China, chili did not enter China until the end of the Ming Dynasty. After arriving in China, chili peppers first entered Hangzhou, Zhejiang and its surrounding areas, and then gradually spread to the whole country.

Where is the origin of chili?

The main producing countries of pepper in the world are India, China, Mexico, Brazil and Spain. The producing areas of pepper in China are mainly distributed in Henan, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Hebei, Yunnan and other places. In the history of Chinese pepper, there are four major producing areas commonly known as "Yize Sandu", "Yize" for Jize County, Hebei Province, and "Sandu" for Chengdu of Sichuan Province, Yidu of Shandong Province (now renamed Qingzhou), and Wangdu of Hebei Province. Among them, Chengdu pepper is mainly high-spicy "Chaotian pepper", Yidu pepper is mainly low-spicy "Yidu red", and Jize pepper is medium-spicy "sheep horn pepper".

What are the varieties of chili peppers?

1. Lantern pepper: the plant of lantern pepper is stout and tall, the leaf moment is round or oval, the fruit stalk is erect or drooping, the fruit is nearly spherical, cylindrical or flat spherical, the taste is not spicy and slightly sweet or slightly peppery. It is cultivated in the north and south of our country, and the vegetable pepper usually sold on the market is a variety.

2. Chaotian pepper: the plants of Chaotian pepper are dichotomously branched, the leaves are ovate, the flowers are often solitary between bifurcations, the flowers are white or purplish, the pedicels and fruits are erect, the fruit is conical, and the taste is extremely spicy. Both north and south of our country are cultivated, and the masses are often cultivated as bonsai.

3. Cluster pepper: the plant of cluster pepper can be up to 1 meter high, the leaves are ovate-lanceolate, the flowers are often solitary at the bottom of the branches, the fruit stalks are stout, and the berries are finger-shaped or conical micro-arched, and the taste is very spicy. It is cultivated in the north and south of our country, usually as bonsai or a small amount as vegetables or seasonings.