When was chili introduced to China?
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Actually, the origin of chili is not in China, but in the Americas. It was not until the late 16th century that chili was introduced from the Americas to China, which means chili was brought to China in the late Ming Dynasty.
Chili was introduced to China through the Silk Road and the Strait of Malacca. Chili that traveled through the Silk Road entered Xinjiang, Shaanxi, and Gansu from the Middle East, then was cultivated in the northwest region. Chili that entered southern China through the Strait of Malacca was cultivated in Hunan, Guangxi, and Yunnan, and then gradually spread to all parts of the country.
Historical records show that the earliest time people started eating chili in the area of Guizhou and Hunan was around the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and the general consumption of chili started after the Daoguang period. Later, various regions in China began to cultivate it widely. Chili is the spice that was introduced to China the latest but is now used the most extensively and commonly. The "TsaohuaPu" from the Ming Dynasty recorded "fanjiao" (foreign pepper), and the earliest Chinese people to eat chili were in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, known as the "Xiajiang people."
Starting from the Qianlong period, the Guizhou region consumed a large amount of chili. During the Qianlong period, Zhenxiong in Yunnan, adjacent to Guizhou, and Chenzhou Prefecture in eastern Hunan also began to eat chili. After the Jiaqing period, chili was widely cultivated in several provinces including Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, and Jiangxi. There were records during the Jiaqing period stating that Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, and Sichuan had started to cultivate chili as a vegetable.
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