China ancient vegetables were collected from wild plants, and most of them were imported.

Vegetables handed down from ancient times include: garlic, coriander, celery, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, water bamboo, cucumber, broad bean and pea. As for fruits, it goes without saying that there are many native fruits in China. Apricot, plum, pear, jujube, longan and litchi have been planted for more than 2000 years. There are many brought back by Zhang Qian. Such as garlic, coriander and celery. Everything else was originally foreign food, found in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and later spread to China.

To be more specific, common vegetables such as eggplant, cucumber, spinach and lentils were introduced from abroad during the Wei, Jin, Tang and Song Dynasties. Cucumber is produced in India and is called cucumber. Spinach was introduced from Nepal during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. Originally called spinach, later referred to as spinach. Lentils originated in Java and were introduced to China in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Since the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, some varieties have been added to China's recipes. Carrots, peppers and tomatoes followed.

Origin and Brief Introduction of Vegetables

Vegetables are a part of plants that humans or other animals eat as food. The original meaning is still widely used, collectively referred to as plants, which refers to all edible plant substances, including flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, seeds and so on. Another definition of this word is arbitrary to some extent, usually based on cooking and cultural traditions. It may not include foods from certain plants, such as fruits, flowers, nuts and grains, but it includes salty fruits like tomatoes and zucchini, flowers like broccoli and seeds like beans.

At first, vegetables were collected by hunters from the wild and began to be planted in many parts of the world, probably from 65438 BC to 7000 BC, when a new agricultural lifestyle appeared. At first, local plants were planted, but over time, trade brought exotic crops from other places and increased the variety.

The significance of vegetables as edible plants was not established until18th century. In 1767, this word is specially used to mean a plant grown as food, an edible herb or root. As an adjective, the word vegetable has different and broader meanings in the scientific and technological context, that is, it is related to general plants, which can be eaten or not, such as plant matter, plant kingdom, plant origin and so on.