In China, chili peppers have more places of origin, mainly in Sichuan, Guizhou Province, Hunan Province, Yunnan Province, Shaanxi Province, Xichuan County of Henan Province, Jize County of Hebei Province, and Tokoto County of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Now chili peppers have the world are cultivated.
The origin of chili pepper:
Chili pepper originated in Mexico, Peru and other places in the tropical region of Central and South America, is an ancient cultivated crop. 1492 chili pepper from the New World spread to Europe, 1583-1598 years into Japan, the 17th century, many varieties of chili pepper into the Southeast Asian countries.
It is said that China's chili peppers, one by the coast of Southeast Asia to Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places, now Yunnan Xishuangbanna primitive forests are still semi-wild "millet pepper"; the second is imported by the Silk Road, Gansu, Shaanxi and other places of cultivation, so there is a "Qin Pepper
Nutritional value of chili peppers:
Chili peppers are rich in vitamin C, beta-carotene, folic acid, magnesium and potassium; capsaicin in chili peppers also has an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect, which helps to reduce the risk of heart disease, certain tumors, and a number of other chronic diseases that occur with age.