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China's staple food, why all with the word "foreign"?
China has been a big agricultural country since ancient times, and China has a large population. Developing agriculture is the most basic way of development. With the continuous efforts of China, China's agricultural development is getting better and better, and now it has the ability to lead the world's agriculture. This is something we should be proud of, and it is also one of the chips for China people to gain a foothold in the world. However, as we all know, many crops were not originally produced in China, but gradually increased in the process of continuous development and communication with other countries. As we all know, the names of crops with "foreign" come from foreigners, and foreigners are westerners in China. Things imported from the West, such as potatoes and cabbages, are all crops imported from abroad to China. Next, let's see where our common crops were introduced and which dynasty they were from. After reading them, it is estimated that many people will be curious. What do China people eat before introducing them? Because there are too many, too common.

In fact, in addition to the word "foreign", there are also crops with the words "Hu" and "Fan", all of which are imported from foreign countries. In ancient China, the first large-scale foreign trade should be what Zhang Qian took out and brought back, and what he brought back was various, which later became China's main living needs. Cucumber was brought back by Zhang Qian when he was on a mission to the Western Regions, and it was renamed cucumber because Emperor Yang Di was afraid of conference semifinals. Flaxseed (sesame) was also brought back by Zhang Qian. So far, some people call sesame oil linseed oil. Pepper, walnut (walnut), kidney bean (broad bean), coriander (coriander) and garlic (garlic) are all due to the contribution of Zhang Qian, which brought China into contact with these crops.

Most of the crops of the above Hu generation were introduced from the western regions during the Tang Han period. Next, let's look at the word "Fan". Everyone is familiar with tomatoes, such as sweet potato (sweet potato), pumpkin (pumpkin), wheat (corn), pepper (pepper) and so on. These crops were introduced by "Fan Chuan" in ancient Southern Song Dynasty and Yuan and Ming Dynasties, so they were named "Fan He". Finally, there is the famous "foreign" word generation, that is, some crops introduced from America in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as potatoes, cabbage, onions and so on. So, some people are curious, what did China eat before the Han and Tang Dynasties and before these crops were introduced?

Yes, these familiar and common crops are imported from abroad. What did our ancient ancestors eat? If some vegetable crops are imported, local crops in China can be regarded as staple food, such as rice, wheat and millet, which are all local crops in China. Thus, we can see the importance of communication. What do you think of the above classification?