The Historical Origin of Tobacco in China

1. Tobacco was introduced to China during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, that is,/kloc-0 was introduced to China in the middle of the 6th century. The Philippines occupied by Portugal played an important role in this process. In China, it has long been said that "Luzon Island produces tobacco". So in China, cigarettes were originally called Luzon cigarettes. At first, dry tobacco was introduced, which has been planted for more than 400 years.

2. 1900 flue-cured tobacco planting in Taiwan Province province. After 19 10, flue-cured tobacco was successfully planted in Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Liaoning and other places. From 1937 to 1940, flue-cured tobacco was planted in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, and developed into a major tobacco-producing area in China.

Oriental tobacco was introduced in 1950s, and burley tobacco was introduced in 1960s, which was successfully planted in Xinchang, Zhejiang and Jianshi, Hubei respectively. Huanghua tobacco was introduced into northern China from Russian about 200 years ago.

Like Europe, tobacco was first introduced to China as a medicine. Taiwan Province, Fujian and Guangdong were the first countries to accept tobacco. According to ancient records, tobacco has the effect of expelling cold and curing all diseases, and replacing tea and wine with tobacco has become a social necessity at that time. By the middle of Ming Dynasty, smoking had become a very common phenomenon.