Ginger is the origin of the Chinese

DingZhaoPing Shandong university of Chinese medicine

China's traditional Chinese medicine to

        CCTV seven set diet documentary on the tip of the tongue of China "the fire. This let "the tip of the tongue" instantly become the most fashionable words. From this and make food and traditional get everybody's praise highly, from neijing "five reconcile" was more like hanging in the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine on the mouth, and now has become said cooking and ChiHuo mouth the words of do STH for the occasion.

        Critics said, "it is almost department is difficult to bear to the criticism, to nibble documentary." Though I admire and always ChenXiaoQing, also admire as advisor chen2 hong2 not comment and CaiLan, they are eating you. But the real for defect but also or some. In the sixth set for the five harmonic of ginger in south east Asia origin of the interpretation, let me feel not hard to spot. Slice the narrative is: "is originated in South America chili, southeast Asia ginger and Chinese prickly ash, are Chinese food in the most commonly used pungent taste seasoning." Notice, not only "Chinese prickly ash from China", actually ginger is also "the origin of China"!

        Sadly, as of masterpieces of this kind of mistake - think ginger from south east Asia or India, many Chinese are so say, even some diet textbook vice versa. And "ginger from China" academic conclusions seem to be from foreign academics to China, so that many people still insist on ginger is originated in foreign point of view. But it was wrong. So, we today's topic emphasized - China is the origin of the ginger.

        In order to facilitate the understanding, first to conclusions: the Yellow River and the Yangtze river is the cradle of Chinese civilization, China is the origin of ginger.

        Foreign scholars not only recently know or admit that China is the origin of ginger. They are a long time ago have concluded that "ginger is originated in China" the certain conclusions. The exact printing literature material time positioning in one thousand years ago.

        According to Austria - Russian scholars cloth jin snyder think (the Chinese herbal, "London 1882 edition), Chinese prior to all other national and learned the ginger. ... Cloth jin snyder against medicinal plants and pointed out: "there is no doubt that ginger from China." (ditto guide book, page 176) - (France) ali and pierced the sea "silk road - China - Persian cultural exchanges"

        Ginger from China to the world, first is along the sea way.

        From China to the Philippines to Indonesia via this route in prehistoric trade has a pivotal position. It is along that line, ginger and sugar can be transplanted, made the first step of spread to the world. - [British] Andrew dorr than the dangerous taste - spices history"

        The author of this book Andrew dore said: "ginger is a very old spices, and may even is the oldest." Have botany and linguistic two evidence proved ginger from China to the world point of view. "Botany clues that ginger and belong to different", it has no seed, rely on the roots division propagation.

        The following is a linguistics clues: early in the history of Chinese who have a from the sea to the Pacific islands diffusion, the time must be traced back to six thousand years ago. Linguistic evidence from the south island languages, say the ancient language called austronesian. The journal nature have austronesian's birthplace in Taiwan's conclusion. "South island nation by the Asian continent, from around 8000 BC to Taiwan, then developed a remarkable navigation ability, constantly batch immigrants to overseas island". Study proves "say the south island language in their migration process always will ginger belt around." So that ginger from origin China spread to many strange place.

        Sure ginger is originated in China's Chinese scholars have? Yes, but time is not early. The author can attention to earlier insist on ginger origin in China when the Chinese scholars is the Chinese academy of sciences institute of south China plant WuDeLin sir. In the 1980 s he published in the agricultural archaeological magazine's "the origin of ginger trial" are pointed out:

        "The author thinks that as ginger cultivation may be the origin of Chinese ancient Yellow River basin and the area between the Yangtze river basin.

        Not only "ginger is originated in China" are people ignore. Even China's production of ginger, cinnamon as early as a few century BC had to central Asia output such documents, is still found by foreigners later, just cause the attention of Chinese scholars.

        Who will pay attention to this point? British scholar hurd amazonian (G.F.H udson, 1903 ~ 1974) as early as in 1931 London published "Europe and China" has been mentioned, he noticed the ancient Chinese literature "mu tianzi biography" describes the details. There are many place are mentioned, mu tianzi wherever you go, good for the local people "gift of gold... bei belt... guangxi ginger" and so on the precious gift. This is "ginger" is dry ginger or ginger, this is "guangxi" is cinnamon - two in the history of the storied spices.

        "Mu tianzi biography of unearthed in the warring states period WeiXiang is the king of the tomb of a bamboo book. According to the basic objective facts, wei of the warring states period in 225 BC qin to consume, if not the time forward shunt, also can be sure, "mu tianzi biography of ginger on record to the output of the central Asia at least is to happen in the first two centuries ago.

        It is the academic research export turns sale in domestic market. The foreign scholars hurd's point of view only in 1990 as the south's published in the sea into the study of the history of "in the" Chinese medicine west pass exam "are mentioned.

        The cause of my deep sigh: "the origin of the ginger is China." And this should be recorded in the history are people too long ignored for too long.