1993, a joint Chinese-American archaeological team discovered the world's earliest ancient cultivated rice in Yuchanyan, Daoxian County. Rice was first widely cultivated in China, then spread westward to India, and was introduced to southern Europe in the Middle Ages. According to historical records, rice was widely planted in Dayu period, which made Boyi distribute rice seeds to everyone and plant them in paddy fields.

China is a country with the longest history of rice cultivation in the world. According to the research of Hemudu excavation in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, rice was planted here as early as six or seven thousand years ago. Since the beginning of 2 1 century, a series of recent archaeological discoveries have consolidated this conclusion.

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Rice cultivated in China belongs to Asian cultivated rice (Oryzasativa), and its ancestor is O.perennis, which is distributed in Taoyuan, Taiwan Province Province in the east, Jinghong, Yunnan Province in the west, Sanya County, Hainan Province in the south and Dongxiang, Jiangxi Province in the north.

20 16 10, the "20 16 science and technology forum-China symposium on the origin of rice planting" sponsored by China Association for Science and Technology signed a "scientist's suggestion", which holds that the rice cultivated in China originated from Xianrendong-Diaotong, Wannian County, Jiangxi Province 100 years ago.