1492, Columbus discovered corn in Cuba and planted it in North and South America. 1494 was brought back to Spain and gradually spread all over the world, becoming one of the most important food crops. It was introduced to China in the 0/6th century A.D./KLOC, and it was first recorded in Gongxian Annals written in the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, which was called Yumai. In the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing, Pingliang Prefecture was called Fanmai and Xitianmai.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, corn planting had reached more than ten provinces in Shandong, Henan, Hebei and Anhui. The name "corn" was first seen in Xu Guangqi's "Agricultural Administration". Apart from the United States, China is one of the most popular areas for corn cultivation. Corn is also the tallest grain in the world.
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Scholars generally believe that ancient corn was introduced into China in three ways:
1. Northwest land spread: first spread from Spain to Mecca, and then spread from Mecca to northwest China via the Silk Road in Central Asia;
2. Introduction from the Southwest: First from Europe to India and Myanmar, and then to the southwest of China (15, the Portuguese may have introduced corn to Goa, India, and then all the way to Java; The other way is to neighboring Myanmar, and then from Myanmar to China).
3. Introduction to Southeast Asia by sea: First, it was introduced to Southeast Asia from Europe, and then it was introduced to the southeast coastal areas of China by sea through China businessmen or Portuguese.
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