China has a long history and is the only country with four ancient civilizations. In such a long history, in addition to rich cultural heritage, we also have rich and colorful food culture. For example, the pasta we often see on the modern dining table is a kind of pasta with a long history? Antiques? .
Pasta is generally processed from flour, and the grain for making flour is wheat. According to archaeologists, wheat is not a local crop. It originated in western Asia and was brought to China by various nationalities in the western regions when grazing. And with the passage of time, it has gradually become an important crop for China people to eat.
After the conclusion that wheat is not a native crop in China, many scholars became interested in studying when wheat was introduced into China. One of them, a Japanese historian, came to the conclusion through textual research that wheat was introduced to China only after Zhang Qian's voyage to the Western Ocean. This conclusion is not rigorous and has been severely refuted by China scholars. As early as recorded in ancient books, the planting time of wheat in China was not just such a short time. According to the earliest ancient records, wheat has been introduced to China for at least 4000 years.
Although the time recorded in ancient books is like this, there is no strong evidence to prove it at that time, so this conclusion only exists in theory. It was not until later that archaeologists excavated the remains of ancient wheat in Xinjiang that the wheat planting event in China was further determined more accurately. These unearthed wheat shows that as early as the Longshan period, China had planted wheat.
The record of grinding wheat into flour has a long history. During the Warring States period, there were records of wheat mills in historical materials. Therefore, both wheat and milling have a long history in China, which overturns the inaccurate historical conclusion of Japanese scholars.