1. Wheat has a long history. According to archaeological discoveries, wheat was planted in the Neolithic Age, and its cultivation history was about 654.38+00000 years. A long time ago, many traces of wheat were found in the settlements of prehistoric primitive society in many parts of Central Asia. In Luoyang and other places in the Yellow River basin, there are a lot of wheat grass that may have been cultivated by our ancestors. In the 1980s, the archaeological discovery of carbonized wheat 5,000 years ago. Evidence of wheat cultivation was found in Erlitou cultural site, so in Xia Dynasty, wheat was already the main food crop of the country.
Second, the extensive cultivation of wheat is mentioned many times in The Book of Songs? Mai? , is what we call wheat. This also means that in the 6th century BC, wheat was widely planted in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. According to historical records, in the area south of the Yangtze River, wheat was planted around 1 century. 20 16 Archaeologists excavated Haojing site and found a batch of carbonized wheat grains in a ash pit in the middle of Western Zhou Dynasty. This shows that at least in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, wheat has been planted on a large scale in the Yellow River basin.
Third, the nutritional value of wheat wheat has been one of the main foods of people in northern China since ancient times. Wheat is rich in nutritional value. It is rich in starch, protein, minerals and vitamins. In addition to human use, it can also produce starch, alcohol and gluten, and the by-products after processing are also high-quality feed for livestock. In addition, whole wheat products can not only promote digestion, but also improve human immunity and relieve menopausal syndrome.
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