The application of tobacco in China has a long history, and there is even a saying that "tobacco originated in China". 1939 "Zhang Jian Communication" published on February 20th said: "Tobacco was planted in China as early as the Han Dynasty. By the time of the Han Dynasty, officials had been set up to collect taxes.
In addition, it has also been suggested that tobacco in China was introduced from Luzon (present-day Philippines) to Taiwan Province Province and Fujian Province in China in 1575 (the third year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty), and snuff was brought to Guangdong by Italian missionary Matteo Ricci in 1579, so smoking became popular in China. According to the comprehensive literature, tobacco should be produced in China, but it is different from foreign tobacco and has different effects.
According to documents, tobacco was introduced to China from the north and south in the 7th century 16 to 17. South Road spread from the Philippines to Fujian, Guangdong in the middle and late16th century. North Road spread from Korea to northeast China in the early17th century. In recent years, many articles have made a new discussion on the earliest appearance time of tobacco, and some unearthed cultural relics have also proved that the actual introduction period of tobacco is earlier than that recorded in the literature.
Tobacco originated in America, but it was Europeans who spread it to the world. 149210/2. On the first day when Columbus landed on the American coast, the local people sent several gifts, one of which was "yellow dry leaves with unique fragrance"-tobacco.
Only at that time, these leaves were thrown on the deck and nobody cared. Half a month later, Columbus's fleet arrived in Cuba, and the sailors were surprised to find that some indigenous people were sucking the yellow leaves rolled into tubes, and plumes of smoke appeared from time to time in their mouths and noses. Many sailors also tried to follow suit and became the earliest smokers in Europe.
Tobacco first came to Spain with the return of Columbus' fleet, and soon spread to Portugal, and then quickly spread to other parts of Europe. 1580, tobacco was introduced into Turkey via Portugal. Then he moved to Iran, India, Japan and other countries. Around 1575, the Spanish used a galleon to transport tobacco to the Philippines for transplantation, where tobacco quickly became a profitable crop.
Around 1600, sailors and businessmen from Fujian brought Philippine tobacco to China. The use and cultivation of tobacco is like a ripple caused by a big stone thrown into a pond, which spreads wave by wave. By 1620, tobacco has become a truly global crop.
Tobacco is generally accepted because people once thought it had magical effects.
In Europe in the16th century, almost all doctors used tobacco as a "magic medicine" to treat toothache, intestinal parasites, halitosis, tetanus and even cancer. There is even a superstition that tobacco can cure the Black Death. At that time, Eton College in England used whips to force children to smoke every morning to avoid the plague.
On the other hand, smoking has a unique self-entertainment function and is deeply loved by nobles and ordinary people. Upper-class people smoke snuff and cigars to keep elegant manners, while ordinary people are keen on smoking pipes and cigarettes. Anyway, after a hard day's work, drinking two glasses of beer with friends is undoubtedly a great enjoyment.