产销与贸易:近代辣椒的商品化发展

Production,Marketing and Trade:Commercialization of Capsicum in Modern Times

辣椒于明末传入中国,经历了初期的缓慢传播阶段,清中期以来在全国范围内得到快速传播。辣椒需求量的上升驱动着种植范围的扩大,19世纪末至民国时期,逐渐形成了西南地区、长江中游地区、华北地区等三个具有区域代表性的辣椒核心产区,进行辣椒及相关产品的集中产销。辣椒商品贸易的产生与发展,不仅反映出人们的需求与嗜好,更彰显辣椒在中国传播进程中的高度本土化。

Capsicum was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty.After the slow development of the early stage,it had been quickly spread across the country since the middle of the Qing Dynasty.The rise in capsicum demand promoted the expansion of planting scope.From the end of the 19th century to the period of the Republic of China,three regional representative capsicum core production areas,including Southwest China,the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and North China,had been gradually formed for the centralized production and marketing of capsicum and related products.The emergence and development of capsicum commodity trade not only reflected people’s needs and hobbies,but also demonstrated the high localization of capsicum in the process of dissemination in China.