考古学家估计,公元前5000年,玛雅人开始吃辣椒。很久很久以后,哥伦布去美洲途中,发现了辣椒,把它带回了西班牙。辣椒几乎立刻就传遍了全世界。但是,直到明朝末年,辣椒才进入中国。起初人们不知道辣椒能吃,还那么好吃。那时在人们的眼里,它只是一种观赏作物和药物,各地的人们争先恐后地给它取了名字,什 Archaeologists estimate that 5000 BC, the Maya began to eat chili. Long, long time after Columbus traveled to the Americas, he discovered the pepper and brought it back to Spain. Pepper spread all over the world almost immediately. However, pepper did not enter China until the end of Ming Dynasty. At first, people did not know that peppers can eat, but also so delicious. At that time, in the eyes of the people, it was only a kind of ornamental crops and medicines. People everywhere scrambling to give it a name, what