When did rice come to China?

Rice is native to China and gradually spread around the world.

Extended Information

Rice is a species of the herbaceous genus Paddy, a cereal, and the most dominant and longest-standing species of the genus Paddy as a grain, as distinguished from dry rice. Native to China and India, rice was cultivated in the Yangtze River Valley in China 7,000 years ago.

Rice is divided into indica and japonica rice, early and late rice, glutinous rice and non-glutinous rice according to the type of rice. There are other classifications, according to whether or not soilless cultivation is divided into paddy rice and floating rice; according to the survival cycle is divided into seasonal rice and "lazy rice" (the more years of regeneration); according to the height is divided into ordinary rice and about 2 meters of giant rice; according to the salinity tolerance is divided into ordinary freshwater rice and "sea water rice " (which actually uses mostly fresh water).

Information reference Baidu Encyclopedia-Rice