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Where did Zengjiashan Chili come from?

Chaotian Zengjiashan Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a traditional characteristic industry in Chaotian District. Chaotian District has always had the habit of growing peppers. Chaotian Zengjiashan is located in the alpine mountain area with an average elevation of 1000 meters, with fertile soil, humid climate and no pollution. The produced "Chaotian Zengjia Mountain Pepper" has a specific quality, which is famous for its red color, thick meat, spicy taste and mellow taste. In recent years, Chaotian District Town Government has actively guided and encouraged villagers, based on local conditions and guided by market demand, vigorously adjusted the agricultural industrial structure, regarded the development of characteristic alpine vegetable industry as a way for the masses to increase their income and get rich, developed into large-scale planting and industrialization, and built a green vegetable base through eco-tourism to promote the sustainable economic development of the whole region. In order to speed up the development of agricultural products and increase farmers' income, Chaotian District has accelerated the pace of agricultural industrial structure adjustment and vigorously developed traditional planting with characteristics, such as Zengjiashan Zanthoxylum bungeanum.