The Historical Origin of Jujube in Hami, Xinjiang

Hami jujube has a history of more than 2000 years, which was called "fragrant jujube" in ancient times. According to the Records of Geography of the New Tang Dynasty, in the fourth year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan (AD 630), Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong tasted Hami jujube as a tribute to the western regions, and named it "Gongzao", which has since become a royal tribute.

According to "New Tang Book Geography", "Yiwu County, Yizhou (Yiwu now Hami, Xinjiang), the next. In Benxi, Zhenguan changed its name in six years. Tugong: Xiangzao, Yinyajiao, Hutong Donkey. "

According to Hami Wei's "The Unified Records of Daming", Yiwu County, Tugong, made in the countryside, has a household law and a silver tooth corner.

According to the third chapter of China's History of Governing the Western Regions, Tang's policies and policies of governing the western regions are listed in the state capital. In the fourth year of Zhenguan in Yizhou (630), the local taxes in this state were: township, Yinyajiao and Hutong law.

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Hengyin, the director of the Mining Bureau, was stationed in Xinjiang. In his poem "Thirty Rhymes on the Throne of Hami on the First Day of February", he left a description of "jujube doubting immortals".