In prehistoric times, it was known to take sweets from fresh fruits, honey and plants. Later, it was developed to make maltose from grains, and then to make sugar from sugarcane beets. The history of sugar production has roughly experienced three stages: early sugar production, manual sugar production and mechanized sugar production.

In China, the earliest recorded sugarcane planting was in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. During the Warring States Period in the 4th century BC, there were records of primary processing of sugarcane. There is a poem in Qu Yuan's "Songs of the South Evocation": "A turtle is better than a lamb, and there is more pulp." The "Zhejiang" here is sugarcane, and the "Zhejiang pulp" is the juice obtained from sugarcane. It shows that during the Warring States period, the State of Chu was able to carry out primitive processing on sugarcane.

Sugar-making stage of handicraft industry: Since sugarcane pith was obtained from sugarcane in the Warring States period, sugarcane planting has become increasingly prosperous and sugarcane sugar-making technology has gradually improved. After nearly a thousand years of development, a large-scale workshop-style sugar industry has been formed in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

When China's sugarcane technology spread abroad, India, another birthplace of sugarcane in the world, also spread sugarcane technology to other countries. In the 7th century, Arabs introduced sugarcane planting technology from India to Spain and Italy.

Since then, sugarcane has been planted along the Mediterranean coast, and the cultivation technology of sugarcane has been introduced to some countries in North America. /kloc-At the end of 0/5, Columbus introduced sugarcane technology to the West Indies and soon spread to Cuba and Puerto Rico. In the 1920s and 1930s, sugarcane technology first spread to Mexico, Brazil, Peru and other countries. Soon, the sugar cane industry developed in North and South America.

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Sugar has existed in China for more than 3000 years. Since its origin is concerned, China's earliest book, The Book of Songs, cannot be avoided. There is such a record about sugar in the book that "the leaves are flourishing and viola is in full bloom", which means that the land in Zhou is so fertile that even viola and chicory are as sweet as caramel, which is reflected from the side.

The Book of Qi Yao Min written by Jia Sixie in the Northern Wei Dynasty is the most detailed. The preparation method, steps and key points of maltose are introduced in detail. Maltose has always played an important role in people's lives, and we can often see it in our lives. For example, maltose is the sugar used by sugar blowers.

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