Actually, wheat is not native to China. It is an exotic crop like corn and pepper. It was first domesticated and planted in West Asia, and was introduced to the northwest of China more than 4,000 years ago, while the cultivation of wheat in the Central Plains began in the middle and late Shang Dynasty.

Wheat is a monocotyledonous plant and a gramineous plant widely cultivated all over the world. The caryopsis of wheat is one of the staple foods of human beings, which can be made into bread, steamed bread, biscuits, noodles and other foods after being ground into flour.

After fermentation, it can be made into beer, alcohol, white wine (such as vodka) or biomass fuel.

Wheat is rich in starch, protein, fat, minerals, calcium, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, vitamin A and vitamin C, etc.