Imvelaphi yepepile inokulandwa umva kwimimandla eshushu kuMbindi kunye neLatin America, kunye namazwe ayo aphambili imvelaphi yiMexico, iPeru, kunye nezinye iindawo ezahlukeneyo. Esi siqholo sinembali etyebileyo njengesityalo samandulo esasilinywa, kwaye uhambo lwaso kwihlabathi lonke lwaqala xa i-chili pepper yaziswa eYurophu isuka kwihlabathi elitsha ngo-1492, yafika kamva eJapan phakathi kwe-1583 kunye ne-1598, kwaye ekugqibeleni yaya kumazwe akuMzantsi-mpuma we-Asia. ngenkulungwane ye-17. Namhlanje, i-chili pepper ilinywa ngokubanzi kwihlabathi jikelele, kuquka ne-China, ibonisa iindidi ezahlukeneyo kunye neentlobo.
E-China, ukuqaliswa kwe-chili pepper kwenzeka malunga nombindi we-Ming Dynasty. Iirekhodi zembali, ezifumaneka kakhulu kwiTang Xianzu's "I-Peony Pavilion," zibhekisela kuzo "njengeentyatyambo zepepper" ngelo xesha. Uphando lubonisa ukuba i-pepper ye-chili yangena e-China ngeendlela ezimbini eziphambili: okokuqala, idlula unxweme lwe-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia ukuya kwimimandla efana ne-Guangdong, i-Guangxi, i-Yunnan, kwaye okwesibini, ukuya ngasentshona, ukuya kwiindawo ezifana ne-Gansu ne-Shaanxi. Phezu kwayo nje imbali yokulima kwayo emfutshane, iTshayina iye yaba lilizwe elihamba phambili ngokuvelisa iipepile, ukodlula iIndiya, iIndonesia neThailand. Ngokucacileyo, iipepile ezivela e-Handan, Xi'an, kunye ne-Chengdu zidume kwihlabathi jikelele, kunye "nepepper ye-Xi'an," eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Qin pepper, ifumana udumo ngenxa yesimo sayo esincinci, kunye nemibimbi, umbala obomvu oqaqambileyo, kunye ne-spicy flavour.
Ukuhanjiswa kweentlobo zetshilisi e-China kubonakalisa ukhetho lwengingqi. Imimandla esemazantsi ibonisa ubudlelwane obuluqilima beentlobo ezineziqholo ezifana neepepile zeChaotian, iipepile zomgca, iipepile zexiaomi, kunye neepepile zegusha. Ezi pepile zibonelela ngeenkangeleko zencasa ezahlukeneyo, ukusukela kubulawu obunobumnandi ukuya kwindibaniselwano eswiti kunye neziqholo. Ezinye iindawo zikhetha iintlobo ezibuthathaka, ezifana ne-Shanghai bell pepper, i-Qiemen bell pepper, kunye ne-Tianjin enkulu yentsimbi yepepile, ephawulwa ngobungakanani kunye nobukhulu bazo, ishiya incasa emnandi, enesiqholo-eswiti ngaphandle kobushushu obugqithisileyo.
Iipepile eTshayina zisetyenziswa kwizinto ezininzi, zisetyenziswa kwi-stir-fries, izitya eziphekiweyo, ukusetyenziswa ekrwada, kunye nokukha. Ukongeza, zicutshungulwa zibe zii-condiments ezithandwayo njenge-chili sauce, ioyile yetshili, kunye nomgubo wetshili, ezinegalelo kumhlaba ohlukeneyo wokupheka.