洋葱原产伊朗、阿富汗等地,有5000余年栽培历史。公元前1000年传到埃及,后传到地中海地区、美国、日本等地,传到我国栽培仅百余年。由于新疆离原产地较近。故古代可能已栽培食用。洋葱现在是世界各国人民的主要蔬菜之一,但在古代却为极高贵的东西。在5000年前波斯卡里达王朝把洋葱当成神符; Onion native Iran, Afghanistan and other places, more than 5,000 years of cultivation history. It spread to Egypt in 1000 BC and spread to the Mediterranean region, the United States, Japan and other places and reached China only for more than 100 years. As Xinjiang is closer to its origin. Therefore ancient may have edible cultivation. Onion is now one of the main vegetables for people of all nations in the world, but in ancient times it was very noble. The 5000 years ago the Persian karidadian dynasty regarded onions as an anagram;