Wednesday, February 24, 2010

History of Bird's Nest (Continue)
From the historical documents, a progressive familiarity of the swiftlet nest evolved through time. The records of around year 1587 show that large amount of swiftlet nest was imported into China and an import duty was levied on the nest. In 1618, the amount of swiftlet nest imported had increased so much that a reduction on the import duty was granted by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, swiftlet nest was well accepted as precious food by residents of Guangdong and Fujian Provinces. From then on, records about swiftlet nest became more detailed and covered even its place of origin.
Hundreds of years after swiftlet nest had been accepted as a precious food in China, it was further accepted by the Chinese to have medical and health enhancing effects. Descriptions of such effects

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