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Tobacco has not been recorded in the classical materia medica of ancient China. It was
imported from Luzon to Fujian in late of Ming dynasty, being known as Danbagu or golden
cigarette. It is also called as Smoking Drink which is drank by !re rather than liquor. (Li
1992, pp. 729)
)
Haicheng Xianzhi (Chronicle of Haicheng County, !"""!" of Qianlong
('") period (1736–1795) of Qing Dynasty also recorded in Vol. 15th Custom and
Products:

Fig. 4.5 Pipe from Donggu
shipwreck next to Yuegang
region. Photographed by M.
Liu