Researchers Find Cannabis In Ancestral Chinese Tomb: They Used It As Food, According To Study

There, a tomb belonging to Guo Xing, a mythical warrior who fought in battles on the Korean peninsula, was unearthed. Some of the seeds found in the tomb were almost twice the size of normal, indicating that this is not the typical cannabis of today. Cannabis as food in imperial ChinaIn the grave, there were several jars containing basic foodstuffs, including remains of cannabis and seeds of the plant, some of which maintained their original color. Guo Xing’s descendants evidently buried cannabis as an important food crop.” Despite the plant’s importance to Chinese history and culture, the country banned marijuana in the 1950s.