2. China and Malaysia also started to grow food very early. Ginger was originally a perennial plant, but now it has been cultivated into an annual plant. In China, Guangdong in the south and Shandong in the north are more cultivated. Ginger is spicy and fragrant, and it is a condiment with high nutritional value. It is also a good medicine in medicine, which has the effects of dispelling cold, helping digestion and resolving phlegm.