China Chilli Festival begins to burn early

An annual festival of hot peppers began Monday in the province of Hunan, the center of spices, with a contest of peppers in which the winner defeated

Local boy Tang Shuaihui won a 3 gram gold 24 carat coin for winning the competition, which is organized by a local theme park in Ningxiang County and He is now in his second year [19659009] With doctors in case, ten participants each held plates stacked with 50 Tabasco peppers, in race to be the first to finish with the red fruits.

Tang erased his in just 68 seconds in a contest held in almost stifling temperatures and as competitors sat in a shallow pool filled with water and three tons of floating peppers.

"He finished them at an incredible speed, just after the master of the ceremony had finished speaking." Said Sun Minying, an employee of The Theme Park, called the ancient city of Tanhe [19659009] The Tabasco pepper has a rank of 30,000 to 50,000 on the Scoville heat scale which measures the sharpness of the peppers, which places it somewhere between a jalapeno and a habanero

The peppers that swayed in the pool were however of a much lower variety, partly to avoid irritating the skin of competitors.

Smiling competitors wearing shorts and T-shirts – some armed with small bottles of water – wading in a vast

A man was floating on his back in the pond of chilies, walking happily on the fruits ardent.

Hunan cuisine is marked by its spicy and richly colored peppers. It is considered one of the eight great culinary traditions of China with Sichuan, Cantonese and other cuisines.

The festival lasts until the end of August, with a contest of fresh chili peppers daily