![Participants chew chili peppers while immersed in a pool filled with peppers during a contest in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang Shuaihui, a local resident, swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/07/09/0980ce1d66ab407fb736228bf0b9ae06.jpg)
Participants chew chili peppers while immersed in a pool filled with peppers during a contest in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang Shuaihui, a local resident, swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
![Tang Shuaihui competes in a chili pepper eating contest in a pool in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/07/09/ca5be86ecac64110ae9834c492fce09d.jpg)
Tang Shuaihui competes in a chili pepper eating contest in a pool in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
![Participants chew chili peppers while immersed in a pool filled with peppers during a contest in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang Shuaihui, a local resident, swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/07/09/b0d8421cb1c14ffe8e91ee469f58c46f.jpg)
Participants chew chili peppers while immersed in a pool filled with peppers during a contest in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang Shuaihui, a local resident, swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
![Participants chew chili peppers while immersed in a pool filled with peppers during a contest in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang Shuaihui, a local resident, swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/07/09/79dd67b317604824873703fe3047c23b.jpg)
Participants chew chili peppers while immersed in a pool filled with peppers during a contest in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang Shuaihui, a local resident, swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
![A participant chews chili peppers in a contest in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang Shuaihui, a local resident, swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/07/09/96cc47819c064965b5b135b455c6961b.jpg)
A participant chews chili peppers in a contest in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang Shuaihui, a local resident, swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
![A participant chews chili peppers in a contest in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang Shuaihui, a local resident, swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/07/09/4853a41995494d4684781aea5446597a.jpg)
A participant chews chili peppers in a contest in Ningxiang City, Central China’s Hunan Province, July 8, 2018. Tang Shuaihui, a local resident, swallowed 50 chili peppers in one minute to win first prize. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)