Let's talk about the history of citrus today.
First of all, let's talk about the global pronunciation problem English lemon is called lemon, but tracing the source lemon is actually Chinese pronunciation English transliteration of the past.
The earliest citrus in China is called orange, and the ancient Chinese record should be wolfberry, a polysyllabic character, also pronounced gou. It looks like this.
From the current public taste, it is not good to look at, nor is it delicious, and the pulp is like this.
The poems are recorded, and the officials themselves check them.
The other is the grapefruit, which also originated in China, and There have been grapefruit trees in Bashu since ancient times. It is still recorded in the Psalms.
The third is, orange, note that it is not an orange.
Looks a bit like Sichuan's mandarin orange. Thick skin, seeds, high acidity. Qu Yuan mentioned that it was very precious and used as a tribute.
Oranges are oranges, grapefruit is grapefruit, since ancient times are separated, orange grapefruit is another variety, modern called orange.
The citrus family is a bit chaotic and can be crossed at will in the wild.
Oranges plus grapefruit are oranges.
Oranges plus grapefruit are grapefruit.
Lemon is orange plus grapefruit plus orange citron I write a little messy.
Lemon is known as the king of vitamin C, and can only be said to be the top three at present.
The ancient people of the mainland have cherished citrus fruits since ancient times, perhaps the wisdom of the genes of the ancients.
Many people died of sepsis in Europe, which was caused by a lack of vitamin C.
And sepsis is almost rare in ancient mainland china or in the history of navigation, and the formal ancient diet paid more attention to the intake of vegetables and fruits.
Let's talk about the pronunciation of lemon, lemon, remon, limu, liin, it doesn't matter if it will be English, you will pronounce it as Hanyu Pinyin, almost all the same.
Studies have found that lemons were revered as treasures in the original Ancient Lands of Bashu, and jams made of citrus were revered in the Han Dynasty. It is estimated that the existence of this jam is not so much the reason for the sepsis of the mainland.
At that time, citrus jam was called tonio-mong, which means sticky jam.
Next time we talk about the magic of vitamin C inside lemons.