Fruit is an indispensable part of people's lives, it can not only provide the body with rich vitamins, but also to satisfy people's appetites.
Due to the good taste of many fruits, their prices have always been high, and some people even take "cherry freedom" as the goal. It can be seen how popular these fruits are, but their prices are really high.
There are also many stories related to fruits, such as Yang Guifei especially likes to eat lychees, but it is not easy to eat fresh lychees.
In ancient times, transportation was not convenient, and many fruits often needed to be quickly beaten and whipped, and it took several months to reach the capital. Hence the phrase "A red dust princess laughs, no one knows that it is a lychee coming".
In addition to lychees, there are many delicious fruits, such as watermelon, cantaloupe, guiyuan, dragon fruit, etc., which are particularly popular in many places.
However, there is a fruit name that has been misrepresented for more than 400 years, and this wrong name is still used by people today, and it may be difficult to change in the future.
It is our common cantaloupe, why is cantaloupe called cantaloupe? What is the story behind this?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > nutritional value of cantaloupe</h1>
Cantaloupe is popular with everyone because of its sweet taste, and it has rich nutritional value. Because cantaloupe is rich in malic acid, pectin, and the elements phosphorus, calcium, iron, etc. that the human body needs, and contains 15% sugar and 7% fiber.
The people of Xinjiang especially like to eat cantaloupe, and the cantaloupe grown in Xinjiang is large and sweet, and they also believe that cantaloupe can get rid of diseases.
It has been cultivated in Our country for more than 4,000 years, so our country has the longest history of growing cantaloupe. In addition to the good taste of cantaloupe, its melon seeds also have medicinal value and can also be used to make essential oils.
The essential oils made from cantaloupe seeds are golden in color and rich in fruity flavor, which is deeply loved by people. Melon peels can also be used to raise poultry, which shows that cantaloupes are treasures all over the body.
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In ancient times, the best place to grow cantaloupe was Shanshan County in Xinjiang, and the original name of cantaloupe was actually called "Shanshan melon".
Of course, this is just people's common name for it, the earliest record of cantaloupe can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, the Taiping Guangji Yin Guiren has such a record, "Han Ming Emperor Yin Guiren, dreaming of eating melons, very beautiful." From time to time, Dunhuang offered different melon seeds, known as the Dome of the Vault" (陳孭).
The "vault" mentioned here actually refers to cantaloupe, which is translated from Uyghur and means "melon" in Chinese.
But nowadays, China's "melon" has another meaning, and it is also a more delicious fruit. In addition, cantaloupe is also known as "gonggua", which also has an interesting story behind it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" >3. Where does the name of cantaloupe come from? </h1>
During the Kangxi Dynasty, Shanshan County had already cultivated excellent varieties of cantaloupes, and the cantaloupes produced here tasted particularly sweet.
The king of Hami was unable to extricate himself after tasting it once, and wanted to send the fruit to the Kangxi Emperor and asked him to taste it himself.
However, in ancient times, there was no good technology for preserving fruit, coupled with inconvenient transportation, even if it was a fast rush.
It will take more than half a year to send the melon to the Kangxi Emperor, at this time the melon is basically rotten, if it is not rotten, and there is no sweet smell before, Kangxi may not like it. So King Hami solicited opinions extensively, hoping that everyone would come up with a good solution.
Finally, someone came up with a good way to plant melon seedlings in a carriage and cultivate them with soil from the Shanshan area. In this way, when it arrives in the capital, the melon is just ripe, and this method can ensure that the fresh melon is obtained.
However, the only thing that is uncertain is the taste of the melon, but it is better than rotting when it is transported to the capital. So King Hami sent someone to escort the melon seedlings, and told them to carefully water the melon seedlings to ensure the smooth growth of the melons.
In the end, they used this method to escort Shan Shan Gua to Kangxi, who was very happy after tasting Shan Shan Gua and was also grateful to King Hami for this piece of heart. Later, Kangxi asked the ministers around him what kind of fruit it was, and the ministers had never seen it.
He only told Kangxi that it was sent by the King of Hami, and after some thought, Kangxi blurted out "cantaloupe". Since then, people have been using "cantaloupe" to call "cantaloupe", and its original name has gradually been forgotten.
Nowadays, people still use the name of Kangxi, and it may continue to be used for a long time to come.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > conclusion</h1>
Cantaloupe is now so popular that you can see it all year round. But who would have thought that behind the cantaloupe, there is such a touching story?
No matter what people call it, it's a fruit that people love. Of course, I also hope that more people will know its original name.