Why is it green?Huai'an "Guagua World" still hides a lot of things you don't know

As the most common ingredients, cucumber is no stranger to everyone, but it is clearly green. Why not call green gourd and be called cucumber? How many varieties of cucumber ... There is a cucumber theme exhibition hall covering an area of ​​about 320 square meters in Dingji Town, Huaiyin District, Huai'an City. Here you can understand the past and present of cucumbers in one stop.

Why is it green but why is it called cucumber?

Ding Ji cucumber planting has a history of more than 30 years. It is a cucumber industrial base and a provincial garden standard park in Jiangsu Province. Since 1991, it has developed in the town. Ton. Ding Ji cucumber has successively obtained the title of national agricultural product geographical indication and Jiangsu provincial -level brand -name product title. Dingji Town relies on the cucumber industry, and has been selected as the "Integration Zone of the Integration of Rural One, Two and Three Industry in Jiangsu Province" and "National Agricultural Industry Strong Town Construction" townships. Dingji Cucumber theme exhibition hall -nicknamed Guagua world, covering an area of ​​about 320 square meters, divided into two floors, is a cucumber theme hall that integrates cucumber culture and art experience and scientific popularization.

Cucumber theme exhibition hall located in Dingji Town, Huaiyin District, Huai'an City

Dingji Town has built a batch of cucumber modern facilities production demonstration zones to explore the life of cucumber, the benefits of eating cucumber, what food can cucumber can make, cucumber production and picking agricultural experience, new technology promotion training demonstration demonstration demonstration and training demonstration demonstration demonstration demonstration demonstration demonstration demonstration demonstration demonstration demonstration demonstration demonstration demonstration model Education and technical training related activities, the tertiary industry of living cucumber.

So, the color of cucumber is clearly green, but why is it called "cucumber"? It turned out that cucumber was not called cucumber in ancient my country, but was called Hu Gu. The Han people in the ancient Central Plains region of my country called ethnic minorities as Hu people, and foods and objects introduced by ethnic minorities were also crowned. Hu Gua was renamed cucumber and began in Zhao. The founder of the Zhao dynasty, Shile, was originally a Ca. After he ascended the throne in Xiangguo (now Xingtai, Hebei), he was annoyed to the people of his country. Shile formulated a decree: Regardless of whether to write an article, the word "Hu" is strictly prohibited. One day, Shile called local officials in Shan Yu Court. When he saw Xiangguo County Shoufan Tan's patch, he was dissatisfied. He asked, "Fan Tan, why do you come to see you in the dynasty?" Fan Tan panicked and did not know how to answer it, and replied casually: "This is all strangers that the Hu people have no morality, plunder the clothes, and harm it. I had to come to the dynasty. "As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he had committed forbidden, and hurried to invite his guilty; Shile saw that he knew his crime, so he no longer blamed. When the "Yuci lunch" after the call, Shile pointed at a plate of Hu Gua and asked Fan Tan: "What is the name of this thing?" Fan Tan saw that this was Shi Le intentionally asked him, and respectfully respectfully respectfully. The answer: "The purple case, the silver cup green tea, the golden bottle man, the cucumber of the jade plate." After listening, Shile laughed with satisfaction. Since then, the melon is renamed cucumber.

Farmers are picking cucumber

A trip to the world to see the past and present of cucumbers

Cucumber originated in the tropical rain forest area of ​​the southern foot of the Himalayas. Human began to domesticate cucumber more than 5,000 years ago. There are about 66 cucumbers, with 3 sub -samples or variants that are wild cucumbers, semi -wild Xishuangbanna cucumbers, and cultivation cucumbers.

Cucumbers started to cultivate in India first, with a history of at least 3,000 years. It was the 12th dynasty of ancient Egypt (1750 BC). With the migration and invasion of the Alea tribe, it was spread with the HAM tribe to Egypt. In the era of Emperor Hanwu in 122 BC, Zhang Jian was brought into northern China from the Silk Road, and the other road was introduced to South China via Burma and India -China borders. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", China was planted from Zhangye in the Western Han Dynasty, so it is named Hu Gua. By the 1st century AD, it was introduced to Kobayashi (northern West Asia) and North Africa. Since then, it has gradually expanded to Northern Europe, and it was introduced to France and Russia in the 9th century.

In the early 10th century, in the early 10th century, in 19918, there was a record of cucumber, but for a long time, there was no objective understanding of cucumber. And in Tokyo's Sache -cho, Osaka Hyakaya, and Holy Guard Village in Kyoto, Kyoto, there is precocious cultivation. It was not until the 5th year of Dazheng (1916) that the protection of oil paper was cultivated. Essence In 1327, the British had cultivation records, and in 1494, Columbus was tried on Haini Island on the American continent. Cultivated in Canada in 1535. It was not popularized and unique after 1573. In 1584 and 1609, the US and Massachusetts were introduced in 1609. At this point, the world of cucumbers comes to an end.

Today, the efficacy and food of cucumber are well known to everyone. The cucumber skin is crispy and crispy, rich in a variety of vitamins and the necessary trace elements of the human body, which is loved by everyone. Cucumber beauty to lose weight can benefit the kidneys and prevent alcohol poisoning. It also has the effects of improving the human body's immune function, healthy brain, peace of mind, detoxification and constipation, and accelerating metabolism. There are too many cucumber specialty foods. Everyone knows representatives such as Beijing sauce cucumber, Shaoxing's cucumber, and cucumbers, and cucumber seed powder can also have the effect of maintaining strong bones.

Cucumber Industrial Park, Dingji Town, Huaiyin District

In recent years, Dingji Town of Huaiyin District has actively created a "cucumber town" through the construction of a cucumber industrial park, focusing on solving the problems of funds, varieties, technology, management, etc. The planting area of ecological and healthy cucumbers exceeds 10,000 mu, and the annual output is fresh.Cucumber over 150,000 tons, driving more than 3,000 employment.At the same time, the seedling breeding base, the new product experimental promotion base, the logistics processing zone of agricultural and sideline products, and the comprehensive management service area were supported, and the advantageous industries were strengthened and the cucumber industry chain was extended.Author: Yangtze Evening News/Zi Niu Journalist Zhu Dingzhao

Correspondent: Liu Xulian Wu Yuzhe Yang Biao

Edit: Zhao Tian

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