1. Wash the loofah first, cut off the head and tail, and cut it obliquely when cutting the head and tail.

2, and then cut the towel gourd into several sections, each section is controlled at 3-5cm, which should not be too long. It should be noted that it must be cut obliquely.

3. Then put the cut loofah on the chopping block, and immediately cut it from top to bottom with a fruit knife. No towel gourd can be cut four or five times, and the cut towel gourd is prismatic.

4, cut loofah is not suitable for too long, too long, on the one hand, it is inconvenient to cut, it is easy to cut, on the other hand, it is too long to look good.

Luffa usually means ancient Fulu, which is homophonic. Because luffa is a cucurbitaceae plant, both gourd and luffa have the meaning of blessing. Now loofah is also used to express thoughts and concerns, and it is homophonic to want to hang it.

Luffa, also known as Luo Tian Luffa, Luo Tian Luffa, Luo Tian Melon, Manggua, Miangua and Bugua, is an annual climbing herb. It is native to the tropical region of East India and likes warm and humid climate conditions. It was introduced to China in the late Tang Dynasty and early Song Dynasty.

In the mid-Southern Song Dynasty, Lu You recorded in Notes of Laoxue Temple: "Loofah washes the inkstone, and the remaining stains are clean without damaging the inkstone."

In the Song Dynasty, Du Beishan's poem "Ode to Luffa" said: "A solitary hedge household enters the spring and does not see the mountain." In a few days, it will be fine in rain and long in autumn, and loofah will be born along the tile wall. "