In my country, onions are also called green onions, jade green onions, ball green onions, and red green onions. They were called Huicong in the Yuan Dynasty and shallots in the Ming Dynasty. Onions, shallots, and green onions all refer to species that were introduced to the mainland from foreign countries and the barren land at that time. The rest of the onion names come from pictograms and colors. In ancient my country, onions had many names. Some people call green onions 芤, because according to "Compendium of Materia Medica", scallions are herbaceous plants with holes in the grass, so the name is Cong 芤. Some people call green onions peace grass. Why did 35sk.com choose such a name? According to the "Qing Yi Lu" explanation: Onions and soups taste like medicine and licorice must be used, so it is called Heshicao in classical Chinese. In addition, there are also names such as Caibo and Deer Fetus. Onions, native to western Asia, were discovered more than 3,000 years ago. Compared with tomatoes, cabbage, etc., it can be called the veteran among vegetables. There are different opinions on when it was introduced into our country. Some say it was introduced during the Tang Dynasty, some say it was introduced eastward during Genghis Khan's cavalry expedition in the Yuan Dynasty, and some say it was introduced from abroad only in this century. The above statements all make sense as they refer to various varieties of onions. Some of the onions currently cultivated in our country are indeed varieties introduced at the beginning of this century