Strange fruit and vegetable cucumber, formerly known as cucumber. The word "Hu" has a contemptuous meaning in history, so Hu rulers are very angry about it, and Schleswig is one of them. After the establishment of the political power, he ordered that no matter what he said or wrote, the word "Hu" was strictly prohibited. In order to test the implementation of this law and whether the Han people are loyal to him, Schleswig once asked Fan Tan, a Han official, "Do you know the name of this thing?" Fan Tan is an honest official. He has always been a vegetarian and is familiar with gourd dishes, but he dare not say the word "Hu". Fortunately, he is familiar with classics and has a good writing skills. According to the color of cucurbit silk, he respectfully wrote a poem and replied: "seaweed, silver cup green tea, golden bottle manna, jade plate cucumber." Schleswig-Holstein was very satisfied. It is said that from then on, the name of cucumber was changed to cucumber. Celery was called "Huqin" in ancient China. It was introduced from the western regions through the Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty, and it is still called "Huqin" in Tuocheng, Henan. Watermelon, a Ming Dynasty scientist Xu Guangqi's "Agricultural Administration Complete Book" records: "Watermelon, planted in the western regions, hence its name." Li Ming's Compendium of Materia Medica records: "According to Hu Jiao of Uighur, there is a kind of melon called watermelon. Watermelon entered China from the Five Dynasties; There are north and south today. " Walnut, namely walnut, ranks as the world's four largest dried fruits along with almond, cashew nut and hazelnut. "Miscellanies of Xijing" Volume 1 "Shanglin Garden": "Walnuts, out of the Western Regions, are sweet and edible." Walnut originated in Iran and Afghanistan and was introduced to China through the Silk Road. Flaxseed, also known as black fat hemp, chrysanthemum, Eupolyphaga Seu Steleophaga, red Tibetan, dark plum, dark plum, Ma You, pepper hemp, black sesame, chrysanthemum, Kogoma, etc. , is the black seed of flax. You can take medicine. The stems (hemp stalks), leaves (flax leaves), flowers (twists), white seeds (white sesame seeds) and fruit shells (sesame shells) of the original plants can also be used as medicine. Han Shu was quoted as saying in Volume II of Qi Yao Min's Book: "Zhang Qian foreign countries are so numb." . Qi Yao Min Shu recorded two varieties of "white flax" and "eight-rib flax", indicating that "white people have more oil". Meng Xi Bitan: "Today's northerners like to fry things with incense. No matter what they are, they always fry them. Hui Hui garlic, also known as Hui Hui garlic buttercup, water pepper, scorpion grass, etc. Pomegranate, the origin of pomegranate is ancient Persia. Later, the sailing Phoenicians spread it to the Mediterranean region. Spread eastward to central Asia such as Bukhara, Tashkent and Samarkand. The Persian Rocky Mountains seem to be very suitable for the natural growth of pomegranate. Persians call pomegranate a "sacred tree of the sun" and consider it a symbol of fertility. In daily life, they use pomegranate as soy sauce, which is soaked in water and filtered with cloth to make the soy sauce colorful, spicy and delicious. Sometimes they cook pomegranate juice and use it to dye the rice when they treat them, so that the color of the rice looks good and tastes better. From Persian ancient books to medieval poems, there are many records and praises on pomegranate. In ancient China, pomegranate was called "An Pomegranate" or "An Pomegranate". Later referred to as pomegranate. Anguo and Shikoku are small countries in Central Asia, historically belonging to Guo Kang. They refer to Bukhara and Tashkent in Uzbekistan.

Alfalfa, also called purple alfalfa. Native to Asia Minor, Iran, Transcaucasia and Turkmen Plateau. Alfalfa is known as the "king of pasture" because of its strong stress resistance, cold tolerance, heat tolerance, drought resistance, salt tolerance, barren tolerance, wide adaptability and high potential yield. It was introduced to China through the Silk Road. Zanthoxylum bungeanum, also known as jade pepper, floating pepper and ignorant branch. Youyang Miscellaneous Notes, which originated in tropical Asia in the Tang Dynasty, said: "Pepper comes out of the country of Moga and is called a taste branch." When the fruit at the base of the ear begins to turn red, cut off the ear, dry it in the sun or dry it in the sun, and pick the fruit, commonly known as "black pepper"; If all the fruits have turned red, they are harvested, soaked in water for several days, wiped off the exocarp, dried in the sun, and the surface is grayish white, commonly known as "white pepper". Black pepper and white pepper are both edible seasonings and traditional Chinese medicine. Hu Qi, "Hu Qi" means "sorghum". Now it is said in the north that sticky sorghum is called "Shu", and "Shu" is also called "Hu". -"Kao Hua" Huizhou beans, also known as Hu beans, Huizhou beans, broad beans, that box of beans, chickpeas, etc. It is the seed of chickpea, a leguminous plant. It can quench thirst and detoxify. Carrots are native to West Asia, and Afghanistan is the earliest evolutionary center of purple carrots. Carrots were introduced to China from Iran in the 3rd century/Kloc-A.D., and they are loved by people because of their bright color, crisp, juicy, sweet and delicious. Carrots have many health functions for human body, so they are called "small ginseng".

Dill, the Chinese translation of Persian zira, originated in Persia, also known as fennel and coriander, and was introduced to China by land and sea in Tang and Song Dynasties. Chen Zangqi's Compendium of Materia Medica said that dill originated from Buddhism and philosophy, while Li Xun's Compendium of Materia Medica said that dill originated from Persia in Malaya. Su Song's Materia Medica in the Song Dynasty recorded that this plant once grew in Lingnan, China.

Aloe vera was introduced into China by Persians in the Tang Dynasty. Li Xun said: "Aloe vera was born in Persia. It looks like black tin, but it is actually resin. " . "Zhufanzhi" said: "Aloe is a slave-eating country, and grass also belongs to it. It looks like a fish's tail. The natives picked it, pounded it with jade, boiled it into paste, and put it in a leather bag, named Aloe. "

Grapes, formerly known as grapes, are recorded in Historical Records Biography of Dawan: "Grapes are used as wine in Wan ..., people are addicted to wine, and horses are addicted to alfalfa. Han made the letter true, so the son of heaven began to plant alfalfa and clay fertile fields. When Tianma, my father-in-law and foreign envoys come, they leave the palace to watch, and they are eager to make all kinds of peach and alfalfa next to them. " The Book of Qi Yao Min says: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to Dawan, took Pu Shitao and planted him next to the Palace Museum". Hui Hui rice, also known as Bodhi Pearl, Coix seed, pearl rice, etc. , originated in central Asia such as Persia. It can invigorate the spleen and lung, clear away heat and promote diuresis.

Potato, also called lettuce, is a kind of plant in the west. Hunti onion is "as white as an onion". The name of this onion is the transliteration of gandena in ancient Persian. In addition, Du Huan's Collection of Beijing and Hangzhou says that Murf's vegetables are Junda. Junda, also called "Tida", is a transliteration of Persian beet (gundar or gundur). It is generally believed that this plant is native to the Mediterranean and Central and West Asia.

Fenugreek, the Chinese translation of Persian huluba, originated in Persia, Mesopotamia Desert and West Asia, and was wild and used as medicine. It was introduced to southern provinces of China in Song Dynasty. According to Zhang Yuxi's herbal records, this plant has been successfully planted in Guangdong and Guangxi. "Materia Medica" says: "If you leave Guangzhou today, or if you plant it in Hainan, the boat passengers will live outside the ridge, which is not as good as those who enter."

Back to the onion, that is, onion head, also known as Hu onion, North onion. Originated in Persia and Central Asia, it was first seen in Sun Simiao's Synopsis of the Golden Chamber in the Tang Dynasty after it was introduced to China, and it was called "Hu Cong". Kaibao materia medica in Song Dynasty is called "garlic onion" or "onion".

Coriander, namely coriander and coriander.

Hui Hui beans, also known as Hu beans, Wu beans, that box of beans, chickpeas, etc. It is the seed of chickpea, a leguminous plant. It can quench thirst and detoxify. Records of the Kingdom of Qidan (Volume 27) Miscellaneous Notes on Chronology: "Wudou is two feet high and straight, with leaves and no side branches, and its horns are two inches long. Only one is sixty-seven, yellow in color and tastes like millet. " This kind of bean is different from the "Hudou" in the historical records of the Tang Dynasty in China. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was called "Hui Dou" (see Hu Sihui's "Eating"), which is the pea now. American oriental scholar Laufer believes that beans are an important food for Iranians. There are all kinds of beans in Shiguo (Tashkent). In Persian, peas have words such as nujud, gergern or xereghan (see Loew's China Iran, transliteration in Lin Yun, Commercial Press, 1964, 13 1-). It can be seen that these beans are likely to be native to Persia or other parts of Central Asia. China first appeared in the records of the Khitan Kingdom, and its name tells us that it was introduced from Uighur. By the Yuan Dynasty, Hui Hui beans had been "everywhere", showing its wide spread.

Persian jujube, date palm, also known as "Millennium jujube", was also called "Dongmang" or "Stork Mang" in Tang Dynasty. Youyang Za has been published for eighteen years: "Persian jujube, from Persia, is considered grotesque by Persia ... two inches in size, yellow and white, with stones, purple and black when ripe, like dried jujube, sweet and edible."

Watermelon, native to Egypt, was not recorded in history before the Tang Dynasty. In the Five Dynasties, Hu Jiao lived in Qidan and began to eat watermelon, which was obtained only after the Khitan broke Uighur. It is believed that watermelon was introduced into the mainland from Xinjiang. The process of watermelon introduction is recorded in detail in the appendix of the New Five Dynasties History Four Changes written by Ouyang Xiu. The fig "Youyang Miscellany" has been published for eighteen years: "The Persian country is called Ayi, and the forest country is called Di. These trees are four or five feet long and have lush leaves. There are five leaves, like hemp, but no flowers, real red, and taste like persimmon, but they are cooked once a year. "

Wild honey, "Youyang Miscellany" Volume 18: "Wild honey, out of the forest country, also out of the Persian country, the seedlings are seven or eight feet long, the leaves are like plum leaves, and vegetables are applied at all times. Its flowers have blossomed five times. White, without seeds, when flowers bloom, there is fragrance everywhere, similar to Lingnan Zhan Tang. Westerners often pick their flowers, which are very fragrant and slippery. "

Almond, "Youyang Miscellany" Volume 18: "Almond, out of Persia, Persia is called Cangnv, the tree is five or six feet long, four or five feet around, the leaves are like peaches, the flowers are white and flat as peaches, so it is called almond. Its meat can't be said, it is sweet, and the countries in the western regions are precious. "

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