1. Qilu Title: Cucumbers? [Qilu] Text/Li Hong The cucumbers are delicious. Thanks to Zhang Qian, they were brought from the Western Regions to be planted on the edge of the ridge.

Note: ① Courgettes were brought back to the Central Plains for planting by Zhang Qian during the Western Han Dynasty when he was envoy to the Western Regions.

② During the Five Hus and Sixteenth Kingdoms, Emperor Shi Le of the Later Zhao Dynasty tabooed the word "Hu", and Fan Tan, the governor of Xiangguo County of the Han Dynasty, changed it to "cucumber".

There is also a modified version by Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.

2. Su Shi's poem "Huanxi Sand" The date blossoms are falling on Su Shi's clothes and towels, and the sound of winding wheels is heard in the south of the village and in the north of the village.

Niu Yigu Liu sells cucumbers.

When the road is long but drunk, I feel sleepy. When the sun is high, I am thirsty and think about tea.

Knock on the door and ask the savages.

Note: Cucumber is a delicacy and has therapeutic effects: it can resist tumors, resist aging, lose weight and strengthen the body, strengthen the brain and calm the nerves, lower blood sugar, etc.

3. "Autumn Embrace" Year: Song Dynasty Author: Lu You A gardener picked cucumbers by the frame, and a village girl picked green flowers along the fence.

4. "New Vegetables" Year: Song Dynasty Author: Lu You Cucumber and lettuce are the most suitable, and they will be on the market in April.

5. "Growing Vegetables" Year: Song Dynasty Author: Lu You When cabbage and cucumbers are on the market, there is a sudden light on the plate.

Cucumber pronunciation: [?huáng guɑ] Cucumber (scientific name: Cucumis sativus?L.) is an annual trailing or climbing herbaceous plant of the Cucurbitaceae family.

The stems and branches are elongated, furrowed, and covered with white rough hairs.

The tendrils are thin.

The petiole is slightly rough, with rough hairs; the leaves are broadly ovate, heart-shaped, membranous, with triangular lobes and teeth.

Monoecious.

Male flowers: Constant flowers clustered in the leaf axils; pedicels are slender and puberulent; corolla is yellow-white, and the corolla lobes are oblong-lanceolate.

Female flowers: solitary or sparsely clustered; peduncle thick, pubescent; ovary rough.

The fruit is oblong or cylindrical, yellow-green when ripe, and has a rough surface.

Seeds are small, narrowly ovate, white, without edges, and both ends are sharply pointed.

Flowering and fruiting period in summer.

It is commonly cultivated throughout China, and many areas have greenhouses or plastic greenhouses for cultivation; it is now widely grown in temperate and tropical areas.

Cucumber is one of the main vegetables in summer in various parts of China.

The stems and vines are used medicinally for their anti-inflammatory, expectorant and antispasmodic properties.