Five Fruits: Before the Han Dynasty, many fruits were recorded in historical materials, such as peaches, plums, plums, apricots and dates, which were listed as five fruits for offering sacrifices to immortals in the Book of Rites. China is the hometown of peach trees. Around the tenth century BC, there was a sentence in the Book of Songs Wei Feng that "there are peaches in the garden, but they are actually confused". In Erya, it is recorded that plum and plum are mentioned in the land of five fertile areas, and Erya is from the Warring States period. Plum trees have been cultivated in Zhejiang for more than 25 years. According to Wang Fengchen's "Carrying Plums" in Qing Dynasty, "Jiaxing is an ancient plum land, and carrying plums in the Spring and Autumn Period is also named after the fruit", which shows that Jiaxing has produced plums in the Spring and Autumn Period. According to ancient books, apricot has been cultivated in China for at least 35 years, and its domestication and cultivation began earlier. The use of apricot almonds as medicine was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the history of jujube is even longer. According to unearthed cultural relics, the cultivation of jujube began 7 years ago. According to a large number of ancient documents, as early as 3, years ago, the working people in ancient China regarded jujube as an important cultivated fruit tree. During the Warring States Period 25 years ago, jujube has become an important fruit and a commonly used Chinese medicine. It is a tribute for princes and a greeting for princes.
Pomelo: China is the earliest country for artificial cultivation of pomelo. In the summer book Yugong, there was a record of "Yangzhou-Juebao's Xigong of pomelo", and in Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals, there was also a saying that "the beauty of fruit is the pomelo in a dream", which indicated that pomelo had been cultivated in China for at least 3, years.
chestnuts and hazelnuts: chestnuts, also known as chestnuts, are special products in China. From the Neolithic site in Banpo, Xi 'an, the physical remains of chestnuts have been found, with a feeding history of more than 6, years. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, planting chestnuts was very popular. Hazelnut was also found. Hazelnut is one of the four largest dried fruits (walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts and cashews) in the world and has the reputation of "king of nuts". The utilization of hazelnuts in China has a long history, and relevant written records have appeared in the Book of Songs in the 1th century BC.
Pear: According to the ancient books such as The Book of Songs and Qi Min Yao Shu, the history of pear cultivation in China is over 4, years. Among all fruits, pear is called "fruit Sect" because pear is the only fruit that occupies a place in the 24 solar terms (fright). As far back as the Zhou Dynasty, pear trees were planted in China, which was recorded in The Book of Songs Qin Feng Morning Wind, and the bamboo slips unearthed in Mawangdui, Changsha recorded the pear tree planting more than 2,1 years ago.
Crataegus pinnatifida: In 1982, a site of paleolithic ancient human culture, namely Sifang Cave, was discovered in Yingshouyingzi mining area, and the site was excavated for the first time. From the upper and lower cultural layers, 575 stone tools and 1,765 animal bones were unearthed, which are currently collected in the National Museum. At that time, the ancient human culture here was very prosperous, and the local wild hawthorn was already eaten.
Persimmons: Persimmon stones unearthed from the mountain in Pujiang, Zhejiang Province, 1, years ago, and persimmon stones unearthed from Tianluo Mountain, 65 years ago. These persimmon stones were cleaned up from the food residue mixture. It is enough to prove the fact that persimmons were only collected and eaten in the wild at that time.
melon: before the Han dynasty, melon, bitter gourd and gourd were all called "melons". "Xiaoya Bei Nanshan": "Nakata has a cottage, and there are melons on the battlefield. It is the emperor who peels and respects and offers. Great-grandson Shoukao suffered from the drought of heaven. " This is the "melon peeling" ceremony, which is a ritual. "Quiet Wind Dongshan": "There are bitter melons, steamed in chestnut salary." Bitter melon obviously refers to bitter gourd.
Mulberry: Mulberry is one of the fruits with a long history in China, dating back to 2, years ago, Mulberry was a royal tonic for Emperor China. China is the earliest country to plant mulberry and sericulture in the world, and it is also one of the great contributions of the Chinese nation to human civilization. Mulberry has been cultivated for more than 7 years. In Shang Dynasty, the characters of mulberry, silkworm, silk and silks appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. By the Zhou Dynasty, picking mulberry and raising silkworms had become a common farm work. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, mulberry trees were planted in pieces.
Lycium barbarum: The poem "Xiaoya Zhanlu" is about a guest celebrating the noble status, prominent position, honest virtue and heroic and natural temperament of a "gentleman" with Lycium barbarum, red dates and sycamore trees when the nobles held the inauguration ceremony of the ancestral temple. In Zhan Lu, the book of songs, the poet linked the glittering and translucent red Lycium barbarum, which was covered with dew drops, with the sacred ancestral temple sacrifice and the grand banquet that was drunk and never returned, and sang hymns, which made people feel that Lycium barbarum and wine became the symbol of flourishing passion, the ceremonial climax of the grand banquet and the soul guide of the sacred sacrifice. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Lycium barbarum became popular in people's spiritual world and material world, and became popular in social life at that time. Lycium barbarum is one of the eight auspicious plants in Chinese folk culture.
Shaguo: Shaguo, also known as fruit and bonus, originated in the Yellow River valley of China, and has a cultivation history of more than 2, years.
Cherry: China is the origin of China cherries, and has a cultivation history of more than 3, years. The earliest historical record about cherries is the Book of Rites and the Moon Order of the Zhou Dynasty: "It's the month (midsummer month), son of heaven. Zheng Xuan, a master of Confucian classics in the Eastern Han Dynasty, noted "Han Tao, cherry also." "Huai Nan Zi Shi Ze Xun" said: "Shame on Han Tao." In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the high lure note was "Han Tao, the food contained in the warbler, so it was said that Han Tao." Cherry has been cultivated in China for more than 3, years, and it is also known as Niutao, Zhutao, Litao, Yingtao, Jingtao, Wedge Peach, Yingtao, Yingzhu and Han Tao. According to Shuowen, Oriole birds like to eat and peck at cherries, so they are named "Han Tao" and "Yingtao", and the later homonym is "Cherry". It is said that when the ancient kings harvested the cherry, they were reluctant to try it early, but used it to worship their ancestors first, and then they ate it with their ministers. It can be seen that the precious degree of cherry at that time was extraordinary.
The above-mentioned fruits may not be detailed enough, but it is enough to prove that there are many kinds of fruits eaten in ancient China, such as bananas, pineapples, apples and tomatoes imported from abroad after the Han Dynasty, which are also deeply loved by people in modern society. Perhaps it is because of human's constant exploration and exploration of beautiful food that today's rich recipes have been formed. Knowing the age of these fruits, as experienced foodies, do you cherish the food in your opponent's hands?