The reason why cantaloupe is so named is because the fruit is produced in a place called Hami. And there is actually a long story and history about the origin of cantaloupe.

As early as in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor at that time in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hami boundaries set up a city, this city due to the climate, sunny, the production of fruit are very sweet, so it has become a famous fruit of the town, until the Yuan Dynasty, Marco Polo traveled to the boundaries of the Hami, there is a sentence is particularly famous, "Turpan grapes, Hami melon", "Turpan grapes, Hami melon", the fruit is produced in a place called Hami. Hami's melon", Hami the name, began to be famous is started in the Yuan Dynasty.

Then later, Hami Uyghur chiefs were the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, and later in 1698, Hami back to the king was then the Kangxi Emperor summoned, when Hami back to the king of the products provided to the Kangxi Emperor, is the melon produced in Hami, the Kangxi Emperor tasted the melon, the dragon's face was very happy, and then gave it the name of the "Hami melon! ".

The reason why Hami melon is so famous, because it is Hami realm of a cherished and rare melon varieties, Hami melon melon pattern, color and sugar content, are slightly better than other melons, and the production of Hami melon place, light, heat, water and soil conditions are very suitable for the growth of the Hami melon, the temperature difference between day and night is large, conducive to the accumulation of sugar, and the soil in the high content of organic matter, all of which are determined by the Hami melon The deliciousness of the cantaloupe.