There are so many melons in life, including winter melon, watermelon and pumpkin, and naturally there are also north melons, but they are not often called.

Beigua has a different nickname. In our daily life, people often call North Melon Sun Melon, Jade Melon or Indian Pumpkin. Bitter wood is native to South America and belongs to Cucurbitaceae. Some scholars believe that it was introduced from India in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so it is called Indian pumpkin. It is called Beigua because in Jiajing for about 20 years, bamboo shoots and melons were planted in Beijing and northern areas. Sunsquash is not only cheap, but also delicious, fresh and rich in vitamin A, which is very good for our eyes. However, sun melon and zucchini look very similar, and many people can't tell that the stem of sun melon is round, while the stem of zucchini has obvious edges and corners, which is easy to distinguish.

There is also a legend about bamboo shoots and melons. According to legend, when Emperor Taizong was resurrected, he promised to send some melons and fruits to Ye Yan and put up notices. As a result, someone unveiled the notice, and Emperor Taizong ordered this person to give a pumpkin to Ye Yan, and this pumpkin is the North Melon, so people basically don't call it the North Melon, but usually call it the Sunflower Melon.

So, are the names of winter melon, pumpkin and watermelon really related to location? Not all of them. Wax gourd is called wax gourd because when it matures, its skin will have a layer of white powder, which looks like winter frost, so it is called wax gourd. But winter melon is not eaten in winter, and it is mostly picked and eaten in summer. Pumpkins were introduced from South America to Guangdong and Fujian in the Ming Dynasty. Later, in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, pumpkins began to be slowly transplanted to the north. Many people realize that this kind of pumpkin comes from the south, so it is called pumpkin. Watermelon, as its name implies, is a melon from the west, and its origin is in Africa. It is generally believed that watermelon was introduced into China from the Western Regions in the 4th and 5th centuries, but there are doubts about this statement. Five generations ago, watermelon was called cold melon. ?