The following are the seven laws and seven rules about loofah. Luffa is hung beside the fence in autumn. Its color is green and its stamens are yellow.
Pick the green and tender melons to make dishes, and peel off the brown skin to get the pulp.
Rubbing the body, the woman leaves the smell of fat, washing the inkstone and putting it on the old man to smell the fragrance of ink.
Why occupy half of the land? The soul of the Queen of Frost will disappear from a wall.
Other poems: "Ode to Luffa" by Du Beishan of the Song Dynasty: "The sound of springs entering the lonely fenced-in house makes me feel clear even if I don't see the mountains. It has been raining for several days and the autumn grass has grown, and loofahs grow along the tile walls." Song Zhao Meiyin's "Ode to Luffa": "The yellow flowers have faded.
The green body is long, and the white knotted silk is trapped in the dawn frost; it is so thin that it is twisted into a knot, and the face is stained with fat and fragrance. "Song Du Runeng's "Luffa": "The sound of the spring in the lonely fence, no mountain appearance, but also clear after a few days.
In autumn, the grass grows, and the loofah grows along the tile wall. "Song Fangfeng's "Ji Liu Dao Zhuan Huang Jinqing's Two Lives" says: "There are many yellow chrysanthemum bushes, and it takes a long time to cultivate them. I think of new flowers growing on the wall.
Autumn is full. The flowers are not in season, and the irrigation is still in season. Don't let the roots get hurt and abandon the thorns. "Luffa" by Zhang Yining of the Ming Dynasty: "The yellow flowers and vines are numerous, and the west wind and rain are full of sorrow."
"I'm afraid of seeing you. Old age is enough for autumn." Others: In fact, it is unreasonable to call luffa gourd, but it has been called luffa for thousands of years. This is the reason why it is still used.
When the loofah dries, what emerges is the fiber of the melon, not the silk. However, in ancient times, especially in rural areas, there was no term for "fiber", because the fiber is like silk, which is natural and reasonable.
It can also be said: logically: it is called silk, and because it is a melon, it is called loofah.