Hulu pinyin: [hú lu]?

1. hú, consonant h, rhymes with u, tone yang-flat.

2. lu, consonant l, rhymes with u, tone is yin-flat.

Cucurbits like warm, wind-sheltered environments and need a lot of space when planted. Young seedlings are afraid of freezing. Fresh cucurbits have tender green skin and white flesh, and the fruits, also known as cucurbits, can be harvested and eaten as a vegetable while still immature.

Cucurbits vary in length of vines, size of leaves and flowers, and size and shape of fruits for each cultivar type. Fruits are stick-shaped, ladybird-shaped, dolphin-shaped, pot-shaped, etc., the name of the type also depends on the shape of the fruit. In addition, in ancient times, people dried the gourd and hollowed it out to make objects to hold things.

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Botanical Culture:

Gourd cultivation has been going on for more than seven thousand years. Craft gourd since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, into the Song Dynasty, the rise of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because of the Qianlong Ji Xiaolan and other sages and celebrities to follow the favor and can be widely spread folk.

Cucurbits beautiful shape, color yellow as gold, meaning auspicious, play a lot of people, for the great Confucian celebrities respected, love the thick, after many years of playing and rubbing, long days, the gourd body hangs magnetic pulp, purple moist and clean, the value of a thousand gold.

Social advancement, civilization decline, the traditional gourd is gradually disappearing, endangered Fan system, knotting, fire painting, carving and other crafts can be excavated and preserved, and dedication to make one or two high-quality goods, self-appreciation, feed friends, the beauty of it. I'm not happy about it," he said.

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