Teaching Children's Fruit Illustrated - Grapes:

Light Grapes

I. Grapes small introduction

Grapes thin skin, slightly brittle flesh, juicy can be eaten raw or transparent, sweet and fragrant flavor, made of raisins to eat. Grapes are a famous fruit and one of the earliest fruits in the world.

Raw food or raisins, and brewing wine brewing wine after the foot of the wine can be mentioned wine eating acid, root and vine medicinal use can stop vomiting, an abortion.

II. Grape flowers

1. hermaphroditic flowers: stamen pistil well developed can be normal for fruit.

2. Androgynous flowers: female flowers are not well developed and can only wither after fruiting.

3. Gynoecious flowers: the stamens are poorly developed and some of the fruits are easy to fall off.

II. The story of grapes

1. History Encyclopedia

Ancient China's cultivated grapes, is a foreign material civilization, its native place in the Black Sea along the eastern Mediterranean coast and Central Asia

Pre-Qin period, grape cultivation and winemaking has begun to spread in the western region, since the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Sai chiseled the western region, the introduction of the Dawan varieties of grapes, grape cultivation of the central interior of the scope of expansion, wine brewing also began to spread. Since the Western Han Dynasty, when Zhang Sai chiseled through the Western Regions and introduced the Dawan grape variety, the scope of grape cultivation in the central mainland began to expand, wine brewing also began to appear, and the culture related to grapes and wine gradually developed.

The relationship between grapes, wine and religious beliefs continued to develop, and the religious beliefs of grape culture were strongly colored. During the Tang Dynasty, Buddhist literature was an important carrier of grape culture.

III. Growth of Grapes

1. As the branches continue to grow and extend, new leaves interlock with each other and emerge, and tendrils protrude from the ends of the branches and grow around the supports and silk threads.

2. From May to June, green flower buds grow on the split branches, and from the bottom of the branch, numerous buds are interlaced around the branch.

3. The petals split and become hat-shaped, then fall off, revealing the female Mercy and male core.

4. Small green fruits grow from the faded parts of the flowers.

5. Receiving sunlight, the fruit slowly grows and starts to turn a little red.

6. From August to October, as the grapes ripen, the color turns purple and the taste becomes delicious. However, some grapes are green or red when ripe.

IV. Grapes の Ancient Poetry

"Grapes" [Tang Yanqian]

1. The pearl tent is not closed at night, and the moon is bright with clear shadows.

(Translation) Grapes are all over the branches of the trees, and from afar they look like tents inlaid with precious pearls, lovely in the moonlight.

2. Su Mou Zhi [Song Dynasty Zhao Wen]

The shelf of grapes, green pond full.

(Translation) A rack of green grapes, as green and crystalline as the water in the pond.

3. Xiangyang Song [Li Bai, Tang Dynasty]

Looking at the water of the Han River in the distance, the ducks are green, just like the grapes at the beginning of the sour cool.

(Translation) The wild ducks in the Han River are as delightful as freshly fermented grapes.