Detailed historical list of Elizabeth melon market prices in recent years

One is Hami, Xinjiang. One is Turpan, Xinjiang.

It is said that Hami melon is a famous specialty in Hami history, and its historical materials are very rich. Now we only extract the following examples from these rich historical materials to discuss with readers:

(1) During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Alabo invaded Xinjiang and the Qing army suppressed it. Binzhou Zhang Yin entered Xinjiang with the army, and later wrote A Brief Introduction to the Western Expedition. On the seventh page, he wrote: "On the 16th, I visited the King (Hami returned to the King) ... so I offered milk tea and tea, and a forged mattress (tablecloth) with grapes and Hami on it was placed in front of everyone.

(2) During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the chief officers of the Ministry of War often took Zhang Jing as a military plane and followed Junggar to write Dunhuang Essays. He wrote in the title of "Guazhou": "The geography of Hanshu notes clouds: Dunhuang, Guguazhou; The earth produces beautiful melons, hence the name. ..... There is a gap in the ground, and residents also grow cantaloupe ... Its green, yellow and white colors are delicious. But there are also places in Ansha and Suzhou Jinta Temple, which are not as good as Hami. "

(3) During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, Qi Yunshi, a native of Shouyang, Shanxi, who worked in the National History Museum, traveled to Xinjiang in 18 and wrote "Xizhuang Zhizhu Ci", in which the seven-character poem entitled "Hami" wrote: "Yumen Qiuyuan Yizhou (Tangyizhou) has countless melons. Tianzuo Snow Mountain is separated from the north and south (Tianshan Mountain is commonly known as Snow Mountain, and Xinjiang North-South Road is bounded by this mountain), which is the throat of Xiqiao Lock Key Town. "

(4) During the Republic of China, scholar Liu Wenhai wrote in his book The Journey to the West: "... cantaloupe is the best in the world; ..... I have traveled around the world twice and China several times. None of the melons I have tasted are as good as this one. "

(5) Zheng Xiao in Xinjiang wrote: "All melons are sweet and beautiful, and they all come from Hami."

Summing up the historical evidence, it is irrefutable to tell us that Hami melon is a famous specialty of Hami in history, and even the Hami melon planted in Guazhou, named after "the beautiful melon on the ground", is "not as good as Hami in the end". "Hami melon is the best in the world", melon is famous for its place name and land is famous for its smell. This is why Hami is famous all over the world. In the cultivation of contemporary cantaloupes, the cantaloupes planted by Shanshan, Jiashi, Mohammad and Yengisar may have their own characteristics, but they cannot be compared with the historical cantaloupes, and Turpan is even more difficult to be compared.

In fact, Hami melon is a famous specialty in Hami history, which can be traced back to the Han and Tang Dynasties. For example, Feng Ren in the Tang Dynasty and Luo Xiang, a scholar in Dongtai, were demoted to the Western Regions to join the army because of their work, and were later transferred to Yaozhou for counterinsurgency. He passed by Hami and left a poem: "I suddenly went up the mountain road and still wanted to make a fortune." ..... I thought I was drifting, but I didn't get the melon. ..... "When the poet left Hami, he clearly showed his deep regret for not tasting Hami melon, a specialty of Hami, indicating that Hami melon was very famous in the Tang Dynasty.

In recent years, scholars believe that Dunhuang melons were introduced from Hami in Han Dynasty.

The General History of China (published by Guangming Daily and edited by Wang Zhongyang) contains on page 374: "In the third year (the first 36 years) of Zhao's capital construction, Gan Yanshou, the commander-in-chief of the western regions, and Chen Tangfa, the deputy commander-in-chief, sent soldiers from various countries in the western regions on an expedition to settle down, killed Zhiyu, the enemy who held the western regions hostage, and returned to Han. The Xiongnu forces disappeared in the western regions, and the passage between Han and the western regions was greatly safe. " "After the road to the western regions was unblocked, the northern and southern Tianshan Mountains were integrated with the mainland for the first time ... Grapes, pomegranate, alfalfa, beans, flax, cucurbitaceae, garlic, walnuts and other plants in the western regions were transplanted to the East; From the west ... and from the east. ..... "The" gourd "mentioned in the article is the Hami melon" Kuhong ",and Hami Uighurs still call it" Kuhong "until now. It is completely reasonable for these crops to be transplanted to the soil in the east from Hami, the gateway to the eastern part of the western regions. These "transplanted" crops have settled and taken root in their respective environmental areas, and even been cultivated into local famous specialty products. Hami and its "eastern soil" neighbors, such as Dunhuang and Jinta Temple, have similar climate and soil. Hami melon will naturally settle down and take root in its own place, and even be cultivated into a local famous product. Introducing crops will of course introduce names. It is completely normal for Dunhuang people to translate cantaloupe "Kuhong" into "dome".

Volume 276 of Taiping Guangji, a book written in the Song Dynasty, wrote: "Emperor Hanming is a noble man, and dream of eating melon is very beautiful. When Dunhuang presents different melons, it is named' dome' ... "This further confirms the above inference of scholars. According to this inference, Hami planted cantaloupes three years before Zhao Jian, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty (the first 36 years), and Hami cultivated cantaloupes for more than 2,000 years.

Swede Sven Haiding was entrusted by the Ministry of Railways of the National Government in the 1930s to lead the Suiyuan-Xinjiang Highway Exploration Team to Xinjiang. Later, he wrote in Ma Zhongying Escape: "As early as the time of Kelpolo, Hami Oasis was famous for its rich orchards and aromatic fruits. A popular proverb says, "Grapes in Turpan, melons in Hami, horses in Yili and girls in Kuqa are as beautiful as flowers". Kyle Polo, an Italian traveler, visited Shangdu (now the northwest of Duolun County, Inner Mongolia) on 1275, and Yuan Shizu became an official. He was a messenger of peace who introduced China and Central Asia to the West in the Middle Ages. Kyle Polo quoted this ballad when he introduced China to the west in the early Yuan Dynasty, which can prove the above statement that Hami melon was a famous product of Hami in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and it can also show that Hami melon was still a famous product of Hami in the Yuan Dynasty, just like in the Han and Tang Dynasties.