What kind of fruit is this?

Parents, this is hawthorn made of sugar gourd strings oh.

Sugar gourd is also known as ice candy gourd, ice candy gourd is a traditional Chinese food, it is the wild fruit with bamboo skewers into a string and then dipped in malt sugar dilution, sugar dilution in the wind quickly harden. Ice candy gourd, sweet and sour, young and old, it is not only delicious, but also very good-looking, red mountain plant fruits according to the size of the arrangement of wear in the bamboo stick, outside wrapped in crystal clear sugar thin, the person who sells it is often a sugar gourd strings inserted in the special stick, like a fruit-filled small tree, very attractive.

Ice candy gourd, sweet and sour, young and old, it is not only delicious, but also very good-looking, red mountain plant fruits arranged by size through the bamboo stick, outside wrapped in crystal clear sugar, people often sell it a sugar gourd skewer inserted in the special wooden stick, like a fruit-filled tree, very tempting. The history of ice-sugar gourd can be said to have a long history. It is rumored to have originated about 800 years ago during the Shaoxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Earlier in the Spring Festival in Beijing on the temple fair, the factory, but also often see a long string of sugar gourds, the top of a small colorful flag attached to a string of a hundred or so mountain plant fruit, the red fruits of the bent bamboo stick, held in the hands of a quivering, adding to the festive atmosphere of the lively. The origin of the ice candy gourd, but also have to talk about the Southern Song Dynasty Emperor Guangzong Song it.

Song Guangzong, known as Zhao Stop (1147-1200 AD), was the third son of Zhao Shen, Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty. In 11 A.D., Emperor Xiaozong made him the crown prince and served as the governor of Lin'an. In October 1187, he was succeeded by Emperor Xiaozong, and in the following year, his name was changed to "Shaoxi".

Zhao Shen had lived in the palace for a long time and was not familiar with world affairs. At the time of his accession to the throne, he was 43 years old but already had a head full of gray hair. His minister offered him He Shouwu, which he convinced would turn his hair black, but he refused to take it, saying, "My hair is already gray, so I can tell the world that I am old and mature." After his accession to the throne, he was swayed by Empress Li, dismissed Zhou Bidai, Xin Qiji and other ministers of the main war faction, and appointed Liuzheng as the prime minister, and the dynasty was manipulated by the main peace faction.

Zhao Bei and Emperor Xiaozong's relationship with a long period of discord, Xiaozong's death, he did not go to the funeral, so that the funeral ceremony can not be carried out, the dynasty was greatly disturbed. Zhao Ruyu (赵汝愚) and Han Huahu (韩化胄), both of whom knew about the Privy Council, suggested that the Empress Dowager should abdicate by decree and pass on the throne to her son Zhao Dang (趙擴), who would then preside over the funeral rites of Emperor Xiaozong. The Empress Dowager agreed to abdicate and called himself the Grand Emperor, who lived in Shoukang Palace. Whenever he recalled the events of his reign, he always cursed to himself and sometimes cried bitterly.

In the spring of 1200 A.D., when Emperor Zhao Dang came back from a ceremony in the countryside, the sound of drums and music came into the palace. Zhao stopped and asked what it was about, and his left and right replied that it was the people on the street playing music and games. Zhao Mourning was furious, "Even you lackeys deceive me like this!" A punch to go, because the collection can not control and fell to the ground, from now on can not afford, August Xin Mao day, died of illness in; Yang An Shoukang Palace. Buried in Yong Chong mausoleum (now 35 miles southeast of Shaoxing County, Zhejiang Province, Baoshan).

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It was during the Shaoxi years, Zhao stops the most favored Huang Guifei has a disease. She was yellow and thin and did not think of eating. The imperial physician used many expensive drugs, all did not see any effect. The emperor saw his favorite concubine who quenched, but also all day long worried. Finally had no choice but to open the list of doctors. A jianghu Langzhong open list into the palace, for Huang Guifei pulse diagnosis, said: "as long as the use of rock sugar and red fruit (i.e., hawthorn) decoction, eat five to ten before each meal, not out of the half-month disease quasi see good." At the beginning of everyone will also be skeptical, well in this way of eating is also suitable for the taste of the princess, the princess according to this way to serve, really as expected to heal. The emperor was naturally delighted, unfolded the worrying eyebrow.

Later this practice spread to the people, the people and string it up to sell, it became the ice candy gourd. Originally, hawthorn medicinal efficacy of many, it can eliminate food accumulation, scattered blood, drive tapeworm, dysentery, especially to help digestion, since ancient times for the elimination of food accumulation of key drugs, especially long for the elimination of meat accumulation. Maybe it is Huang Guifei eat mountain delicacies and seafood accumulated food, do under the disease, small hawthorn lifted the pain. The Ming Dynasty outstanding medical scientist Li Shizhen also once said: "Cooking old chicken hard meat, into the mountain plant a few that is easy to rot, then its elimination to the accumulation of the work, the cover can be pushed forward." The common people string up the mountain hold, after years of production, gradually accumulate experience, forming the following this traditional practice. Making ice sugar gourd is both simple and uncomplicated, the key technology is boiling sugar. The key technique is boiling sugar. Icing sugar is actually granulated sugar, which is boiled in a big spoon of red copper or brass. Simmering time to pay attention to the fire, the fire is not easy to sticky, eat will stain the teeth; and too much fire, not only the color of heavy and eat up bitter. Second, we must grasp the consistency, thick dip can not be up, thin can not hang. In addition to the hawthorn to remove the core, the core can not be hawthorn everything in half, with a knife in the center of the hawthorn a turn. Take out the core with a bamboo stick, and then put it into the boiled hot sugar and roll it. When the hot sugar cools down, it will become a crystal clear sugar gourd.

Ice candy gourd also lower blood fat, lower serum cholesterol and other effects, so more favored by the people. Ice candy gourd food is also renovated, a variety of varieties. But the sweet and sour crispy ice candy gourd until today is still a favorite food. Ice candy gourd medicinal efficacy of many, it can eliminate food accumulation, scattered blood, drive polyester worms, dysentery, especially to help digestion, since ancient times for the elimination of food accumulation of important medicine, especially long for the elimination of meat accumulation. Maybe it is Huang Guifei eat mountain delicacies and sea-food accumulated food, do under the disease, a small hawthorn lifted the pain of the disease. The Ming dynasty outstanding medicine scientist Li Shizhen also once said: "Cooking old chicken hard meat, into the hawthorn several that is easy to rotten, then its elimination to the accumulation of the work, the cover can be pushed forward."