Which country does China exchange silk for fruit?

Historical Records records that Dawan (now Uzbekistan) used grapes as wine, and the Han envoys took them as their own. The name grape is a homonym of budaw in Dawan language. Before the Han people introduced Dawan grapes, there were also grapes in China. When Dawan grape was introduced, it was hybridized with domestic grapes to cultivate more excellent varieties such as longan, chicken heart and mare's milk grape.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Pi thought that prehistoric rocks were "rare fruits in China". In the early bronze mirrors, the pattern of "grape grain Sea Beast" was also widely used, which showed the influence of grape introduction on China people.

2. Khitan watermelon

Among the fruits introduced to China by Liao, Song and Jin, watermelon is very distinctive. In ancient literature, the word watermelon was first seen in Hu Jian's "Sleeping on the Land" in the Five Dynasties, in which watermelon was said to be "a kind of melon broken by Khitan Uighur".

In the mural of Liao Tomb at Aohan Banner 1 in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, watermelons are placed on the table in front of the owner. Wen Tianxiang also wrote a poem about watermelon, "Pull out the golden horse knife and cut the jade bottle. A thousand red cherries and a pile of topaz. "

3. Apple is in Europe

Modern apples in China are basically European apples introduced from Europe in the19th century. In ancient literature, there is a kind of sand fruit called Yazi, which is considered by many people to be an apple, but it is not.

Guo of the Jin Dynasty wrote, "The forest is like a scorpion", which is what we are talking about now. However, this kind of fruit was not delicious until16th century, when it was widely cultivated in Britain, 187 1 introduced to Yantai, 1898 introduced to Qingdao, and 1905 introduced to Liaoning Luda.

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At the end of the Ming Dynasty, American fruits were introduced to China, such as pineapples and peanuts in Brazil. Strawberries, sunflowers and so on in North America. These foods were widely planted after they were introduced into China, and they were deeply loved by Chinese people.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the fruits imported from China, many fruits from China are also exported abroad. For example, pears were introduced to India in the 2nd century AD, and were called "the prince of the Qin Dynasty" in India. Chestnuts, lychees and plums are also native to China and spread to foreign countries at different times.