What can gourds be used for?

Gourd can be eaten in many ways. Wang Zhen said in the Agricultural Book of the Yuan Dynasty: "This is widely used. The big one can be vegetarian soup or meat soup. You can fry the honey first, cut it into strips and dry it ... "He also said," It's just something that you can't finish eating. Cooking Xian Yi is the best vegetable. " It can be seen that the ancients used gourd as fruits and vegetables, and they ate in various ways, such as boiling soup, pickling and drying in the sun. The boiled soup is fragrant and delicious. Different from other melons and fruits, gourd and its leaves should be eaten when they are tender, otherwise they will lose their edible value when they are ripe.

2. Medicinal use

Gourd can not only charge, but also be medicine itself. Gourd is sweet, smooth and non-toxic, and its vines, whiskers, leaves, flowers, seeds and shells can be used as medicine to treat many diseases. According to ancient medical books, gourd flowers are sweet, flat and non-toxic, which can be used as detoxification drugs, especially for various fistula sores. Tendrils and whiskers are as medicinal as flowers and can treat leprosy. Gourd tastes bitter, cold and toxic, and can be used to treat odontopathy, swollen or exposed gums, loose teeth, etc. It can also treat facial features, edema of limbs, urinary tract obstruction, nasal congestion and all carbuncle and malignant sores. In particular, the gourd shell has the highest medicinal value, sweet taste, flat nature and no toxicity. Used for clearing away heat and toxic materials, moistening lung and relaxing bowels. The older the gourd shell, the higher the curative effect.

3. Musical instruments

In ancient times, gourd was an important raw material for making musical instruments, and its value was no less than that of silk and bamboo. There is a saying in Yaodian that "Shu is one of the eight tones". Hulusheng was first seen in the Book of Rites and Music in the Han Dynasty: "There is Hulusheng." Later, Bao's Notes on Ancient and Modern Times once again mentioned: "Those who have a handle can be sheng, and those who bend are especially good. Autumn is ok, painted in harmony. " Long-handled melons can be processed into sheng, among which Quwogua is the best. In addition to the reed instruments such as Sheng and Lu, the gourd can also be used as a * * * sound box for stringed instruments or plucked instruments. Gourd can also be used as pigeon whistle, which is divided into many kinds and made in different ways.

"Hulusi" is called "Huluxiao" among the people and "Hulusheng" elsewhere. There are different opinions about the reasons for its name change. Some say that in the early days of liberation, educated youth went to the countryside and mistook the nonstandard Chinese character "Xiao" of the Dai nationality for silk, while others say that it was different from the "Lusheng" and "Xiaowuping" of the Hani nationality and was decided by literary and art workers. It is said that the former is the majority. The Dai name of Hulusi is "Dao Lang", "Dao Lang" is the Dai name of Hulusi, and "Gui" is the general name of wind instruments in Dai language. De 'ang people are called "Gebao" and Achang people are called "Paile Weng".

4. Daily use

Gourd, as a daily appliance, has many uses. Gourd mouths are made into vessels of various shapes, the most common ones are kettles or flagons for holding water or wine, and they can also be used for scooping water, rice, noodles and other things. In ancient times, gourds were also used to hold medicine. It really preserves drugs better than other containers such as iron boxes, clay pots and wooden cases. Because of its strong sealing performance, moisture is not easy to enter, and it is easy to keep the medicine dry without damage and deterioration. In addition, gourds can also be made into ships and farm tools, and even into firearms for war.

Brief introduction of gourd:

Gourd, Latin scientific name: gourd. It belongs to Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbitaceae. Climbing herbs, soft hair, white flowers in summer and autumn, monoecious. The vines of Cucurbitaceae can reach 15 meters long, and the fruits range from 10 cm to one meter, and the heaviest can reach one kilogram.

Gourd likes warm and sheltered environment and needs many places to grow. The seedlings are afraid of freezing. Fresh gourd skin is light green, pulp is white, and the fruit is also called gourd, which can be harvested as a vegetable when it is immature.

The length of vines, the size of leaves and flowers, the size and shape of fruits are different in different cultivation types of gourds. Fruits are rod-shaped, spoon-shaped, dolphin-shaped, pot-shaped, etc. The name of the species also depends on the shape of the fruit. In addition, in ancient times, people dried the gourd, hollowed it out, and made it into things to hold things.

Gourd sentence:

1、? See how the teacher draws, and so do you, always drawing like a gourd!

This work of art is just a copy of gourd, and there is no originality at all.

3. The sweet and sour candied haws are evenly covered with a layer of white sesame seeds.

4. According to the synonym of the textbook, draw a tiger according to a cat and a gourd.

5. The temple fair is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and tourists are weaving. The most dazzling is the red candied haws.

Learn advanced technical experience, not the same, but be good at bringing innovation into play.

7? If you follow the same pattern, you won't become a painter.

The idiom "painting a gourd ladle" means to imitate according to the appearance.

She watched the cooking program and made a cake.

10 The rogue floor rat had the idea of getting rich, stole 15' s money, killed the oil gourd, and caused an unjust case.