嗑瓜子的习俗在明代已经流行,到清代、民国愈演愈烈,晚清之前,“瓜子”主要是西瓜子,晚清以来南瓜子开始流行,民国时期葵花子又异军突起,最终确定了三足鼎立的局面。从革命领袖到市井小民:嗑瓜子如何流行?中国人精于饮食,喜食瓜子,可能源于节俭的理念,而后逐渐深入到饮食文化层面,成了一种习俗。嗑瓜子的习俗大概最早兴于北方,这不单是因为嗑瓜子的记载主要发现于北方的历史文献中,更为客观的原因是北方冬季寒冷而漫长,农闲时大家整 Before the late Qing Dynasty, “melon seeds” were mainly melon seeds. Since the late Qing dynasty, pumpkin seeds became popular. In the period of the Republic of China, the sunflower seeds suddenly emerged again and finally confirmed the situation of the three pillars . From Revolutionary leaders to marketable people: How is the melon seeds popular? The Chinese are good at eating and eating melon seeds, which may stem from the concept of thrift and then gradually penetrate into the diet culture level and become a custom.嗑 melon seeds about the earliest popular in the north, not only because 嗑 melon seeds mainly found in the history of the North literature, the more objective reason is that the cold and long in the north,