盛夏来临,西瓜上市.西瓜是葫芦科一年生蔓性草本植物,原产于非洲南部.四千年前,古埃及已开始栽培.我国种植此瓜,始于一千多年前的唐五代.瓜种经回纥(今新疆一带)传入内地.嗣后因其深受人们喜爱,南北各地相继引种.由于它是从西域传来的,因而称为西瓜.生活实践告诉人们,在又热又燥的伏天,工作劳动之余、口渴难消时,酒后或得病卧床时,吃上一两块清甜美味的西瓜,确实能起到 Midsummer advent, watermelon market. Watermelon is annual annual creeper herbaceous Cucurbitaceae, native to southern Africa. Four thousand years ago, ancient Egypt has begun cultivation. The planting of this melon in our country, began more than a thousand years ago, Tang and Five Dynasties. The species was transferred back to the hinterland (now Xinjiang area) into the Mainland.Since then, because of its deeply loved by people, throughout the north and south have been introduced.Because it is from the Western Regions, so called watermelon.Life practice tells people that in hot and dry Volt days, apart from the work of labor, when thirst disappeared, drunk or sick when bed, eat one or two sweet and delicious watermelon, can really play