无花果树是世界上最古老的珍稀果树之一,早在公元前三千多年,地中海沿岸和西南亚一带就有栽培了。无花果是地中海早期文明时期的重要食物之一,在古埃及金字塔中就有描绘尼罗河沿岸人民浇灌无花果树的浮雕。在古老的希伯来经典和《圣经》中都有无花果的记载,在《圣经》的旧约、新约中多处提到无花果,并且认为无花果是天堂的果品,深受教徒们的喜爱,教徒们将无花果树视为古老的圣树。至今在东欧的一些国家中,无花果还是幸福美满的象征,是结婚时不可少的礼物。 无花果古名映日果、优昙钵、阿驵,有人又叫它隐花果、蜜果、奶浆果、品仙果,维吾尔人则称它为“安居尔”、“糖包子”,它的古名、今名都是很奇特的。 无花果大约是在隋唐时期自波斯传入我国的。段成式在《西阳杂俎》中说:“波斯国呼为阿驵;拂林(今叙利亚)呼为底珍。树长四、五丈,枝叶 The fig tree is one of the oldest rare fruit trees in the world. It was cultivated in the Mediterranean coast and Southwest Asia as early as 3000 BC. Fig is one of the important foods of the early Mediterranean civilization during the early years of the Mediterranean. There are reliefs in the ancient Egyptian pyramid depicting the watering of the fig tree by the people of the Nile. There are figs in both the ancient Hebrew scriptures and the Bible. In the Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament mentions the figs, and the figs are the fruits of heaven. They are deeply loved by the followers, The followers see the fig tree as the ancient sacred tree. So far in some countries in Eastern Europe, the fig is still a symbol of happiness, is an essential gift for marriage. The ancient figurines of the fig are excellent in fruit, excellent in nature and bowl, and others are also called cryptocarp, honey, milk berry, fairy fruit, and Uyghur call it “Anju”, “buns” Name, this name is very strange. The figs came to China from Persia about the Sui and Tang dynasties. Duan Cheng-style in the “Xiyang Zanfan” said: "Persian call for the calligraphy; brush forest (now Syria) call for Jane. Tree length four, five feet, branches and leaves