在远古史上,人类为了过江渡海,已经利用了各种各样的漂浮工具,后来又发明了形形色色的船只。有趣的是,葫芦曾经是人类最早的船。在《物原》中有这么一句话:“燧人以匏(páo)济水”。燧人氏是我国古代的一个传说人物,是发明人工取火的英雄,此处又说他“以匏济火”,看来他又是发明舟的先导了。尽管燧人氏是一个传说人物,但是远古“以匏济水”确有其事。相传葫芦原产于印度,但是缺乏足够的证据,然而在中国、美洲和非洲埃及有不少发现。在我国七千年前的浙江河姆渡遗址就发现过葫芦及其种子。这是人类最早栽培葫 In ancient history, humans used a variety of floating tools in order to cross the river and later invented all kinds of ships. Interestingly, the gourd was once the earliest human ship. In the “original” there is such a sentence: “Suiren to 匏 (páo) Jishui.” Sui Ren’s ancient legend is a man, is the invention of artificial fire hero, where he said he “to quench the fire”, it seems he is the invention of the pilot. Although Suiren Shi is a legend, ancient “to save water” does matter. According to legend, gourd native to India, but the lack of sufficient evidence, however, in China, the Americas and Africa, Egypt have found quite a few. The gourd and its seeds were found in the Hemudu site in Zhejiang seven thousand years ago. This is the earliest human cultivation