Baby, please turn around-Hulu, Tibetan name Gabe Zhebu, is an annual climbing herb of Cucurbitaceae. Gourds are rod-shaped, spoon-shaped, dolphin-shaped and pot-shaped. Generally, it is used to scoop water in rural areas, and it can also hold small things. It has beautiful appearance and is very popular.
It is cultivated all over China and can grow in tropical and temperate regions.
Morphology and characteristics: angiosperms, dicotyledons. The stems are hairy and the tendrils are bifurcated. Leaves are numerous and dense, ovate, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, all of which are10-35cm long and10-35cm wide, slightly angled or 3-lobed, with sharp apex and irregular teeth at the edge. Petiole length16-20cm, with two glandular points at the top. The flower is unisexual, the male flower is thin, slightly longer than the petiole, the female flower pedicel is slightly shorter or close to the petiole, the corolla is yellow-white, the calyx tube is 2-3 mm long, the ovary is oval, and it is densely covered with mucus. The fruit is smooth, first green, then white or yellow, the upper part is larger than the lower part, several tens of centimeters long, the middle part is thin, and it becomes woody when it matures; The seeds are white, obovate-elliptic, truncated at the top or 2-toothed. The flowering period is in summer and the fruiting period is in autumn.
The efficacy and value of foodies will soon be seen. Wang Zhen's "Agricultural Book" in the Yuan Dynasty recorded that it has a wide range of uses: the big one can be made into vegetarian soup, cooked with meat to make meat soup, fried with honey to make fruit, cut into strips and dried in the sun ... This is also a boring and endless thing, and it is the best vegetable cooked in Xian Yi. Gourd can be used to make soup or pickled and dried, which can make dishes delicious, fragrant, juicy and of great edible value. Gourd is rich in protein, trace elements, vitamins and other nutrients. If used medicinally, it can also improve human immunity, protect eyes, lower blood sugar, clear away heat and promote diuresis, remove annoyance and quench thirst, moisten lung and relieve cough, and reduce swelling and dissipate stagnation. It can also be used as various containers with collection value.
Culture and water hyacinth have lived in China for more than 7000 years. The Book of Songs: July records that eating melons in July and breaking pots in August means gourd. Because it is homophonic with Fulu, it symbolizes auspiciousness, and the gourd is full of seeds, which means that people are prosperous. As the old saying goes, "marriage is the beginning of husband and wife" also symbolizes that husband and wife live completely and sleep in the same boat, so every household will hang a gourd without carving. In geomantic omen, the gourd is also a psychic sacred object, which can ward off evil spirits, be kind and upright, and make money into treasure. But remember not to place it at will. It can be placed in financial position, promotion and wealth, or fierce position, which can turn evil into evil and turn evil into good. However, these are illusory. As long as you have a correct attitude and are positive and optimistic, you can be full of vitality!
Legend has it that among the magic weapons in the list of gods, there is a magic weapon that can kill anyone. No matter how tall you are, your magic can reach the sky. Back to the forty-eighth, Lu Ya offered a plan to shoot the crowd, and Lu Ya was holding a gourd. There is a ray of light in the gourd, with something on it, seven inches long, eyebrows and eyes, and two white lights in the eyes. The cover came down and nailed the king mud pill during the day. When the baby turned to Li Bai's head, Li Bai's head had fallen into the dust, and a soul went to God. It's terrible. As long as the white light is locked, you will faint. Read one sentence: Please turn around, baby, you will be beheaded, which is equivalent to 100% dizziness plus killing. This gourd is called Xianxian Red Gourd, which is said to be sealed with anti-heaven weapons.