1. Hami melon is a famous specialty in Hami history.

Hami melon is a famous specialty in Hami history, and its historical materials are very rich. Now we only extract the following examples from these rich historical materials:

(1) During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Alabo invaded Xinjiang and the Qing army suppressed it. Binzhou Zhang Yin entered Xinjiang with the army, and later wrote A Brief Introduction to the Western Expedition. On the seventh page, he wrote: "On the 16th, I visited the King (Hami returned to the King) ... so I offered milk tea and tea, and a forged mattress (tablecloth) with grapes and Hami on it was placed in front of everyone.

(2) During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the chief officers of the Ministry of War often took Zhang Jing as a military plane and followed Junggar to write Dunhuang Essays. He wrote in the title of "Guazhou": "The geography of Hanshu notes clouds: Dunhuang, Guguazhou; The earth produces beautiful melons, hence the name. ..... There is a gap in the ground, and residents also grow cantaloupe ... Its green, yellow and white colors are delicious. But there are also places in Ansha and Suzhou Jinta Temple, which are not as good as Hami. "

(3) During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, Qi Yunshi, a native of Shouyang, Shanxi, who worked in the National History Museum, traveled to Xinjiang in 18 and wrote "Xizhuang Zhizhu Ci", in which the seven-character poem entitled "Hami" wrote: "Yumen Qiuyuan Yizhou (Tangyizhou) has countless melons. Tianzuo Snow Mountain is separated from the north and south (Tianshan Mountain is commonly known as Snow Mountain, and Xinjiang North-South Road is bounded by this mountain), which is the throat of Xiqiao Lock Key Town. "

(4) During the Republic of China, scholar Liu Wenhai wrote in his book The Journey to the West: ... cantaloupe is the best in the world; ..... I have traveled around the world twice and China several times. None of the melons I have tasted are as good as this one. "

(5) Zheng Xiao in Xinjiang wrote: "All melons are sweet and beautiful, and they all come from Hami."

Summing up the historical evidence, it is irrefutable to tell us that Hami melon is a famous specialty of Hami in history, and even the Hami melon planted in Guazhou, named after "the beautiful melon on the ground", is "not as good as Hami in the end". "Hami melon is the best in the world", melon is famous for its place name and land is famous for its smell. This is why Hami is famous all over the world. In the cultivation of contemporary cantaloupes, the cantaloupes planted by Shanshan, Jiashi, Mohammad and Yengisar may have their own characteristics, but they cannot be compared with the historical cantaloupes, and Turpan is even more difficult to be compared.

In fact, Hami melon is a famous specialty in Hami history, which can be traced back to the Han and Tang Dynasties. For example, Feng Ren in the Tang Dynasty and Luo Xiang, a scholar in Dongtai, were demoted to the Western Regions to join the army because of their work, and were later transferred to Yaozhou for counterinsurgency. He passed by Hami and left a poem: "I suddenly went up the mountain road and still want to make a fortune." ..... I thought I was drifting, but I didn't get the melon. ..... "When the poet left Hami, he clearly showed his deep regret for not tasting Hami melon, a specialty of Hami, indicating that Hami melon was very famous in the Tang Dynasty.