明代李时珍编撰的《本草纲目》中说,因为西瓜性寒、味甘、解暑,因此被称作“寒瓜”。著名的爱国主义诗人文天祥就曾经写过一首《西瓜吟》,专门称赞“寒瓜”的解暑佳效。诗云:“拔出金佩刀,斫破碧玉瓶。千点红樱档,一团黄水晶。下咽顿有烟火气,入齿便作冰雪声。长安清富说邵平,争如汉朝作公卿?”这里所提 In the Compendium of Materia Medica compiled by Li Shizhen in Ming Dynasty, it is called “cold melon” because watermelon is cold, sweet and hot. The famous patriotic poet Wen Tianxiang once wrote a “watermelon Yin,” specifically praised the Poetry cloud: “pull out the gold sword, broken jasper bottle .On thousands of red cherry stalls, a group of citrine .Day phantom smoke, gas into the snow and ice will be made. Made Gongqing? ”Mentioned here