夏天里最爽的事,就是坐在树荫下听着蝉鸣,吃刚从地里摘出来的大西瓜,想想都让人流口水呀。不过,关于西瓜还有好多故事呢。对于西瓜的由来,有两种说法:一种说法是神农在尝百草时发现的,原名叫稀瓜,意思是水多肉稀的瓜,但后来传着传着就变成了西瓜。另一种说法是早在四千年前,埃及人就开始种植西瓜了。后来由地中海沿岸传至北欧,而后南下进入中东、印度等地,四 The best thing in the summer, is sitting in the shade listening to cicadas, eat fresh water plucked from the ground, think of all the drooling ah. However, there are many stories about watermelon yet. For the origin of watermelon, there are two versions: one argument is that Shen Nong found in the taste of Baicao, formerly known as sparse melon, meaning juicy meaty melon, but then spread the biography will become a watermelon. Another way of saying is that as early as four thousand years ago, the Egyptians began planting watermelon. Later, it was spread from the Mediterranean coast to northern Europe and then southward into the Middle East and India