History of Watermelon in Hainan Island

The large-scale cultivation of watermelon in Hainan Island began with the development and management of Hainan by the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.

The history of watermelon

Watermelon was first produced in the western regions, and Central Plains people have never seen it or eaten it. Hu Jiao, a county magistrate in Heyang County, Tongzhou (now Mianyang County, Shaanxi Province, namely Heyang County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province), was amazed when he first ate it.

History of Hainan Island

Hainan Island has a long history, originally belonging to the Chinese mainland, and is a part of Chinese mainland's southward extension. During the geological period, around the Quaternary when human beings appeared, under the frequent action of crustal rift, volcanic transgression, regression and other activities, the sea level kept falling, the land kept rising, and the seawater depth reached 100.

In ancient times, there were three names: Zhu Ya, Qiongzhou and Qiongya. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, Zhuya County was established. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wu set up a county; In the Jin Dynasty, Zhu Ya entered Hepu; After several changes, in the Tang Dynasty, it was changed to Qiongguan County, Jiazhou County and Zhen Zhen County, and Jiayazhou was under the jurisdiction of Qiongshan County, then changed to Qiongshan County and became Qiongzhou again. From the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the Qing Dynasty, it was still Qiongzhou; In the early years of the Republic of China, it was changed to Qiongya Road in Guangdong, and the abandoned road was designated as a special administrative region; 1949 April, the office of the Chief Executive of Hainan Special Administrative Region was established as the deputy provincial government; 1 The whole island was liberated on April 30th, 950.1On May 30th, 2000, Hainan Administrative Office was established, belonging to Guangdong Province. 1984 In May, the People's Congress and the People's Government of Hainan Administrative Region were established as the first-class local state administrative organs; Hainan Provincial People's Government was established in April 1988, and the largest special economic zone in China was established at the same time.

The primitive Hainan immigrants can be divided into three periods in history: first, in the early Neolithic period, Li ancestors moved to the island, and in the Qin and Han dynasties, Lingao people moved to the northern part of the island to settle down; Secondly, from the Western Han Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, immigrants from the Central Plains dominated, mainly distributed in several counties in the northwest and northern coastal areas of the island; After that, the largest scale was from Song Dynasty to Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the main sources of immigrants were Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi, which reached its peak in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Bai Yuchan was a painter, calligrapher and poet in Song Dynasty, and an outstanding figure in Hainan. Huang Daopo, a textile innovator in Yuan Dynasty: Qiu Jun, a famous doctor and economic thinker in Ming Dynasty; Hai Rui, an immortal model of honest and upright officials; Zhang, a flower explorer in Qing Dynasty: the famous Xin? D revolutionary activist Lin; The great patriot and industrialist Soong Ching Ling, as well as Zhang, Zhou Shidi, Zhuang Tian and many other famous generals in modern history 100. Hainan revolutionary leaders Yang Shanji, Feng Baiju and Li leaders.