Why is cucumber called cucumber instead of green melon?

Why is cucumber called cucumber instead of green melon? It's obviously green, why is it called cucumber? In fact, cucumber was originally called cucumber. Cucumber originated in the Indian rainforest in the southern foothills of the Himalayas. It was brought back by Zhang Qian in the Han Dynasty when he was on a mission to the Western regions. Cucumber changed its name to cucumber, which began with Hou Zhao. Let's take a look at why cucumbers are called cucumbers.

Shi Le, the founder of the post-Zhao dynasty, was originally a member of the Jie clan who entered the fortress. After he became emperor in Xiangguo (now Xingtai, Hebei), he was annoyed that the people of his own country called the Capricorn people Hu people. Shiller made a decree: no matter speaking and writing articles, the word "Hu" is strictly prohibited, and violators ask for amnesty.

One day, Shiller summoned local officials in Shan Yuting. When he saw Fan Tan, the sheriff of Xiangguo County, coming to see him in patched rags, he was very dissatisfied. He asked at first, "Fan Tan, why do you come to see me when you are dishevelled?" In a panic, Fan Tan did not know what to answer, and casually replied, "it's all because the Hu people were immoral and robbed all their clothes, so I had to come here in rags." No sooner had he finished than he realized that he had broken the ban and hurriedly kowtowed to apologize.

When Shiller saw that he was guilty, he stopped blaming him. When he was summoned for a routine "imperial lunch", Shiller pointed to a plate of cucumbers and asked Fan Tan, "what does Qing know the name of this thing?" Fan Tan saw that Shiller was deliberately asking him, so he respectfully replied: "Purple delicacies, silver cups of green tea, nectar in gold bottles, cucumbers on jade plates." After hearing this, Shiller smiled with satisfaction.

Since then, cucumbers, known as cucumbers, have spread among the government and the public. By the Tang Dynasty, cucumbers had become a common vegetable in the north and south. Now there are many kinds of cucumbers, which are roughly divided into spring cucumbers, frame cucumbers and dry cucumbers. The famous varieties in the country are Beijing thorn melon and Ningyang thorn melon with beautiful appearance, thin skin and thick flesh.