“一带一路”引入中国的那些食材（组图）

A vendor stands behind watermelons displayed for sale in Kfar Tebnit village, southern Lebanon, August 18, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

17. Watermelon 西瓜

Watermelon, which originated in the desert of Africa, was brought along the Silk Road to western China and Ouigour – located in today's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region – in ancient China. It appeared in Xinjiang during the early Tang Dynasty, and in China's inland between the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdomgs (AD 907-960) and Liao Dynasty (916-1125).
西瓜发源于非洲沙漠地区，经由丝绸之路传到中国西部和古中国的回纥（现新疆维吾尔自治区）。唐朝初期西瓜在新疆出现，五代十国（公元907-960年）和辽代（916-1125年）期间传入中国内陆地区。