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The bottle gourd has been recovered from archaeological contexts in China and Japan dating to c. 8,000–9,000 BP, [12] whereas in Africa, despite decades of high-quality archaeobotanical research, the earliest record of its occurrence remains the 1884 report of a bottle gourd being recovered from a 12th Dynasty tomb at Thebes dating to ca ...
Many gourds have large, bulbous bodies and long necks, such as Dipper Gourds, many variations of Bottle Gourd and caveman club gourds. One of the earliest domesticated types of plants, subspecies of the bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria, have been discovered in archaeological sites dating from as early as 13,000 BC. Gourds have had numerous ...
Hulu Sheng is the Han Chinese name of the gourd mouth organ and has different names in different minority groups in southern China, such as Ang in Yi, Maniu in Lisu and Nuo in Lahu. [3] Commonly, the instrument is made of a dried gourd bottle as the windchest with its narrow neck as the mouthpiece. [1]
Li Tieguai (Chinese: 李鐵拐; lit. 'Iron Crutch Li') is a figure in Chinese folklore and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. He is sometimes described as irascible and ill-tempered, but also benevolent to the poor, sick and the needy, whose suffering he alleviates with special medicine from his bottle gourd.
Bottle Gourd/ Calabash: Lagenaria vulgaris: জাতি লাউ (Jāti Lāu) লাউ (Lāu) દુધી (Dudhi) ಸೋರೆ ಕಾಯಿ/ ಚುರಕ್ಕಾಯಿ (Sōre Kāyi/ Churakkāi) ചുരയ്ക (Churaykka) दुधी भोपळा (Dudhi Bhopḷā) ଗୋଟା ନାଉ (Goṭa Nāu) Louki/Ghiya (ਲੋਕੀ ...
Grandpa (爷爷): He was an old man living alone on the mountain. He was a kind hearted individual as he had saved a nest of bird chicks from a snake by beheading it with a throw of his knife, saved a pangolin stuck under a boulder and taking on the task of growing the calabash that would vanquish the spirits, he quickly obliged.
Cucurbita (Latin for 'gourd') [2] [3] is a genus of herbaceous fruits in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as cucurbits or cucurbi), native to the Andes and Mesoamerica. Five edible species are grown and consumed for their flesh and seeds.
Hishaku are generally made of curved objects with handles. In ancient times, they were made of gourd. [1]Originally, the name "hishaku" was derived from "hisako," which refers to the bottle gourd used since ancient times for scooping water, which became "hisaku" and then "hishaku", and then the kanji were chosen by folk etymology.