神州“仙瓜”与中华美酒
1960年，老赵从山东老家把一个小黄瓜纽带到东北他工作的单位来。过了两年，老赵突然发现小黄瓜在长，此后就一年比一年大，它的长度超过了瓶子的高度后，它弯下腰还继续长。平时，老赵无论喝什么酒都要留一点儿倒进这个瓶里。由于黄瓜在玻璃瓶中无法得到阳光直射，不能生长叶绿素，因此它是白色而非绿色的。直到2000年5月下旬时，当年这个不足两厘米的黄瓜纽竟长成了一条30多厘米的大黄瓜。黄瓜属于一年生草本植物，时令鲜菜，不用说生长了40年，就是40年来不曾腐烂这也够稀奇了！因此，有人把它称为“仙瓜”。
无独有偶，据《燕赵都市报》2007年11月7日报道，家住秦皇岛市海港区的周先生，20年前朋友送给他一瓶参酒。前些天，在密封的酒瓶中浸泡了20多年的这棵人参顶部竟然长出了细茎，细茎末端顶着多个嫩芽，嫩芽中间包着花蕾似的东西——它开了花。
因此，现已有人研究中华美酒如何在植物上应用这个课题了。
The Strange Cucumber That Keeps Growing for 40 Years
It was in 1960, about 40 years ago. Taking a very little cucumber, Old Zhao returned to his working unit in northeast China from his native place, Shandong Province, China. After two years, Old Zhao discovered suddenly that the cucumber had grown larger. After this, the little cucumber grew larger and larger year by year. When the little cucumber’s length exceeded the height of the bottle, it bent over to grow continuously. When Old Zhao has a drink, whatever the liquors, he saves always a bit and pours it into the bottle. Being in a bottle, the
2000岁的雌雄野山参
2001年4月，在中国西南地区最大的一家药房里展出了一支418克、价值318万元的人参。经北京著名参茸专家李教授鉴定，它是中国目前最大的人参，生长年限至少有200年以上，甚为罕见。
2007年8月5日，山东烟台栖霞市桃村镇一名叫林秀民的退休女医生，在该市国路夼村北山的仙人谷发现一棵1米多高、长有多个茎芽、花茎上开满兰紫色小花的雌性“野山参”，挖出后一称竟重达3.8公斤。它有参头20多个，按100年分一个头计算，这棵参的岁数至少有2000岁。
后来，林秀民根据“野山参一般不会独自生长”的规律，在距离雌“野山参”不足2米远的一棵火炬树下又找到并挖出了一棵雄性“野山参”。
“这肯定是野山参，我在给它脱皮时，不小心掉下的参肉，我吃了后4天不睡觉都不感到困！”林秀民说，“福山区的一位老板表示愿以2000万元的的高价买下我这支野山参。”
The 2000-year-old Wild Male and Female Mountain Ginsengs
In April 2001, a 418 g. ginseng worth RMB 3.18 million was exhibited in the largest drugstore in southwest China. After appraising, professor Li, a famous expert on ginseng and pilose antler from Beijing said that it was the largest ginseng found so far in China and its growing age was over 200 years at least.
On August 5, 2007, Lin Xiumin, a retired woman doctor who lives in Taocun Town, Qixia City, Yantai, Shandong Province of China found and unearthed a wild ginseng in Xianrengu Valley of the North Mountain of Guolukuang Village in the City.It is a female one. Its straw is more than 1 m. in height. The ginseng had many stems and buds, and many blue-purple small flowers on its stems were in blossom. It was 3.8 kg in weight when it was unearthed. It has more than 20 heads of ginseng. According to the saying that female ginseng usually reproudeces one young ginseng every 100 years, the age of the ginseng was 2000 years at least.
Later, Lin Xiumin found and unearthed a male wild ginseng under a tree less than 2 m. from that female ginseng according to the law of nature that the wild ginseng usually doesn’t grow alone.
“It is undoubtedly a wild mountain ginseng. This is because I ate the meat that came off the ginseng when I sloughed its bark. I don’t feel sleepy though I had not a good sleep for 4 days.” Lin Xiumin said. “An entrepreneur who lives in Fushanqu District of Qixia City, Shandong Province of China hoped to buy the ginseng at a high price of RMB 20 million.”
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