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Melon seeds are nothing more than sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and watermelon seeds. The seeds of other melons cannot be mass-produced or eaten as snacks. Sunflowers and pumpkins are both American crops. After Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492, they were introduced to China, probably in the first half of the 16th century—that is, the Jiajing period in the late Ming Dynasty.
The literature also proves this. The earliest record that sunflower seeds are edible is Kangxi's "Taoyuan Township", and the earliest record that sunflower seeds are sold is "Plant Names and Real Maps". Early in the Republic of China, the large-scale cultivation of sunflowers was recorded, "sunflowers, the seeds are edible, and there are people who are planted on mu", which shows that sunflower seeds have become popular.
Pumpkin seeds were popular earlier than sunflower seeds, and the earliest record of pumpkin sales is also "Plant Names and Real Pictures". However, in the period of the Republic of China, although pumpkin seeds have been widely eaten by people, they are still slightly inferior to watermelon seeds.
Although sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds are also a member of the melon seeds, their popularity in society is a matter of modern times - pumpkin seeds have become popular since the late Qing Dynasty, and sunflower seeds have become popular since the Republic of China. During the Republic of China, sunflower seeds were often called "melon seeds". This title was not common in the late Qing Dynasty, which may indicate that the popularity of sunflower seeds was also during the Republic of China.
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