What is the meaning and symbol of pumpkin?

Pumpkin is a kind of vegetable, and its skin is Huang Chengcheng, which looks very auspicious, and it is also a symbol of harvest, which means abundance. In some western countries, people carve pumpkins into lanterns on Halloween, on the one hand to ward off evil spirits and avoid turtles, and on the other hand to celebrate festivals. In addition, there are many seeds in the pumpkin, and its vines are endless, so it also means that there are many descendants.

Pumpkin:

An annual creeping herb of Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbitaceae, often with nodal roots, stout petioles, wide oval or oval leaves, slightly soft texture, bulging veins, slightly thick tendrils, monoecious, thick pedicels, angular and grooved, depending on species, often with several longitudinal grooves or none outside, and most seeds are oval or oblong.

Originally from Mexico to Central America, it is widely cultivated all over the world. Introduced to China in Ming Dynasty, it is now widely planted in north and south. The fruit of pumpkin can be used as a dish or as a substitute for food. All parts of the whole plant are also used for medicine. The seeds contain amino acids in pumpkin seeds, and have the effects of clearing away heat, removing dampness, expelling worms, controlling and killing Schistosoma japonicum, clearing vines, preventing miscarriage and radically curing toothache.