During the Five Dynasties Period (420-618 A.D.), the northern Chinese kingdom of Kitan went to war with the western Uigur tribe.
宋詩宋畫中，還常出現「新瓜落刃冰盤裡」的詩句﹘﹘冰盤裡盛著寒地快馬送來的天然冰塊，把西瓜切塊置於其中，滋味想來更美。五代時由西域傳入我國西瓜在植物學上，屬於葫蘆科一年蔓生草本植物。