Shanghai Qing is a kind of Chinese cabbage with fewer leaves and more stems. The stems are white like gourds and gourds. Therefore, Shanghai Qing is also called Piaoerbai.

The characteristic of Shanghai Qing is that it grows bright and aboveboard, each leaf is green, and each leaf completes the photosynthesis of chlorophyll during the growth period.

Shanghai Qing is not big, usually only half a foot long. Therefore, Shanghai Qing does not need to change the knife when cooking, thus preserving the nutritional value of vegetables.

Although Shanghai Qing is not big, her appearance is soft and charming. The Shanghai green trees stand there one after another, like the graceful figures of Shanghai women. Small green seaweeds are particularly suitable for decoration. If you put a few green seaweeds that have been soaked in boiling water around a plate of fish, the fish will look much more vivid.

Although there are many vegetable stems in Shanghai Qing, the vegetable fiber is very tender, and it is a bit "cooked" when fried. From this point of view, Shanghai Qing seems to be like the frugal style of Shanghainese.

The dishes made by Shanghai Qing are a bit sweet. The sweetness is light, without the bitterness of ordinary vegetables, and it is clear and sweet, just like the Shanghai woman's Xiaojiabiyu.

In Shanghai’s wet markets, Shanghai greens are mostly packed in round bamboo baskets. The Shanghai greens are placed in circles, with their white rhizomes facing outwards. The scene is like a kindergarten child sitting there cutely, listening to the farmer uncle telling stories about the fields.

I have also seen Shanghai Qing in supermarkets in Beijing and Shenzhen, with small bundles placed on the shelves. Some say "Local Shanghai Green" and some say "Air-shipped Shanghai Green", and the prices are not cheap.

A kind of Chinese cabbage, named after a city, is rare in the country.

It is rare enough for a kind of Chinese cabbage to be accepted by people all over the country.

Come to think of it, Shanghai Qing also deserves credit for being the leader in the country