The common wild vegetables around Gankeng ancient town mainly include shepherd's purse, bitter herbs, noodles, bracken, wild garlic, wild onion, dandelion, wild celery, grasshopper and so on. Wild vegetables refer to wild plants that can be used as vegetables or to satisfy hunger, and also include wild edible fungi in a broad sense. China is one of the regions with the longest history of potherb utilization, which is rich in potherb resources, widely distributed and profound in cultural heritage.

Gankeng Ancient Town, formerly known as Gankeng Hakka Town, is located atNo. Li Gan Road 18, Gankeng Community, Jihua Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province. Originated in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is a cultural tourist attraction integrating local Hakka dwellings, Hakka folk customs, Hakka architecture, Hakka folk art, Hakka traditional cuisine and Hakka rural scenery in Shenzhen, covering an area of 6,543,800 square meters.