A vegetable that looks very similar to lettuce is gongcai.

Gongcai is also known as moss stem, ring cabbage, mountain sting, and moss cabbage.

It is bright green in color, refreshing in texture, tastes like jellyfish, and has extremely high edible value.

It is a green leafy vegetable. It is made by peeling and splitting the stems in autumn and drying them in the sun.

Suining County has been planting sprouts for more than 2,000 years. This strain is a rare vegetable in the north temperate zone. It is an annual herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family and the genus Lactuca.

Containing glutamic acid, vitamin C, vitamin D, zinc, iron, calcium, selenium, etc., it has certain therapeutic effects on human development, anti-aging, and cancer prevention. It is a good food for banquets and was known as a "tribute dish" during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

Today's products sell well in Southeast Asia and other places.

It was once called "Xiangcai" by Premier Zhou Enlai.