The Red Army Vegetable is a unique wild vegetable from Jinggang Mountain, which is not bitter or astringent and has a pure flavor. Strangely enough, its leaves are green on one side but bright red on the other, and its stems are brittle and nutritious, so why do the people of Jinggangshan call it "Red Army Vegetables"?

Saying that the first is the red army vegetables in the past called cat's ear grass, the mountain people never eat it. When the Red Army came to Jinggang Mountain, due to the lack of food, the Red Army soldiers dug up the mountain wild vegetables found it, so called the Red Army vegetable.

Saying that the second is this wild vegetable vitality is very strong, growth is also fast. In that year, the Red Army lacked food and rice the most difficult days. This kind of wild vegetables is specially for the Red Army and grow, so called the Red Army vegetable, also called the merit only.

Saying that the third is that this wild vegetable was originally green, astringent and slightly bitter, it is the blood of the Red Army in Jinggangshan stained it red, so it is called the Red Army vegetable.

From then on, only this kind of wild vegetables in Jinggang Mountain is purple-red, and the taste is no longer bitter. Only this kind of wild vegetable from Jinggang Mountain is also called Red Army Vegetable, which was left behind by the Red Army for future generations.

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