Hometown of Yellow Flowers: On December 6, 2007, Duxian County of Sichuan Province held a press conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, which was named the "Hometown of Yellow Flowers in China", and promoted the yellow flowers of Duxian County as the trump card of characteristic tourism to the whole country.
The yellow flower is lily family daylily (yellow cauliflower) herbaceous plants, commonly known as "yellow cauliflower", also known as "forget-me-not", "golden needles", "Brain vegetable", "view for the famous flower, with good medicine, food for delicacies", and mushrooms, fungus and known as "vegetarian three treasures", is the ornamental value, nutritional value and medicinal value are very high! It is an edible flower with high ornamental value, nutritional value and medicinal value, which is loved by consumers. The special soil, water quality and climate of Duxian County are most suitable for the growth of yellow flowers. Qing Xianfeng, Daoguang years, the county farmers planted yellow flowers, after several generations of hard and meticulous research of agricultural personnel, selected and bred "Wuping early" and other varieties of yellow flowers unique seven stamens, a single flower body length of 9 to 12 cm, color and luster, aroma, fragrance, tender and crisp and nutritious, is the top of the national yellow flowers. 1983, in the Ministry of Commerce, organized by the national experience in the production and marketing of yellow flowers, and the nutritional value and medicinal value of edible flowers. In 1983, at the national yellow flower production and marketing experience exchange meeting organized by the Ministry of Commerce, more than 110 representatives and experts from 20 provinces and cities unanimously agreed that the yellow flower of Quxian County was "the first product of China's yellow flower", and it became a product exempted from inspection for export by the Ministry of Commerce. 1993, at the China's high-quality agricultural products and scientific and technological achievements exposition hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture in Bangkok, Thailand, the yellow flower of Quxian County was awarded the gold medal of high-quality agricultural products. In 2002, the yellow flower base of Quxian County was awarded as "Key Flower Base County" and "Pollution-free Agricultural Product Base" by Sichuan Provincial Department of Agriculture; in 2005, it was awarded the Gold Prize of the Second Western Expo. China Food Industry Association of flowers and food professional committee after scientific and detailed review, officially named Duxian as "China's yellow flowers of the township", so far, China's yellow flowers standard based on Duxian yellow flowers and the development of.
Yellow cauliflower, first seen in the "Poetry". Ancient and modern note" in "desire for people's worries, the gift of Dan Thorn (daylily)", so the name of forget-me-nots.
The book of customs and soil "[daylily] flower is said to be male, expectant mothers wear, will give birth to male", so the name is male. Ancient times to its young leaves for food, so before the Song Dynasty chanting daylily, most of the meaning of forgetfulness, Yiman.
After the Song and Ming dynasties, Chinese seafarers must sail with gold needles, fungus to replace vegetables; yellow cauliflower is also an export commodity, sold in large quantities to India and other countries, the people of India and Pakistan commonly used for their health.
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The Chinese seafarers must carry gold needles to replace vegetables on the voyage after the Ming Dynasty.
According to legend, Chen Sheng, the leader of the peasant revolt at the end of the Qin Dynasty, before the revolt, because of poverty, but also suffering from disease, swelling, can be described as poverty, hunger and cold, so that often begging for food to spend the day. He met a kind old woman surnamed Huang who cooked some daylilies and gave them to him to eat. After a period of time, Chen Sheng's swollen body slowly subsided, and his illness was cured and his body became stronger. Later, he and Wu Guang organized the Peasants' Revolt and became the first peasant leaders in history. Chen thanked the yellow woman for her kindness and asked her to stay at his home, and called the daylily the herb of forgetfulness.
When Chen Sheng, Wu Guang led the peasant insurgents captured Chenzhou (present-day Huaiyang County, Henan Province) to build the capital of the king, the soldiers in the military chaos, the vibrant yellow cauliflower trampled into no way, there is a local girl named Golden Needle, to see this situation is very painful, so it is carefully managed to cultivate, the results of these yellow cauliflower resurrected from the dead. The trees grow pavilion, full of charming flowers. People in honor of the golden needle girl, they will be yellow cauliflower named Golden Needle.
During the Qing Dynasty, local officials in Yongzhou (Qidong County and Qiyang County were not separated at that time, under the jurisdiction of the Yongzhou Prefecture) began to yellow cauliflower as a local tribute to the court. Qing dynasty court officials, iron mouth and copper teeth known as the flamboyant scholar Ji Xiaolan favorite yellow cauliflower, dining table will see the yellow cauliflower hand dance, excited can not help themselves. Praise: yellow cauliflower is a good dish, fresh and crispy, its flavor, often eat yellow cauliflower people smart.
Mr. Sun Yat-sen once used the "four things soup" as his own fitness dietary therapy recipes. "Four things" that is yellow cauliflower, black fungus, bean bowl, bean sprouts, yellow cauliflower at the top of the list. "Four things soup" nutritional composition is complete, is the blood, blood, beauty of the recipe, but also in the daily vegetarian diet of inexpensive and beautiful delicacies.