Vegetables, an indispensable green treasure in diet, adorn our dining table with their freshness and nutrition, and also light up the literary thoughts of poets of past dynasties.

From ancient times to the present, the vegetables described by poets are full of rich cultural background and life interest, either praising their delicious taste, or praising their health-keeping efficacy, or using metaphors.

in the book of songs, there is a poem, "Kan Kan fa fu, fa fu fa ke, I care about his golden cup, and Wei Yi will never forget it", which vividly depicts the scene of guests drinking and having fun at the banquet, and the wine in the golden cup is made from vegetables.

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai, a poet, wrote a famous sentence "Peach Blossom Pond is deeper than thousands of feet, not as good as Wang Lun's", and the origin of this poem is that Wang Lun treated Li Bai with his own vegetables. Li Bai was grateful for Wang Lun's hospitality, so he wrote this poem, taking vegetables as the carrier of friendship.

Su Dongpo was also a famous "foodie" in Song Dynasty. He once wrote, "There are three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo, and the duck prophet warms the spring river. Artemisia selengensis has short buds all over the ground, which is the famous sentence when the puffer fish wants to go up. Artemisia selengensis and reed buds are fresh and tender wild vegetables in spring. Together with puffer fish, they form the unique spring flavor of Jiangnan water town.

Yuan Mei was a famous gourmet in the Qing Dynasty. There are many records and cooking methods about vegetables in his Menu with the Garden. He wrote in the poem "Ode to Spinach": "Bright green vermilion thread, golden plate with 5 stems. The spring breeze is so beautiful, and there is snow and frost. " It depicts the crisp and tender taste and attractive color of spinach, which makes people drool.

Guo Moruo, a modern poet, used vegetables to express his patriotic feelings. In his poem "Vegetable Leaves", he wrote: "Vegetable leaves are green and yellow, and the motherland's rivers and mountains are hidden in one leaf. The leaves of Ye Qingqing are yellow, and the rivers and mountains of the motherland will never be forgotten. " The decay of vegetables symbolizes the rise and fall of the country and expresses the poet's love and yearning for the motherland.

Vegetables are not only delicious on the table, but also the source of inspiration for poetry creation. Through the observation and taste of vegetables, poets have entrusted rich thoughts and feelings, or praised nature, or expressed their feelings, or praised history and today, leaving us with countless touching poems.

These poems not only provide us with a window to understand the vegetable culture and history, but also let us feel the poets' sincere love for food, life and nature, and their full life feelings.