China News Service, Lanzhou, June 25th (Reporter Xu Xue) Wangyoucao is a frequent visitor in martial arts dramas. In my impression, it should grow in empty valleys or cliffs to show romance and mystery.
But in fact, forget worry grass exists in reality, and it is widely planted on the Loess Plateau in Qingyang, Gansu.
Wangyoucao, also known as daylily, golden needle, and daylily, has a wide range of uses. It can be eaten as a delicacy, used as a good medicine, and viewed as a famous flower.
Qingyang people often call it daylily, which is a local traditional agricultural product. According to legend, it has a cultivation history of more than 2,000 years.
Daylily is an indispensable dish on the table in Qingyang.
The locals like to plant a few rows of daylily in the front and back of the house. In midsummer, pick a few flower buds, blanch them with water, or serve with cold or shredded pork.
The steamed and sun-dried day lily adds strength and mellowness, adding more flavor to the meals of the four seasons.
After eating this familiar taste, nostalgia will flow into the hearts of wandering wanderers.
However, the "feelings" involved in daylily do not stop there.
In the martial arts world written by Jin Yong and Gu Long, idiots and grievances often forget about their past, or forget their pain and hatred.
The picture shows farmers picking daylily in Qingyang City, Gansu Province.
(Data map) Photo by Pan Xiaomei
In addition to the romantic color, this flower does have the "worry-relieving" effects of nourishing blood and calming the liver, soothing the throat and widening the chest, stopping bleeding and eliminating troubles.
"On the high green hills, Hemerocallis blooms..." The theme song "Hemerocallis" of the movie "Hello, Li Huanying" is still sung by it.
The blooming Hemerocallis flower resembles a lily and was called the mother flower in ancient China.
The Tang Dynasty poet Meng Jiao wrote in "The Poetry of the Wanderer" that "Hemerocallis grows on the steps of the hall, and the wanderer travels the world."
It can be seen that giving Hemerocallis flowers on Mother's Day is also a matter of "filial piety".
Today, Qingyang daylily has become a national geographical indication product in China, and the local area has also seen business opportunities in it. Intensify product development and build the "Longshang Golden Flower" industry, and many farmers get rich by increasing their income.
Qingyang daylily has thus become a "landmark vegetable" in the "vegetable basket" of the northwest.
In 2021, the total area of daylily in Qingyang City will reach 211,000 mu, and more than 5,400 tons of dried vegetables will be produced, with an output value of 248 million yuan.
This daylily, rooted in the arid Loess Plateau, is undoubtedly very resilient. It combines romantic and practical characteristics. It is not like a delicate ornamental flower, and it is also different from the bitterness of other Chinese medicinal materials. Wealth and sweetness also add color to this yellow land.
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