Where can I find Artemisia selengensis in Hukou?

In Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, there is a wild plant called Artemisia selengensis.

The "Famous Grass" of Poyang Lake

There are songs in the water town: Chenopodium album in the first month, Artemisia annua in February and firewood in March. The month here refers to the lunar calendar, which means that Artemisia selengensis depends on the season. This season is a precious vegetable. After the season, it can only be used as firewood. There is a well-known saying in Jiangxi-"The grass in Poyang Lake is the treasure of Nanchang people". This grass is about Artemisia scoparia. Nanchang people love the delicacy of chrysanthemum morifolium, and chrysanthemum morifolium is very important in their hearts.

Poyang Lake is rich in Artemisia selengensis. The scientific name of Artemisia selengensis is Artemisia angustifolia, also known as Artemisia selengensis, Artemisia aquatica and Artemisia argyi. According to the fifteenth volume of Compendium of Materia Medica, Artemisia selengensis is sweet and non-toxic. It is mainly used to treat five distending pathogens, spleen cold and dampness, tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi, promote hair growth, and be light, alert and clear after long-term consumption, so as to prevent aging. Chinese medicine believes that it has the functions of clearing heat, promoting diuresis and killing insects besides eating.

The tender stems, reed buds and underground succulent stems of Artemisia selengensis are edible. The tender stems of Artemisia selengensis are dark green or light green, as thick as bean sprouts. Can be picked into segments, with a particularly strong smell, more fragrant than celery. Artemisia selengensis is wild, but now it is technologically advanced and can be cultivated as an annual vegetable.

In fact, Artemisia selengensis is not very good-looking, long and thin intertwined, messy. When eating, you should first remove the small leaves from the roots, then leave the tender stems and knead them into small pieces. People in Nanchang buy Artemisia selengensis and often put it in a white porcelain basin. It is green and crisp, and has a unique flavor by storing supernatant and soaking in water.

When Artemisia selengensis goes on the market every year, it is the time when every household around Poyang Lake dries bacon. Fresh Artemisia selengensis and delicious bacon can be eaten until March. When Artemisia selengensis is old and the bacon is finished, this dish will wait until next year. Perhaps it is to look forward to a more coveted year.

Artemisia selengensis in Hukou

At this time of the year, if you stand on the double bell dike at the mouth of Poyang Lake, the sparse people on the beach here at Poyang Lake are bowing their heads to pick up things, and a group of people on the beach near Meijiazhou on the other side are also bowing their heads to pick up things. These people are the local "Artemisia". Every February and March, the green Artemisia selengensis by Poyang Lake grows wildly. The "customers of Artemisia selengensis" began to take action, and the small Artemisia selengensis brought considerable economic income to the local people.

Although Artemisia selengensis is good, it still needs hard work to get those hard-working "Artemisia selengensis customers" to pick it before serving it on the table. It's okay this year. There is not much rain and homework is more convenient. In the spring rain of previous years, homework was more difficult. Every morning, the iron ferry at the old ferry at the west gate of Hukou is crowded with "Artemisia" from Shuangzhong Town, Hukou County. A team of 100 people went to the other side of Poyang Lake to pick Artemisia selengensis. Most of the people who pick Artemisia selengensis are middle-aged women, and some young people take their children on weekends. Usually leave in one day, with food. Only a few people came back at noon. You can pick hundreds of pounds at the end of the day.

There are two kinds of Artemisia selengensis women. One is to make a living, pick it and sell it to hotels or vendors. One is to pick it from your own home and fry it. These people are mainly elderly women with better economic conditions, who are idle at home, just like a large army coming to pick them up. One does exercise and the other does some original wild vegetables. In the past, the living conditions of ordinary people were poor, so they went to the wild to get some wormwood to eat. Now they are returning to nature.

This year, heavy snow covered the ice sheet and the weather was very cold. Artemisia selengensis froze to death a lot, so it was born later than usual. Some time ago, when Artemisia selengensis was scarce, that is, a few days before and after the Lantern Festival, Artemisia selengensis was tender, top grade and of good quality. After removing the leaves, it can be sold to 15 yuan for a catty. It's March in the lunar calendar, and the price has come down. Generally, wild ones began to appear on the market around the Lantern Festival, but in just two or three weeks, they were rare, because the elders were gone.

After the boat arrived at Meijiazhou ferry on the other side, everyone began to prepare for picking. There are three or four snakeskin bags under the belt, holding a curved sickle. Everyone goes to Cao Zhou. Everyone has a vigorous figure and agile movements. Looking around, more than 20 people spread out, waving sickles and cutting them one by one. A large area of grassland in Meijiazhou is covered with Artemisia selengensis, and there are also many grasslands from Poyang Lake to Xing Zi in Xingang Town. Artemisia selengensis is experienced and specializes in cutting those green and shiny leaves. The cut Artemisia selengensis is thick and tender.

At noon, everyone set out their meals, ate pickles and shoveled them. After dinner, I sat on the grass for a short rest, saved my strength and continued mowing. Until five o'clock in the afternoon, the last ferry from Meijiazhou to Hukou docked, and then I took a tightly tied snakeskin bag back to Hukou by boat. Naturally, the bag is full of pressed Artemisia selengensis. Talking and laughing all the way, returning home with a full load, full of joy after work!

Nanchang people's favorite

The theme song of Jiangxi people's first dialect series "Ten Thousand Families in Baisong Lane" is "Fried Bacon with Artemisia" (sung in Nanchang dialect). Look at the lyrics: (white) What? Wait to die! What to eat? I am greedy! (Singing) Several grasses sprouted in Poyang Lake, and the dining table of Nanchang people became a treasure. Smelling incense, the sky is booming, and I live a lively and delicious life, which is better than frying bacon with Artemisia selengensis, and everyone is happy.

In all the combinations of vegetables and bacon, Artemisia selengensis reached the highest level. The salty and soft bacon is more and more lined with the unique aroma of Artemisia selengensis. Take a bite, your lips and teeth will stay fragrant and have a long aftertaste. No wonder it is indispensable from hotels and restaurants to food stalls. To entertain foreign friends, fried bacon with Artemisia selengensis has become the first choice of Nanchang people and is an essential finale.

Now you can buy the cultivated Artemisia selengensis all year round, but the taste is far from good, and people are still keen on the wild. At this time in previous years, wild Artemisia selengensis in Poyang Lake had been on the market in large quantities, but it was hard to see wild Artemisia selengensis in Poyang Lake in Nanchang this year. Last year, Poyang Lake suffered from persistent drought, and wild Artemisia selengensis began to reduce production in a large area. Coupled with the rare freezing rain and snow disaster this year, the wild Artemisia selengensis is facing a situation of no harvest. It was not until the weather turned warmer that Artemisia selengensis by Poyang Lake germinated and grew slowly, satisfying the tastes of Nanchang people.

In front of some restaurants and shops in the counties near Poyang Lake, you can see the phenomenon that shop assistants gathered around a big barrel of Artemisia selengensis to remove leaves. This is especially true in Hukou County, where rivers and lakes meet. Many families even sit directly on a small stool in front of their homes and remove the leaves of Artemisia selengensis. Children also come to help, and now they pick them and sell them. This is the pure wild Artemisia selengensis in Poyang Lake, and it is the fragrance of the earth, which makes people eat it tirelessly and is regarded as a treasure.

In the spring of March, the dense clumps of Artemisia selengensis on the surface of Poyang Lake always make people daydream, as if it were a philosophical symbol of vitality and meaning. You can make an appointment with two or three friends, face Poyang Lake, fry bacon with Artemisia selengensis, have a full meal, and get drunk in Jiangnan in March. Are you unhappy?

Source: China Hukou. com。