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Books and information about bracken

1. Edible bracken was first recorded in "The Book of Songs": "Zhipo Nanshan, it is said to pick the ferns." In ancient times, there was a story about Boyi and Shuqi not eating Zhou millet, but picking bracken in Shouyang Mountain, so later generations used to pick bracken as a food. A symbol of aloofness and seclusion.

2. "Erya·Yi" records: "The bracken grows like a child's fist, purple and fat." Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, said, "The bracken has become a child's fist." Huang Tingjian, a poet of the Song Dynasty, also wrote a poem: "The young shoots are beginning to grow. "These all refer to bracken. In bracken-producing areas, people generally call bracken "fist vegetable", "fist bean sprouts" or "bergamot vegetable". The name "bergamot shark's fin" is derived from this, and is actually "bracken shark's fin".

3. Bracken is a delicacy and has a long history of being used in food. "The Book of Songs·Zhaonan": "Zhi Nanshan, I want to pick its ferns." Chen Zangqi of the Tang Dynasty recorded in "Supplementary Materials of Materia Medica": In the late Shang Dynasty, Boyi and Shuqi, the sons of Guzhujun, swore not to eat food after the destruction of the Shang Dynasty. Zhou Su gathered ferns and weeds to satisfy his hunger, and eventually died of starvation in Shouyang. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Mr. Luli, Xia Huanggong, Dongyuan Gong and Qiliji, known as the "Four Hao", had great ambitions and long life. To escape from the Qin Dynasty, they lived in seclusion in what is now Shaanxi with their wives and children. In Shangshan within the territory, ferns are collected and eaten. When Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, heard about it, he admired them very much and issued an edict asking them to come down and serve as officials. However, they refused and continued to live a life of poverty and seclusion. Therefore, the Shangshan area still calls Fernlai "Shangzhi". "Shangshan Zhi" or "Zhi Zhi". "Supplementary Materials of Materia Medica" also records: "The Four Hao ate sesame seeds and lived a long life", which means that the four hermits ate ferns and lived a long life. "Song of Shang" written by "Si Hao" said: "Mom high mountains, deep valleys. Ye Ye Zhizhi can satisfy hunger. When Yu Shiyuan in Tang Dynasty is far away, where will I go? The four horses and high canopies are of great advantage. Wealth and honor are afraid of others. "It's not as good as poverty." It can be seen that bracken has the therapeutic effect of prolonging life.

4. The method of eating ferns by the Boyi brothers and the Sihao hermits has yet to be verified. According to "Qi Min Yao Shu", during the Later Wei Dynasty, people in Tianshui, Gansu Province ate bracken by collecting it in February, making it into dried vegetables, and eating it in autumn and winter. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that the way people in the Ming Dynasty ate bracken was to take the young stems, boil them with gray soup to remove the mucus, and then dry them in the sun and eat them as vegetables. People in the Qing Dynasty soaked it in boiling water until soft, removed the roots, leaves and thick stems, selected the very tender parts, simmered them in chicken soup and ate them. In modern times, bracken can be boiled, roasted, simmered, stewed, or stir-fried. There are many cooking methods and countless varieties of dishes.

5. It is said that Liu Bang's son Liu Gao went out to hunt in the city one day. Suddenly a strong wind came and swept him and his followers into the clouds and mist. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was hanging from a pine tree. It was quiet and there was no sound at all. He wanted to find his way back to the palace, but where could he find it? So he walked around in the woods for a few days. When he was hungry, he could only eat some bracken to satisfy his hunger. By the time the entourage found him, he had been dead for several days. The imperial doctors found the source of his death, but it was too late. Since then, people in the Han Dynasty did not eat bracken. If it were not Bracken's fault, then the history of the Han Dynasty would have been rewritten.