In the traditional culture of China, chrysanthemum is loved by literati because of its light cold and proud snow. At first, it was called "four gentlemen in flowers" with plum, orchid and bamboo, and later it was called the world's four largest fresh cut flowers with rose, carnation and gladiolus. Then let's look at what the ancients originally planted chrysanthemums for according to historical works.

According to historical records, chrysanthemum has been cultivated in China for 3000 years. In addition, The Book of Rites Moon Order has a star: "There are yellow flowers in autumn and season." Moreover, during the Qin Dynasty, there was a chrysanthemum market in Xianyang, the capital of China. So what was the original purpose of the ancients to cultivate chrysanthemums? The correct answer is for the purpose of taking and medicinal value. According to the Miscellanies of Xijing compiled by Liu Xin in the Han Dynasty and Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, "Chrysanthemum is suitable, leaves and stems are picked and mixed with millet. Drink it when it is ripe on September 9 next year, so it is called chrysanthemum wine. " This chrysanthemum wine was called "longevity wine" by the concubines in the palace at that time, because it could be given to each other as a nourishing medicine.

Tao Hongjing, a medical scientist in the Southern Dynasties, divided chrysanthemum into "true chrysanthemum" and "bitter barley". "True chrysanthemum": purple stems, pungent smell, and leaves can be used as soup. Tears of Bitter Job: Qing Wu is very big, made of absinthe, and tastes slightly bitter. It is worth mentioning that the book "Pastoral Chat" written by Jing Ke, a Song Dynasty, is marked as: "Shu people have many kinds of chrysanthemums, seedlings can be used as medicine, flowers can be planted in gardens, and wild chrysanthemums can be used as medicine in country parks."

In addition, when the ancients cultivated chrysanthemums, they also created a delicious food called "chrysanthemum meat". In the production process, fresh and tender raw pork should be processed with Chinese medicine boiled with white sugar, and then several chrysanthemum petals should be stuck on the raw pork to make it full of sweet vegetable oil, which can be described as spicy and delicious. In addition, there are chrysanthemum rice with good color and fragrance, such as chrysanthemum soup, chrysanthemum tea, chrysanthemum scallop porridge and so on. Therefore, in general, the original purpose of the ancient people's cultivation of chrysanthemum was to take it and its medicinal value.