From ancient times to the present, the vegetables written by poets, either praising their delicacy, or praising their health-preserving efficacy, or borrowing things for righteousness, are full of strong cultural connotations and life interests.
There is a poem in The Book of Songs, "Kan Kan cuts radiation, cuts radiation, cuts ke, I care about gold, and it doesn't last long", which vividly depicts the scene of guests drinking and having fun at the banquet, and the wine in the gold is made of vegetables.
Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a famous sentence "Peach Blossom Pond is deeper than thousands of feet, not as good as Wang Lun", and the source of this poem is that Wang Lun deals with a man as he deals with you. Li Bai was grateful for Wang Lun's hospitality, so he wrote this poem with vegetables as the carrier of friendship.
Su Dongpo was also a famous "gourmet" in Song Dynasty. He once wrote, "Peach blossoms are three or two outside the bamboo, and the duck prophet warms the spring river. Artemisia selengensis has short buds all over the ground, which is a famous sentence when the puffer fish wants to come up. Artemisia selengensis and reed bud are fresh and tender wild vegetables in spring. Together with puffer fish, it constitutes the unique spring breath 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 Record of the Garden. He wrote in the poem "Ode to Spinach": "Blue and green thread, golden plate with 500 stems. The spring breeze is so beautiful, and there is snow and frost. " It depicts the crisp taste and attractive color of spinach, which makes people drool.
Guo Moruo, a modern poet, pinned his patriotic feelings on vegetables. He wrote in the poem "Vegetable Leaves": "Vegetable leaves are green and yellow, and the motherland is 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 observing and tasting vegetables, poets have entrusted rich thoughts and feelings, or praised nature, or expressed 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, as well as their full life feelings.