In ancient times, people lived by eating animal meat and wild fruits, and many people died of illness. At that time, people didn't understand medicine, and once they got sick, they had to resign themselves to fate. Emperor Yan was very anxious when he saw the pain of people's diseases. One day, Emperor Yan came back from the mountain, so tired that he was full of sweat, and his back ached and his legs ached. He was greeted at the door by his own transparent glass poodle. Emperor Yan suddenly remembered that the dog shook its head and tail all day, but it was never sick. Does it eat something different from what people eat? Does it eat the roots, stems and leaves of Shan Ye plants? In order to find out the mystery, regardless of his personal safety, he took a glazed poodle across the mountains and carefully observed the dog's reaction after eating various foods. One day, Emperor Yan took his dog from Tiejia Mountain in Chaling to Bailuyuan by the river to enjoy the natural scenery, taste medicine and identify grass. Suddenly a heavy rain drenched him, and he felt dizzy, chest tightness, vomiting and unstable. At this time, the colored glass poodle was gnawing at the root block, and Emperor Yan picked up a piece conveniently. After washing, he sat on the ground and chewed slowly, only feeling spicy and tasteless. After a while, my mind relaxed and my spirit was greatly boosted. Therefore, Emperor Yan named this plant "Ginger" after "Ginger", which means that he got a second life.
Legend has it that a long time ago, Lv Chunyang, a heavenly doctor, dressed as a Taoist priest and went to collect herbs among the people. One day, when he passed by a village, he saw an old woman on the side of the road turning over her stomach, that is, pouring three pills from the gourd for the old woman to eat. Unexpectedly, the old woman's condition worsened after taking the medicine, and Lu Chunyang was so anxious that he was sweating and helpless. At this time, a white-haired old man arrived barefoot, reached out and touched the old woman's forehead, felt her pulse and said, "It's cold, I'll get some medicine right away." Then he picked up a hoe and dug a piece of green grass behind the house. I sliced the root of the yellow block and then added water. After boiling, I put brown sugar on it and let the old woman drink it. After drinking, the old woman suddenly sweated all over and her abdominal pain disappeared. The old woman praised him and said, "Old Man Jiang, you are really good. Medicine is more useful than Lu Xianweng in the sky. " Lv Chunyang saw the old lady holding Lao Manjiang so high, shaking with anger, and determined to get back at Lao Manjiang. He turned a fiery poisonous snake into a chinemys reevesii and let it climb to the Old Man River. Lao Manjiang killed the tortoise and cooked it before drinking it at home. Lv Chunyang was waiting for the news of ginger's poisoning. Who knows, ginger's old man was not poisoned, but he became more energetic. Lv Chunyang couldn't help it. Let's find out. Lao Manjiang smiled and said, "What is the tortoise afraid of? Three slices of turmeric can cure all kinds of poison. " After that, I found a yellow thing, which was the medicine that the old woman had taken. Lu Chunyang was so impressed that he poured out all the medicine in the gourd and vowed never to show his medical skills on earth again. In order to thank Lao Manjiang, people call "yellow ginger" "old ginger".
Similarly, according to legend, one day, Tie Guai Li came to the foot of Wuzhiyan Scenic Resort Scenic Area and saw an old farmer walking happily with a green turtle with a big cover in his hand. Tie Guai Li knew at a glance that it was a poisonous turtle, so he stopped the old farmer and said that the turtle could not eat, and the poisonous snake shrank its feet. The two feet behind the tortoise don't stick out, so it will be poisoned if eaten. The old farmer smiled and ignored it. In the evening, Tie Guai Li went to the old farmhouse again to prepare for the treatment of people who had been poisoned by turtles, but the old farmhouse had nothing to do. Tie Guai Li was puzzled and asked the old farmer. The old farmer said, I know this turtle is poisonous, but ginger can cure all poisons without invading. I cooked turtle with ginger, and the poison of turtle was dissolved by ginger. How can it be poisoned? Tie Guai Li didn't know that "there is a panacea in the world, and immortals don't have to come down to earth". So he pulled out the gourd plug on his back, poured out the medicine, turned himself into a wisp of smoke, and went back to heaven. The place where Tie Guai Li pours medicine is the origin of ginger in Wuzhiyan Scenic Resort Scenic Area.
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, ginger is a product that helps yang. Since ancient times, Chinese medicine has always said that "people can't live without ginger for a hundred days." Su Shi, a poet in the Song Dynasty, described an 80-year-old monk in Jingci Temple, Qiantang, Hangzhou, in Dongpo Miscellanies. A full face of childishness, "I have been convinced of ginger for forty years, so I am not old." Su Dongpo met an 80-year-old monk by the West Lake. He is as strong as a 40-year-old body and got a prescription for ginger to prolong his life. When Su Dongpo was an official in Hangzhou, he enjoyed the beauty of the West Lake very much. He once wrote a poem: "The water is bright and sunny, and the mountains are rainy." If you want to compare the West Lake to the West Lake, light makeup is also appropriate. "The beauty of the West Lake is like the beauty of a beauty, but it is difficult to swim into her arms because of the vast water surface. Therefore, he led the people to build a Su Causeway across the West Lake, which complements Bai Causeway, which is easy to impersonate, and becomes a beautiful scenery of the West Lake. One day, Su Dongpo swam the West Lake alone in casual clothes. He was walking on the Su Causeway, and he was very happy to see the people helping the old and bringing the young, coming and going, and bustling, and finally doing something practical for the people. I only heard people praise: "Mr. Su is an official in Qiantang (that is, Hangzhou), benefiting the West Lake and the future. Unfortunately, there are too few good officials like him! " He felt ashamed that life was too short to do anything. It suddenly occurred to me that there is a healthy and long-lived monk in Jingci Temple not far away who is worth visiting. Looking around, Jingci Temple is hidden in the lakes and mountains where "the lotus leaves are infinitely colorful the next day, and the lotus leaves reflect the sun shadows in different colors". I don't know who let the cat out of the bag, but monks in Jingci Temple have been waiting in line outside the mountain gate for the arrival of Lord Su. Su Dongpo waved and said, "You don't have to stand on ceremony. I came to visit the old abbot today for personal reasons. Help yourself. " So the abbot welcomed Su Dongpo into the meditation hall, and the young monk brought the West Lake Longjing tea. While drinking tea, Su Dongpo asked the abbot, "I heard that you have a healthy monk here. Can you have a look? " The abbot told the young monk to call. I saw that the monk was full of energy, with his chest held high, his face rosy and his eyes bright, and he looked only forty years old. The abbot said, "This is the medicine monk in our temple. His name is Cong Wang Yao. He is here to visit Lord Su. "Su Dongpo got up and gave up his seat, folded his hands and asked devoutly," I've heard for a long time that the eminent monk is healthy and long-lived, but when I saw him today, he really deserved his reputation. "Excuse me, why is Guigeng Geometry so old?" Cong Wang Yao nodded blindly and said, "I am a poor monk in my fifties and forties. I'm so fat and bloated that I can hardly walk. Later, one party made a milk cake and ate it for more than 40 years, so it was not old. " Su Dongpo asked if Wen Ping could be obtained. How to make milk cake? Cong Yao's king said, "Master Su benefits the people, and I want to dedicate this side to the adults. This recipe only uses ginger, mashes ginger, wrings ginger juice, puts it in a porcelain basin, stands for clarification, removes the yellow supernatant, removes the thick white layer, dries in the shade, and scrapes off its powder, which is called' ginger milk'. A catty of old ginger can get about one or two pieces of ginger milk, which can be mixed with three times of flour to make cakes and steamed. Eat one or two cakes on an empty stomach every day. I am light and healthy after eating 1 year. Then I escaped into the mountain gate, and I kept eating. It seems that gingerbread will accompany me all my life. " Su Dongpo thanked Cong Wang Yao and returned to his home, thinking that making ginger milk cake was very complicated. Besides, he grew up in Meishan, Sichuan, and was used to eating rice, but he didn't like pasta. So he visited the people again after the official business, and finally collected the "staying young" with ginger as the main medicine. He admired this aspect very much, and once wrote a poem: "One catty of ginger and half a catty of dates, two ounces of white salt, three ounces of grass, two ounces of lilacs and agarwood, and four ounces of fennel are smashed in one place. Fried or soaked, this medicine is better than Bao. Have a drink every morning and you will never get old. "
Legend has it that White Snake stole Xiancao to save Xu Xian. In Legend of the White Snake, the white snake scared Xu Xian to death because of the Dragon Boat Festival, and went to Kunlun Mountain to steal fairy grass. After the fairy grass was stolen, cranes and deer boys chased after it. Exhausted, White Snake hurried into Wuzhiyan Scenic Resort Scenic Area. The white snake rolled from the top of the mountain to the bottom, and the fairy grass was thrown on the hillside. When she woke up, the ground was covered with fairy grass. The white snake dug one of them and hurried back to Hangzhou to save Xu Xian. This fairy grass is the ginger bud on Wuzhishan. So ginger is also called "rejuvenation grass", and ginger soup is also called "rejuvenation soup" and "living soul soup" This kind of fairy grass later propagated under Wuzhiyan and became the famous Wuzhijiang.
Finger ginger is a good product for both medicine and food. There is a folk saying that "San Qian's five-finger ginger is not old and does not bloom".