Sweet potato, also known as sweet potato, sweet potato and sweet potato, is cultivated in many rural areas of Guangxi, among which Dongxing sweet potato is the most famous, Dongxing sweet potato is called "Red Girl" sweet potato, Dongxing wind-blown cake and Beijing fan are listed as "Three Treasures" of Dongxing, and are also exported to Vietnam, Japan and other countries.

Sweet potato was first planted in Mexico and Colombia, and was introduced to tropical and subtropical areas in southern China in the Ming Dynasty, and then planted in Yunnan, Hainan and Guangdong.

Dongxing sweet potato has a history of more than 200 years, and the main producing area is at the southern foot of 100 thousand mountains. Plenty of sunshine and rainfall and unique soil provide a suitable growth environment for "Red Girl".

Dongxing sweet potato is red, long, round, straight, rich in vitamins, nutritious, tender and sweet, sweet and delicious.

At the same time, it also has extremely high medicinal value. Li Shizhen recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that sweet potato is sweet and non-toxic, which can cool blood and promote blood circulation, replenish qi and promote fluid production to quench thirst and stop bleeding, strengthen stomach and relieve constipation, and is most suitable for pregnant women. It can also lose weight, beautify, resist cancer, reduce pressure and prevent diseases. For women, it has the functions of harmonizing middle energizer, nourishing stomach and delaying aging, and female friends should eat it regularly.

At present, the scale of sweet potato planting in Dongxing is getting bigger and bigger, and five "Red Girl" sweet potato festivals have been successfully held. The local crops are harvested twice a year, mainly in summer and autumn. Sweet potatoes are not only sold to Beijing, Shanghai, Shandong, Hongkong, Taiwan Province and other places, but also "married" to Japan and other countries.

As a delicious food on the tip of the tongue, there are many sweet potatoes, and there are many ways to eat them. Stir-frying a sweet potato leaf with sweet potato leaves can poison many people, and it can also be made into sweet potato syrup, sweet potato porridge and so on. It is beautiful, nourishing the stomach, nutritious and healthy.

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