Heard Baotong Temple bell is authentic Hongshan purple seaweed moss Hongshan red purple bolts why so expensive.

Just like Hangzhou is full of Xihu Longjing Tea, but there is a place of origin, the rank is: Shifeng Mountain, Longjing Mountain, Yunqi, Tiger run and Meijiawu.

Vegetable moss is everywhere, but Hongshan vegetable moss is the best and most famous, and the frosted Hongshan vegetable moss is the best. Ordinary people can eat South Lake, Yezhi Lake and Townsend Lake around has been very good! These places used to be within reach of Hongshan Temple.

I said that the cabbage planted in these places, the thickest I have ever seen can be as thick as my wrist, and it is sold to hotels in other places for about 50 jin.

In other places, such as those planted in Jiangxia, this is not the case at all. The fingers are thicker and the taste is very different.

I once took the cabbage seedlings from Wuhan and planted them in my hometown, but I really couldn't grow like this in Wuhan.

Hongshan cabbage moss is named for its purple stems and leaves because it originated in Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. Hongshan cabbage was called "Purple Song" and "Brassica" in ancient times, but now it is commonly known as "red cabbage" and "purple cabbage". It is named because it is produced in Hongshan area of Wuchang, and it has been cultivated for more than 1700 years. According to historical records, Hongshan cabbage has been very famous in the Tang Dynasty. It is a native product that pays tribute to the emperor. It was once named as the "imperial dish of the Golden Palace". "the tower shadow bell reflects purple song." Thanks to the microclimate and unique local varieties from Baotong Temple to Zhuodaoquan and Hongshan to Nanhu Lake, Hongshan cabbage has survived for thousands of years and is still a business card of Wuhan, Hubei Province. a famous dish full of nostalgia and unforgettable. As famous as Wuchang fish. Red vegetables bolting, meat food, vegetarian fried are unique flavor, sweet and crisp fragrance.

In Wuhan, there is a vegetable full of legends. It is as expensive as gold, and it once created a sky-high price of 1000 yuan per jin; it captivated people and made Su Dongpo visit Wuchang three times, willing to wait for a winter; it traveled through ancient and modern times, enjoyed unfailing fame, entered Zhongnanhai four times, and now carried forward Jiangcheng in its own name. Cauliflower is familiar to Wuhan people, but Hongshan cabbage is mysterious to Wuhan people. When it comes to Hongshan cabbage, countless people will wonder--

"Why is it authentic when you have heard the bells of Baotong Temple?" "what on earth is the taste of Hongshan cabbage?" Even do not understand, a handful of green vegetables, why is it more expensive than gold? Is it worth it?

Full of curiosity, I came to this legendary and mysterious place of origin.

At the end of 1980s, due to urban construction and construction, the planting area of Hongshan cabbage decreased suddenly. In 1995, the Wuhan municipal government designated a special enclosure to protect the only vegetable field that could grow authentic Hongshan cabbage.

However, due to the weak public awareness, Hongshan cabbage, a rare variety, has not been well managed and protected.

In 2004, in order to popularize the relevant knowledge of Hongshan cabbage bolts to the public, Wuhan Chutian Hongshan Caihua Industry Development Co., Ltd. appeared in the form of auction for the first time and finally decided at a price of 1000 / jin. Sunny days, which were popular in Wuhan catering industry at that time, purchased Hongshan cabbage with 100000 yuan in one breath.

Today, although the yield of Hongshan Chinese cabbage is not high, the output value is rising year after year.

It is estimated that in 2018, the output of Hongshan cabbage will be about 10-150000 jin, and the output value will also reach about 7 million. "Xia Xiangyong said.

Since the rise of online shopping in 2010, the main body of Chinese cabbage consumers have also changed from the local high-consumption population in Wuhan to the high-consumption population in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places. And the price of each vegetable stalk also ranges from 99 yuan / jin to 688 yuan / jin.

Hongshan, located in the hilly area, has nine ridges and eighteen depressions, and the soil is red soil and yellow loam, which is the most suitable zone for the growth of red cabbage.

The gray tide soil and red-yellow soil of Hongshan Chinese cabbage origin is also known as "the excellent resort for breeding rare Chinese cabbage", so this is why there are tens of millions of vegetable fields planting Chinese cabbage in Hubei, but only the origin can be called authentic.

Because of this, many people have come up with a method of "digging and transplanting" to satisfy their appetite.

First there was the laughingstock of Li Hongzhang's brother Li Hanzhang's "sending troops to scrape the land," and then there was the joke of Japanese agricultural experts "digging the earth to return home," but in the end, the cabbage planted ended up bitter and difficult to import.

In addition, Hongshan cabbage has strict requirements on temperature and humidity.

If the temperature is too low to grow, the bolting speed will be too slow, and if the temperature is too high, it will grow madly, resulting in a worse taste. Therefore, the "microclimate" in which the low temperature is at 7 °and the high temperature is at 24 °and 25 °is the most suitable climate for its growth.

On the other hand, this vegetable field facing the South Lake and backed by Baotong Temple, due to the construction of urbanization, high-rise buildings form a natural protective barrier for Hongshan cabbage, which is precisely the microclimate it needs.

So this is the mysterious legend of the authentic Hongshan cabbage bolting that has to be opened by Baotong Temple.

Of course, with this unique climate and soil, it will not work without an experienced farmer to raise it.

In 2014, Hongshan Caicai Bolt Base was recruiting some soil experts with more than 10 years of experience in planting Hongshan Caihua, and then, after layer by layer selection by the base, hired Zhou Jinwang, who had rich planting experience for 18 years.

From drying seeds before sowing, preparation of ploughing and leveling before raising seedlings, to timing of planting and transplanting, field management and application of cake fertilizer, we should not be careless step by step.

As a farmer with an annual income of only 6 or 7 thousand, the 65-year-old never thought that those seemingly ordinary vegetable bolts could make a great difference in his life.

Today, even in the worst years of the weather, he earns as little as 50, 000, and even 100000 in good weather. Now, cabbage has not only become a part of his life, but also affected his joys and sorrows. The better the weather, the happier it is. If the weather is bad, it will be sad.

"as long as I still have good legs, I hope I can keep growing!" Uncle Zhou smiled.

Follow Uncle Zhou into the field and take a freshly picked Hongshan cabbage, which is different from the ordinary cabbage in shape, color and taste.

Compared with the common cabbage with thin stem and narrow diameter, Hongshan cabbage can grow to 70-90 cm in height and 6-9 cm in diameter. The stem is thick and thin in shape.

And Hongshan cabbage has bright color, purple dry pavilion and yellow flowers. Not only the skin is dark red and purple, but the meridians of the leaves are also purple. Compared with the green leaves of common Chinese cabbage, it is more expensive, so it should be said that purple comes from the east.

As we all know, once cauliflower grows, it has to be pinched and sold immediately, otherwise it will be easy to grow old. However, the yellow flower of Hongshan cabbage has grown since the seedling and will not grow old until it is picked and sold.

The more intuitive difference between Hongshan cabbage is a layer of white wax on the surface of the stem. Uncle Zhou told me that this is because the fertilizer irrigated is natural cake fertilizer.

With that, Uncle Zhou immediately pinched one and let me have a taste.

With a gentle break and a click, the vegetable stalk is easily broken. The fresh vegetable stalks in the entrance are full of juice, sweet and sweet, as if eating fruit and cucumbers, without a sense of astringency.

In this case, it is no exaggeration to say that I can sit on the ground and eat an acre of this vegetable field.

When it comes to eating cabbage, people in Wuhan love nothing more than stir-frying and fried bacon.

There is no need for too much processing and seasoning, only the simplest salt can bring the fresh and sweet of cabbage into full play. Hongshan cabbage out of the pot, the soup is dark purple, not like ordinary cabbage general soup pan-green.

A crisp Hongshan cabbage, a chewy bacon, sweet and salty fragrance, intertwined and balanced on the tip of the tongue.

But the most advanced way to eat Hongshan cabbage should be cold dressing!

In Chi Li's novel to endless years

Big Mao once asked Leng Zhichao, "what's so good about Wuhan?"

It's worth sacrificing everything to stay. "

She replied: because the vegetables in Wuhan are too fragrant.

"the balsam pear in Guangdong is too light, and the hollow vegetable in Hainan is too light.

The turnips in the north are too light, and the chili peppers in Hunan and Sichuan are too hot.

But only if there is Hongshan cabbage can it be called fragrant! "

Hongshan cabbage is not only the perfection of the tip of the tongue to Wuhan people.

It is also the beauty of our homesickness when we are in a different place.

It is the pride of Wuhan people!