The fruit of the water chestnut aquatic plant, water chestnut, is cooked with crispy meat, peeled and eaten, and porridge can also be cooked.

Water chestnut (aquatic plant)

Water chestnut is a kind of rhombic family, rhombus genus. Also known as waist Ling, Water Chestnut, Ling Shi, taste sweet, cool, non-toxic, is the fruit of annual herbaceous aquatic plant Ling, water chestnut skin crisp meat, cooking after peeling to eat, can also boil porridge. Water chestnut is rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids and a variety of vitamins and trace elements. It has the effect of diuresis, relieving thirst and detoxifying alcohol.

Ling, also known as Shu, Fengling, Wuling, water chestnut, rhombus, rhombus, rhomboides, annual aquatic herbs. It is native to Europe and southern China, especially in the Taihu Lake region of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River Delta. Diamond meat contains 24% starch, 3.6% protein and 0.5% fat. It can be eaten raw when young, ripe fruit can be cooked or processed into diamond powder, air-dried can be stored to extend supply, and water chestnut leaves can be used as green fodder or green manure. It helps to strengthen the stomach, stop dysentery and fight cancer. Helps to treat gastric ulcers, dysentery, esophageal cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer. Rhombus handle for external use to treat multiple skin warts; rhombus shell ash for external use to treat yellow water sores and hemorrhoids.

Morphological characteristics

Water chestnut, also known as Ling. The two horns are diamond, shaped like ox horns. The triangle and the four corners are the four corners. Growing in lakes. Diamonds are easiest to grow when they fall in the mud. There are wild Ling, Jialing points, all in March vine extension. The leaves are flat and pointed on the water, very smooth, and there are stems under the leaves. Small white flowers bloom in May and June, open at night, close during the day, and shift with the roundness of the moon. There are several kinds of fruit: there are no horns, two corners, triangles, four corners. The horn is prickly, thin and brittle, and grows at the tip of the horn. An aquatic plant. Annual floating or semi-standing herbs. Root type 2: the muddy root is iron wire, born in the bottom mud; assimilated root, pinnatifid, lobes filiform, light green or dark reddish brown. Stems Terete, slender, or thick. Leaf type 2: floating leaves alternate, gathering at the end of the stem, forming a rosette on the surface of the water.

Leaf

Leaf blade broadly rhombic, 4.5 cm long, 4 × 6 cm wide, surface dark bright green, glabrous, abaxially green or purplish red, densely yellowish brown short hairs (young leaves) or grayish brown short hairs (old leaves), upper and middle margin with shallow concave teeth, margin entire, base broadly cuneate; petiole 10.5 cm long; middle and upper part dilated into spongy air sac, shortly hairy; submerged leaves small, caducous.

Flowers

Flowers small, solitary in leaf axils, pedicel 1-1.5 cm long; calyx tube 4-lobed, only a pair of calyx-lobed indumentum, of which 2 lobes evolve into angles; petals 4, white, inserted on margin of upper disk; stamens 4, filaments slender, anthers T-shaped, dorsifixed, introrse; pistil 2-carpels, 2-loculed, ovary semi-inferior, style subulate, stigma capitate.

Fruit

Fruit with 2 shoulder horns spreading horizontally, without or with barbed thorns, apex curved downward, the ends between the two corners are 7 mi 8 cm wide, curved horn-shaped, fruit height 2.5 mi 3.6 cm, fruit surface purplish red, purple-black when ripe, minutely shortly hairy, fruit beak inconspicuous, fruiting pedicel stout articulate, 1.5 color 2.5 cm long. The seeds are white, Yuanbao-shaped, obtuse, white and powdery. The florescence is from April to August and the fruiting period is from July to September. Also known as "water chestnut". For seed plants.

Plant introduction

Water chestnut is rich in starch, protein, glucose, unsaturated fatty acids and a variety of vitamins, such as vitamin B1, B2, C, carotene and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and so on. The ancients believed that eating more water chestnut can replenish the five internal organs, eliminate all kinds of diseases, and can be light, the so-called light body, is to lose weight and bodybuilding, because water chestnut does not contain fat that makes people fat. The Compendium of Materia Medica says: water chestnut can tonify the spleen and stomach, strengthen the knee, invigorate strength and replenish qi, diamond powder porridge is beneficial to the stomach and intestines, can solve internal heat, and the elderly often eat beneficial. According to modern pharmacological experiments, water chestnut has a certain anticancer effect. Available for prevention and treatment of esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, uterine cancer and so on. The method is to use 20 raw water chestnuts, add appropriate amount of water to boil into thick brown soup, 3 times a day, or 100 grams of water chestnut meat, plus 30 grams of barley rice, boiled into porridge to eat.

The flesh of water chestnut is edible, tender stems can be used as vegetables, and the fruit has sharp horns, commonly known as water chestnut.

Grow in the lake, mature around August every year, water chestnut vine has green leaves, the leaf shape is rhombus, so the fruit is called water chestnut son. The stem is purplish red with bright yellow flowers. Ling is an annual herbaceous aquatic plant, also known as "peanut in the water", the fruit "water chestnut" is a nut, perpendicular to the dense leaves in the water, the whole plant must be picked up upside down before it can be seen. After autumn, the fruit hardens, and if the wild water chestnut is not picked, it will gradually fall off from the stem and sink to the bottom of the water, and sprout in the coming year. Usually, after entering the spring of February, we have to set up a breeding ground for intensive cultivation of seedlings. after the first phase of rice harvest from the end of May to the beginning of June in early summer, the rice fields will be prepared to build land, build ridges, divert water into the fields, and transplant water chestnut seedlings.

There are many kinds of water chestnut, the artificially cultivated ones can be the size of matchboxes, the wild ones are small, and the small ones are only as large as fingernails. There are cyan, red and purple, crisp skin and meat, delicious, can be regarded as a good fruit can also be used as food. It is generally eaten after cooking, or chopped into fine particles after drying, or boiled porridge can also be eaten.

Ling is implied by the Chinese to be "angular" and "sharp".

English name: Waterchestnut,Watercaltrop,Singharanut

Latin name: T. natans, T. japonica,T. Bicornis, different varieties have different names. Plant characteristics

Shape: some are like a cow's head, with or without horns, one horn, two horns, triangle, variety and shape are different. Color: White, light red.

Florescence: June-July. Annual aquatic herbs.

Diamond meat contains 24% starch, 3.6% protein and 0.5% fat. It can be eaten raw when young, ripe fruit can be cooked or processed into diamond powder, air-dried can be stored to extend supply, and water chestnut leaves can be used as green fodder or green manure.

Jiangmen Wuyi area, Chaoshan area is used to be called "Lianjiao".

Growing environment

Water chestnut is generally planted in wet mud in temperate climate, such as ponds and swamps. The climate should not be too cold, preferably between 25 degrees Celsius and 36 degrees Celsius. The water should be 60 centimeters deep.

Distribution range

Water chestnut is native to warm regions of Europe and Asia. But only China and India have domesticated and cultivated them. In southern China, it is especially cultivated in Taihu Lake and Pearl River Delta in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and Honghu in Hubei is the most. Artificial cultivation in southern Shaanxi in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan and other provinces. It is also cultivated in Russia, Japan, Vietnam and Laos. Wild water chestnut has also been found in Shangzhi City.

Cultivation techniques

High yield cultivation techniques according to the practice of planting water chestnut in recent years, in order to obtain high yield, we must grasp the following technical measures for reference.

Select variety

The selection of excellent varieties is not only the basis of high yield, but also the key to compete for the season, occupy the market early and improve the economic benefit. If the raw food is given priority to, the early and middle ripe varieties of large water chestnut can be selected and put on the market in stages and batches. Wuling varieties with high yield and late maturity can be planted. At the same time, because the species of water chestnut is easy to degenerate, we must pay attention to the selection of water chestnut species with full diamond shape, high plumpness, fully hardened pericarp and no diseases and insect pests.

Timely close planting

The suitable time for local stocking of water chestnut is generally around the Qingming Festival and when the water temperature is more than 12 ℃. The methods can be divided into direct seeding and seedling transplanting. Direct seeding is suitable for rivers and ponds where the water depth is 2m and the subsoil is more fertile. When the water chestnut germ grows 1~2cm, the water chestnut seeds are scattered evenly in the water. Before sowing, attention should be paid to the removal of aquatic plants, moss and wild turbot in river ponds. The amount of species used per mu is generally 10kg, and the amount of species used in poor fertility ponds can be increased appropriately. The method of seedling transplanting can be adopted for the rivers and ponds with large water surface and deep water. Select the river pond with fertile subsoil and shallow water, dry water to dry the hard topsoil before sowing, apply enough farm manure as basic fertilizer, put shallow water after planting, and then gradually deepen the water layer with the increase of seedling age, the amount of seed per mu is about 60kg, and the water surface can be transplanted to 6 mu. The seedling age is about 60 days, there are 10 top leaves, the water chestnut is in 15cm, and it has 2-3 branches. When stocking, 10 grass ropes are tied into a bundle and gradually inserted into the bottom of the water. If the density of water chestnut is too high after growing out of the water, artificial density and uniform seedlings can be adopted to prevent the water chestnut from sealing the water surface early and opening small, affecting the yield.

Diamond pond management

Apply enough base fertilizer. As an aquatic vegetable, the law of fertilizer requirement of water chestnut is different from that of xerophytes. Pig manure or rotten mud manure 2000kg can be applied per mu before planting, and 5kg urea can be applied as quick-acting fertilizer per mu after water chestnut germination. after flowering, it can be divided into 2 to 3 times combined with strong yield-increasing hormone 2-3 package for disease prevention and pest control or foliar spraying with 2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate to prevent premature senility.

Pest control and weeding. The common pests of water chestnut are aphids, leafhoppers and so on. In the initial stage of the damage, 90% crystal trichlorfon 800x liquid or 5 Mel 6 50kg mixed with water can be used for small machine spray, once every 10 days, and the use of highly toxic pesticides such as methamidophos is strictly prohibited to reduce residual toxicity and prevent water chestnut deformities or empty shells. The common disease of water chestnut is mainly rhombus plague, which causes leaf rot. It can be sprayed with 5% Jingangmycin 400g plus 200g carbendazim water 50kg machine at the initial stage of the disease. Master disease prevention and pest control for 3 or 4 times in a lifetime. In the pond where water chestnut is stocked, there are many kinds of aquatic weeds, such as deep-water fish lotus grass, shallow green duckweed, plate pinggrass, centipede grass, bryophyte and so on, which must be removed manually in time, otherwise it will affect the photosynthesis of water chestnut. Generally, weeds are cleared every 10 days after the water chestnut is released, until the water chestnut is covered with water.

Pick in time

The principle of harvesting must be market-oriented, centered on the improvement of economic benefits, and picked in stages according to the maturity of varieties and different uses. The water chestnut begins to mature at 20ml 30 days after flowering. The ripening period of early-maturing varieties is from August 15 to 20, and that of late-maturing varieties is at the end of September and the beginning of October. If used as a vegetable or eaten raw, it is best to harvest when the sepals fall off and the pericarp is not fully hardened. If cooked, processed or preserved, it must be picked when it is fully mature. Early-maturing varieties were picked every 5 days, late-maturing varieties were picked once every 7 days, and the whole harvest period was divided into 6-7 times. When harvesting, pay attention to gently lift the diamond plate, gently pick the water chestnut, and put it flat after harvest to avoid damage. If you want to keep the seed of the water chestnut, wash it in the water in time after harvest, remove the floating water, and then change the water every 10 li 15 days to ensure the germination rate of the water chestnut in the coming year.

Nutritive composition

Nutrient element content (per 100g)

Calorie 98 kcal potassium 437 mg

Phosphorus 93 mg magnesium 49 mg

Carbohydrates 21.4 grams vitamin C 13 milligrams

Carotene 10 micrograms of calcium 7 milligrams

Sodium 5.8 mg protein 4.5 g

Vitamin A 2 microgram cellulose 1.7 grams

Nicotinic acid 1.5 mg zinc 0.62 mg

0.6 mg iron, 0.38 mg manganese

Thiamine 0.19 mg copper 0.18 mg

0.1 g fat, 0.06 mg riboflavin.

Food guide

Main efficacy

Suitable for the crowd: the general population is edible.

Therapeutic efficacy: water chestnut tastes sweet, astringent and cool

1. Tonifying the spleen, tonifying qi and invigorating the spleen, strengthening the knee, invigorating and invigorating qi

two。 Anti-cancer, the alcohol extract of Lingshi can inhibit the degeneration and tissue proliferation of cancer cells.

3. Weight loss, water chestnut diuresis, milk, detoxification, is a supplementary food for weight loss.

4. Relieve skin diseases, assist in the treatment of children's head sores, yellow water sores on the head, skin warts and other skin diseases.

In addition, water chestnut can quell the lust of men and women. "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" pointed out: "where the fruit in the water, this thing is the most air-conditioned, people refrigerate, damage Yang, make the jade stem decline."

Water chestnut is good for the elderly. According to modern pharmacological experiments, water chestnut has a certain anticancer effect. Available for prevention and treatment of esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, uterine cancer and so on.

Edible suggestion

Try not to eat raw water chestnut, water chestnut, lotus root, and do not gnaw the skin with your teeth. When eating raw, be sure to wash it thoroughly and soak it in boiling water for a few minutes or in the sun for a day before eating. Wash your hands if you come into contact with aquatic plants or sewage to prevent metacercaria contamination.

1. If you eat too much fresh fruit, it is easy to damage the spleen and stomach and should be cooked.

two。 Lingfen porridge is good for the stomach and intestines and can dissolve internal heat.

Medicinal value of water chestnut

Water chestnut, sweet, astringent and cold

1. Anti-cancer, the alcohol extract of Lingshi can inhibit the degeneration and tissue proliferation of cancer cells.

2. Tonifying the spleen, tonifying qi and invigorating the spleen, strengthening the knee, invigorating and invigorating qi

3, relieve skin diseases, assist in the treatment of children's head sores, yellow water sores on the head, skin warts and other skin diseases.

4. Weight loss, water chestnut diuresis, milk dredging, alcohol detoxification, is an auxiliary food for weight loss.

5, red Lingjiao sun-dried research powder, take 10 grams on an empty stomach, red dysentery sent with old wine, white dysentery sent with rice soup to treat dysentery.

6. Fresh Lingti (diamond handle), rub the affected area several times a day to treat verruca verruca (youth verruca plana, multiple warts).

7. Fresh turquoise stem (defoliated and fibrous root) 120g, fried in water to treat children's head sores, but also can relieve alcohol.

8, the old water chestnut coal storage, research into fine powder, with sesame oil to apply to the affected area, treatment of head yellow water sore.

9, water chestnut powder 10-50 grams, appropriate amount of sugar, water fried into a paste to eat. It has the effect of clearing heat and relieving fever, eliminating annoyance and relieving thirst, replenishing qi and invigorating spleen, detoxifying alcohol. It is suitable for bitterness, thirst, sore throat and other diseases caused by alcoholism.

10, water chestnut, chebula, barley, wisteria tumor each 10 grams, water frying, twice a day, the treatment of esophageal cancer, gastric cancer.

11. Boil raw water chestnut meat into brown thick soup, using 20-30 water chestnuts a day. Decoction for 2-3 times, can treat uterine cancer, gastric cancer. According to Japanese reports, this prescription has been used for a long time and has been effective.

12, water chestnut porridge: 100 grams of rice, boiled porridge, boiled to half-cooked, add 30-60 grams of water chestnut powder, cooked together, seasoned with an appropriate amount of brown sugar. It has the effect of invigorating spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and preventing cancer. It is suitable for chronic diarrhea, malnutrition, old age and infirmity. It also has the effect of preventing and treating gastric cancer, esophageal cancer and uterine cancer.

Taboo on eating

Although the water chestnut is of great medicinal value, it should not be excessive when eating, and should not be cooked with pork, which is easy to cause abdominal pain.

Autumn is the season for picking water chestnuts and water chestnuts. They are fresh and tender when they are just picked. I can't help eating them in my mouth. At this time, it is very likely to be infected with ginger worms parasitic on water chestnuts and water chestnuts. Ginger parasitic in the human small intestine, can cause digestive tract and systemic symptoms, such as abdominal pain, abdominal distension, diarrhea, severe anemia, edema and developmental disorders can occur.

Xiangke food of water chestnut

Water chestnut, especially raw water chestnut, has a cold taste, and eating too much food makes people feel bloated. Water chestnut and honey eat together, easy to lead to indigestion, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhea symptoms.

Water chestnut + pork-liver pain

Eating water chestnut with pork can easily lead to liver pain.

Water chestnut + honey-indigestion

Water chestnut-ginger fascioliasis

Characteristic food

Fresh turquoise stem, commonly known as "diamond seedling". Many people regard it as an ordinary aquatic plant, but it is not. The marvelous use of diamond rice seedlings is endless, which is mainly reflected in the edible value. For example, use fresh diamond rice seedlings to wash, cut and chop into mud, supplemented with meat stuffing to make steamed buns. After steaming, the taste is delicious and the aftertaste is endless. Coupled with the smell of the meat stuffing itself, it is mouth-watering. In addition, after chopping rice seedlings in the same way, the balls made from raw meat, tofu, green vegetables and other ingredients are also a kind of folk delicacy. As an aquatic plant, water chestnut is full of treasures.

50g to 80g at a time. Ling is eaten raw, with Nen Ling as the top grade, fresh and refreshing, while cooked food takes Lao Ling as the best, and the meat is as white as jade.

Tonic Diet

First, diamond powder cake: water chestnut, glutinous rice flour 500 grams each, sugar 50 grams. Shell the water chestnut, dry and grind it into fine powder, mix with glutinous rice flour, add sugar, steam into the cage, remove and cut into pieces. Lingfen cake is a famous food in Qing Dynasty, which has the effect of invigorating spleen and stomach and tonifying strength, and often has a good effect on health care.

Second, roast straw mushroom tomato: 250 grams of fresh red Ling, 250 grams of straw mushroom, 100 grams of fresh tomato, appropriate amount of minced ginger, cooking wine and wet starch. Wash the red diamond, bring it to the boil with water, push and rub it with the hedgerow, after the diamond coat falls off, remove the diamond meat, rinse it with clean water and drain the water. Cut the straw mushroom open. Peel the tomatoes in boiling water, remove the seeds, soak them in clear water, remove and cut into red diamond shape, put the pot on the fire, add appropriate amount of peanut oil to heat, add minced ginger, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine, tomatoes and refined salt, thicken with wet starch and serve. It has the effect of invigorating spleen and appetizer, relieving summer heat and removing dampness.

Third, braised bean curd with diamond: 500 grams of fresh water chestnut, 2 pieces of tender bean curd, a little chopped onions. Peel the water chestnut, rinse and cut it into two halves; wash the tofu, cut it into small pieces, put it in a boiling water pan, remove and drain; add lard, stir-fry chopped onions, pour in clear soup, add water chestnut and tofu, add salt, monosodium glutamate and soy sauce, cover and simmer for 3 minutes, thicken with wet starch, pour in sesame oil, set up a pan and serve. It has the effect of strengthening spleen and activating muscle, sterilizing, and has a certain dietary therapeutic effect on patients with skin sores and ulcers.

Fourth, red diamond juice: 1000 grams of fresh red diamond, right amount of white sugar. Peel the red turbot, mash it, take the natural juice, place it overnight, add a little sugar, simmer in water, and then drink. Drinking red diamond juice in summer has the effect of clearing heat and relieving fever, eliminating annoyance and relieving thirst. It is an excellent cool drink in summer. This product also has the effect of dispelling alcohol poison and sober up.

5. Green onion water chestnut

Main ingredient: 250g water chestnut

Seasoning: 10 grams of green onions, 1 gram of salt, 3 grams of sesame oil

Practice:

1. Peel off the shell of water chestnut with a knife and peel off the purple film

2. Put the water chestnut on the plate, add chopped onions and salt and steam over high heat for 10 minutes.

3. Drop a little sesame oil before eating.

6. Boiled water chestnut

Materials:

500 grams of green onions, 3 slices of ginger, 3 slices of pepper, 2 teaspoons (3 grams), 3 star anise leaves, 3 salts, 2 teaspoons (10 grams)

Practice:

1. After soaking the water for 30 minutes, wash the mud off the surface and crevice of the water chestnut with a waste toothbrush.

2. Diced green onions and sliced ginger. Put the washed water chestnut into the pot, then pour water into the water chestnut, add spring onions, sliced ginger, pepper, star anise, incense leaves.

Close the lid, bring to a boil over high heat, change to medium heat and cook for 15 minutes.

4. When eating, directly break open the shell to eat.

Stewed spareribs with water chestnut:

1. Wash the ribs and set aside. Wash the ribs and set aside.

2. Wash white radish, peel and cut into small pieces, wash fresh mushrooms and cut them in half and set aside. Wash white radish, peel and cut into small pieces, rinse fresh mushrooms and cut them in half.

3. Boil the water chestnut first, cut it in half with a knife, peel off the meat inside and set aside.

4. Put the ribs into the electric rice cooker, pour in the right amount of water and boil with sliced ginger. Put the ribs into the electric rice cooker, pour in the right amount of water and boil with sliced ginger.

5. Boil and skim off the floating foam, put in the fresh mushrooms and simmer with the right amount of cooking wine for 20 minutes. Boil and skim off the foam, put in the fresh [5] and simmer with the right amount of cooking wine for 20 minutes.

6 or 20 minutes later, put the radish in and simmer for another half an hour. After 20 minutes, put the radish in and simmer for another half an hour.

Finally, cook the water chestnut meat for about five minutes, add salt and cook for five minutes until the water chestnut is tasted. Finally, cook the water chestnut meat for about five minutes, add salt and cook for five minutes until the water chestnut is tasted.

8. Just add chicken essence before leaving the pot.

9. Raw materials: 20-30 fresh water chestnuts. Preparation method: rinse the water chestnut, add the right amount of water, and fry it into a thick soup. Take it once a day, 2 to 3 times a day. Utility: invigorate the spleen and stomach, prevent cancer and fight cancer. Description: it is suitable for the treatment of gastric cancer, uterine cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer and so on.

The five internal organs are mended in the main law and order, and the hunger is relieved. It can relieve summer heat, erysipelas, cold and heat, thirst, alcohol and poison. Mash Cheng powder to eat, tonify and prolong the year. The diamond blossoms are often carried by the sun, while the thickened flowers are directed toward the sun, so the diamond is cold and the Euryale is warm. If eating too much, it will damage the spleen and lead to abdominal distension and diarrhea, and then disappear under warm ginger wine.

Plant culture

The Reed flowers fly, the boat shakes, the water swings. A pool of clear water is like a congealed emerald. In the lotus dang came exquisite and graceful singing, and the sound was soft and beautiful. Let people's heart also follow the sound of music. A boat rowed slowly, and several young women sat on it. What they sing in their mouth is Cai Ling, which is popular in the south of the Yangtze River. They rolled up their sleeves to reveal their white and plump arms. Their trouser legs are rolled up, and the skin on their legs is as greasy as grease. They sang songs and reached into the water at the same time, picking water chestnuts rhythmically. The setting sun shone on the water and dyed it red. Reflecting each other, they show even more graceful movements.

The song "Cai Ling qu" sung by a woman is a Yuefu tune, which is soft and beautiful, and many people have written it. It was especially popular in the Southern Dynasty, and together with "Cailianqu", it formed a popular tune at that time. Up to the Tang Dynasty, many people still wrote Cai Ling qu.

Liangjiang Yan in the Southern Dynasty wrote "Cai Ling qu", which said: "the heart is kind in autumn, wading in the water to look at the green lotus." Ziling can also be picked to try to ease sorrow. " He said that Cai Ling can ease the sadness, in fact, it should be a beautiful tune to make people forget the sadness in their hearts. When I am in trouble, listening to some soft tunes will relieve my mood, and I will never get tired of listening to it. As Zhang Jiuling of the Tang Dynasty said, "Lanzhu has no labor speed, and Ling Song is not tired of being long." (Zhang Jiuling's "Donghu Linpan farewell Wang Sima")

Liu Yuxi also wrote Cai Ling qu, and he wrote it for a long time. He wrote: "Baima Lake is sunny in autumn, and Ziling is like Jincai Xiang." Boating girls all over the center, Cai Ling regardless of Ma Shanglang. Fight for more, win each other, turn the orchid and break the light waves. " The water chestnut floated in the water like brocade, and the women did not even have time to take care of their sweetheart and competed to pick the water chestnut. They competed to row to many places in the water chestnut. The blue oar rowed one after another and set off a light wave. The water chestnut is really attractive. He also wrote the sound of Cai Ling qu: "under the Yuanjiang River in qu Ping Temple, the moon shines on the white smoke of the cold waves." A song from the south is heard here, and Chang'an looks three thousand miles north. " The sound of beautiful music can be heard even three thousand miles away in Chang'an, which shows its great charm.

Wen Tingyun of the Tang Dynasty saw someone returning by boat in Chang'an (the Grand Canal of the Tang Dynasty could go straight down to the south of the Yangtze River from Chang'an). Think of my hometown water chestnut. He wrote: "when you return to the east in a tent boat, you can look at Yichu Township every day." The little water chestnut evokes a feeling of homesickness. We can see the position of water chestnut in the heart of the poet.

The Cai Ling qu of the Southern Dynasty is gentle and gentle, while the poetry of the Northern Dynasty is heroic, like Mulan's heroic spirit in the ci of Mulan. I don't think Mulan will be very gentle, otherwise how could she be a strong soldier?

In rural areas, many people eat not only moon cakes but also water chestnuts and pomegranates during the Mid-Autumn Festival.