What is a red-billed green Ying Ge?

Spinach, with green leaves and bright red roots, is also called-red-billed green Ying Ge. Spinach, also known as Persian cuisine, red root cuisine, parrot cuisine, etc. It belongs to the genus Spinach of Chenopodiaceae and the genus Panicum. The height of the plant can reach 1 m, the root is conical, reddish, less white, the leaves are halberd-shaped to oval, bright green, whole or with a few toothed lobes.

This good name also has an allusion. According to legend, one autumn in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong paid a private visit to the countryside of Xuzhou. Because his money was stolen, he was hungry and thirsty. In autumn, the climate was dry and his nose was bleeding, so he went to the farmhouse to beg. The farmer fried some cakes for him and cooked a pot of soup. Gan Long tasted the soup, which was very delicious. Soon, the nosebleed stopped. He asked the farmer what the soup was made of. The old farmer smiled and said, "Green marrow and white jade version, red mouth and green Ying Ge." When Qianlong returned to Beijing, he asked the minister to analyze these two folk songs. It turns out that in this turquoise soup, there are pieces of white jade tofu and spinach with green leaves and red roots.