The fragrance of celery grows in the spring water, and the crown jade serves the important guests. ——From An Rushan's "General Cao" of the Song Dynasty. It's too late to think of offering celery when all the bean sprouts are gone. ——From Bao Hui of the Song Dynasty, "Two Poems with Lu Bowei Yun" means: be diligent to get rich, and be diligent and thrifty in managing your family.
Celery, also known as celery, parsley, cattail and cress, is native to the swamps along the Mediterranean coast and was later widely cultivated in countries around the world.
The cultivation of celery in my country began in the Han Dynasty. At first, it was only grown as an ornamental plant, and later as an edible plant. After continuous cultivation, Chinese celery has become a Chinese celery with slender petioles and rich fragrance. Li Shizhen said in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "There are water celery and dry celery in celery. Water celery grows at the end of rivers and lakes, and dry celery grows in the plains.
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