Baoshatan radish

The radish in Bao Beach is 10 kilometers northwest of the county seat, and there is a mountain called Jianshan. At the southwest foot of the mountain, there is a beautiful village. Most of the villagers are surnamed Bao. In front of the village is the Wohe River, and there are several beaches by the river, so the village is named Bao Beach. Nearly a thousand acres of fields in the east of the village are rich in radishes, which are famous far and near. Some people say that it is the gift of gentle river water; Some people say that the delicate and graceful Jianshan brings the spirit of Zhong Ling; Others say that it is the shade of the Millennium ginkgo trees on the other side of the river that makes the radish grown in this land unique and different. There are two varieties of radish in Bao Beach: one is "Dahongpao" and the other is "thieves don't steal". "Dahongpao" is 30 to 40 centimeters above the ground; "Thieves don't steal" grows underground. The largest is 2 to 3 kilograms, and the average yield per mu is about 4000 kilograms. The skin is as red as fire, the flesh is as white as jade, the appearance is smooth, there is no hair, there is no scar, it is crisp, refreshing and silky when eaten raw, and it is resistant to storage. It can not only satisfy hunger and thirst, but also has high medicinal value, and has the effects of invigorating stomach, clearing away heat and smoothing qi. Stir-fried and delicious. Since the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the past merchant ships have transported the radish from Bao Beach up to Bozhou and Kaifeng via the vortex river and down to Huaiyuan, Bengbu, Nanjing, Yangzhou and Zhenjiang for sale. In these places, regardless of the size of the market, the radish from Bao Beach will not be sold out, and the radish from other places will not be sold. There are also some 0 vendors who put radishes from other places below and cover them with radishes from Bao Beach to fake the real ones. There is also a legend about the radish in Bao Beach! At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Nian Army revolted. In Tancheng, 15 kilometers northeast of Bao Beach, there lived a leader of the Nian Army, who constantly led a crowd to attack the Qing army in Mengcheng. In order to suppress the twisting army, Sengqin came to suppress the twisting at the behest of the Western Empress Dowager. Many battles, each with its own injuries. On one occasion, the Qing soldiers were defeated by the Nian Army when they attacked Tancheng. Senggelinqin led the defeated troops to the southwest to escape. When he fled to Bao Beach, he was blocked by the vortex river, and he was exhausted and hungry. At this time, the Qing soldiers broke into a large radish field, and the horse ate the leaves and the man ate the roots. Sanggelinqin also forgot the identity of the prince, and took a abalone beach radish from his men and ate it. As soon as I entered, I felt that it was different from radish in other places. It was cool and refreshing, moistening my heart, quenching my hunger and thirst, and redoubling my spirit. Then he rallied and led his troops to deus ex and fled back to Mengcheng. Since then, the reputation of Bao beach radish has spread. Before collecting and storing radishes every year, the county yamen took the radishes from Bao Beach as a major specialty of our county and went to Gongjin.
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