Zhao Guangxian, a late Yutian historian and former professor of Beijing Normal University, once wrote a special article: "This kind of rice is slender and has a red line around its long axis, so it is named Rouge Rice. Cooking rice or porridge is fragrant ... this kind of rice is produced at the foot of Koizumi Mountain in the northeast of Yutian City 18 miles. It used to be exclusive to the royal family and has never been taken out. "
According to legend, the spring water here was dug by Qi Huangong during the Spring and Autumn Period when he led an army to crusade against Ganoderma lucidum and solitary bamboo.
During this period, fortunately, the commander-in-chief of General Town in Qing Dynasty introduced rouge rice in Fengnan and Tanghai, and the local rice varieties have been preserved to this day. Zhao Wenguang, head of Tangshan Shunxin Food Co., Ltd., introduced 300 Jin of rice seeds from Fengnan and returned to the hometown of rouge rice. Yutian rouge rice has been harvested. According to Su Yadong, a famous scholar in yutian county, the legend of Yutian rouge rice lies not only in its excellent quality and rich nutrition. Rich in mineral elements and 18 amino acids beneficial to human body. The inspection report of Shunxin Food sent to the Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Testing Center of the Ministry of Agriculture in Hangzhou on 201/kloc-0 showed that its potassium content was 1948.30ppm and its iron content was 30.50ppm, both of which were more than twice that of ordinary rice. Especially commendable is that its magnesium content is as high as 2062.60ppm, which is 6 times higher than that of ordinary rice. Magnesium has the function of protecting nerves.
If people lack it, they will become irritable, nervous, sensitive to sound, excited and impulsive. If they lack it for a long time, they will have cramps, tremors, frequent pulse, insomnia and muscle weakness. Serious lack will have an impact on the brain, such as unclear thinking, disorientation, depression and so on. At the beginning of pregnancy, the fetus in the abdomen is the time to grow nerves. At this moment, magnesium supplementation can not only make future children smarter, but also make rouge rice easy to digest, and pregnant women who are more harmful will not vomit after eating it. In addition, rouge rice contains 560.00ppm proline, which is more than twice that of ordinary rice. Proline is a non-essential amino acid, which is rarely studied by biologists, but it has a positive effect on teeth and human cold resistance. According to the test report of Rouge Rice, the content of 18 amino acid detected by Rouge Rice is 1.5 times higher than that of ordinary rice, so it has great nutritional value and is a veritable amino acid rice. The legend of rouge rice lies in its cultural connotation.
Rouge rice was first seen in Yutian County Records during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, and what really made him famous was Dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin, one of the four classical novels. In chapter 53, it is mentioned that farmers in Heishan village pay rent to Ningfu every year, including "Yutian rouge rice two loads", which is Redmi, which was very precious at that time. This kind of red rice porridge was asked by Jia Mu when she got up for dinner in the morning. It is described in this way. It tastes delicious, unlike ordinary products, that is, she specially asked someone to bring some to Xifeng. Grandmother Jia has always loved Wang Xifeng, and all the delicious food should be given to her, which shows that this meal is delicious. Cao Xueqin's hometown is very rich. Later, his ancestors made contributions with dragons, raised flags and covered them with white flags. In the Qing Dynasty, the rich, Zunhua and Yutian belonged to the same county, so Cao Xueqin was very familiar with Yutian rouge rice and wrote it in A Dream of Red Mansions. When Emperor Qianlong arrived, rouge rice became royal rice and was widely planted in Fengze Garden in western Beijing. When Lafayette Cixi eats breakfast every day, the chef has to prepare more than a dozen bowls of porridge, but Lafayette only likes to eat Yutian rouge rice porridge, and she doesn't even look at the porridge next to her, even bother to look at it. I actually knew this trick, held it in my arms and cried, asking Chairman Mao for this trick. According to people who know exactly, when tanaka kakuei invaded China, the troops were stationed in Tangshan. Fortunately, the meal tasted delicious at first. Japanese like to eat rice. During the war, the law clearly stipulated that Koreans under their rule and China of Manchukuo were not allowed to eat rice, and all the rice planted was supplied to Japanese combat troops. Tanaka, who later returned to China, suffered from the defeat of the Japanese army and often did not have enough to eat. Every time he chews a vegetarian rice ball, Tanaka sighs to his colleagues: "In China, in Tangshan, China, there is a kind of Redmi, which is the best thing I have ever eaten!" It can be said that eating rouge rice again is Tanaka's only long-cherished wish in this life. History made Tanaka the first prime minister to normalize Sino-Japanese relations. In order to fulfill his long-cherished wish, after his visit to China, he simply traded three of Japan's best Mitsubishi off-road vehicles and Hebei Province for the seeds of rouge rice! Rouge rice played a decisive role in the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan and witnessed the friendship between the two peoples.