鲜花入馔,古已有之。早在两千多年前,我国的养生家、道家、僧家,出于养生保健、延年益寿的需要,就常以菊花伴食。大诗人屈原的《离骚》中也有“朝饮木兰之坠露兮,夕餐秋菊之落英”的诗句。而云南有“植物王国”、“天然花园”的美誉,鲜花入馔更是普遍。民谚有“云南十八怪”之说,其中一怪就是“鲜花当蔬菜”。地处滇西的大理白族地区,一年四季百花得以盛开,这得天独厚的自然条件使人们以花卉为美食,从而创造出生活中一道绚丽的“风景”——食花文化。大理地区可供食用的鲜花有白杜鹃、芋花、金雀花、苦刺花、棠花、桑花、芭蕉花、饭勺花、马樱花、山韭花、青藤树花、蜜蜂花、羊奶花、木 Flowers into the food, the ancient has been. As early as two thousand years ago, China’s health-care home, Taoism, and monk family often used chrysanthemum for their health care and longevity needs. The poet Qu Yuan’s “Li Sao” also has a poem entitled “Fall to the Drink Mulan, Comes to the Fall of Chrysanthemum”. Yunnan has “plant kingdom ”, “natural garden ” in the world, flowers into the food is more common. Minyan has “Yunnan eighteen strange,” said one of the strange is “flowers when vegetables ”. Located in the Dali Bai ethnic region in western Yunnan, the flowers bloom in all seasons. This blessed natural environment enables people to take their flowers as their food, thus creating a beautiful “landscape” - food culture in their life. Flowers available in Dali Bai Rhododendron, taro, broom, bitter flower, Tong Hua, mulberry, banana flower, rice scoop flowers, horse cherry, mountain leek flowers, ivy tree flowers, melissa, Goat milk, wood