人们饮食习俗中通常所称的“素食”,本应包括植物的根、茎、叶、花、果实五部分.由习惯使然,人们常将根、茎、叶、果实称作:“菜”.说“吃菜”,听来顺耳,因为一日三餐,莫不用之,大家都很熟悉.但说到“吃花”,一般人却不可理喻,甚至莫名惊诧.其实,多数植物的根、茎、叶、花、果实都是可以入馔为食的.为什么花的食用性往往为一般人所忽视呢?大概有如下原因:一方面花乃色美味香之物,其主要功能是点缀生活,供人观赏;另方面,许多花要结实,去花则无果,所以一般不常以花为食,“食花”不为一般人所理解便在常理之中了.然而,“食花”作为一种饮食习俗,古今中外,皆不乏其例.据典籍记载,我国以花为食的传统饮食习俗,古已有之.早在战国时期,伟大诗人屈原在其《离骚》中就咏道:“朝饮木兰之坠露兮,夕餐秋菊之落英”同时,又在其《涉江》中吟唱:“登昆仑兮食玉英,吾与天地兮比寿,与日月兮齐光”.有人说,屈原在这里吟咏的“餐落英”、“食玉英”是为了“益增其贞洁”(见胡文英《屈骚指掌》),是为了抒发自己高洁的情趣,和不愿与世俗同流合污的志向,是否真要吃“落英”“玉英”,尚待考证.但从侧面我们不难看出:战国时人们早已认识到花是可食的,而且“食花”是一种超乎寻常的高雅享受.在我国,具体提倡食花的据说最早是? The so-called “vegetarian”, commonly referred to in the dietary practices of people, should include the roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits of plants, which are often referred to as “vegetables” by habit. Say “eat vegetables”, it sounds pleasant, because three meals a day, do not use it, we are all familiar.But talking about “eating flowers”, most people are not reasonable, even inexplicable surprise.In fact, the majority of plant roots and stems , Leaves, flowers, fruits are all into the food for food.Why the food edible is often ignored by most people? Probably the following reasons: On the one hand, flowers are delicious flavor of the object, its main function is to decorate the life for People see; on the other hand, many flowers to be strong, to spend no fruit, so generally do not often eat flowers, “food flowers” is not common sense to understand it is common sense .However, “food flowers” as a According to the records of ancient books, the traditional dietary tradition of taking flowers as food in our country has existed in ancient times.As early as the Warring States period, the great poet Qu Yuan wrote in his “Li Sao” North Korea drink Magnolia fall Xian Xi evening Chrysanthemum Falls “at the same time, in its” involved in the river “singing:” Deng Kunlun Xi food Yuying, Wu and the world Xi than life, and the sun and the moon Qi light. “Some people say that Qu Yuan here Chanting” meal falls English “,” Food Yuying “is to” benefit its chastity “(see Hu Wenying” Quotations “), is to express their own noble taste, and do not want to cling to the world’s aspirations, whether it really want to eat” the British “” jade “remains to be verified .But we can easily see from the side: the Warring States Period people It has long been recognized that flowers are edible, and ”food flowers" is an extraordinary and elegant enjoyment.In our country, it is said that the earliest is to advocate flower food specifically.