“深夜一炉火,浑家团栾坐。煨得芋头熟,天子不如我。”这是流传于宋代民间的一首歌谣。食性物源芋头,俗称芋艿,又叫毛芋、蛮芋、芋魁、芋根、土芝,为天南星科多年生草本植物,作一年生栽培。由于芋头形象似蹲伏的鸥鸟,所以也叫“蹲鸥”。《史记·货殖列传》中有“吾闻岷山之下沃野,下有蹲鸥,至死不饥”的记载。这里所说的蹲鸥指的就是芋头。 “A fire in the middle of the night, Hunuan Luan sit. Stewed taro cooked, the emperor is not as good as me.” “This is a folk song spread in the Song Dynasty. Taro food source, commonly known as taro, also known as taro, very taro, Taro Quebec, taro root, soil Zhi, Araceae perennial herb for annual cultivation. Taro crouched like a gull bird, so called ”squat gull“. ”Records of Historical Biography“ there are ”I heard the fertile land under the Minshan, under the squat gulls, do not die to death," the record. Squat gulls referred to here refers to taro.