586th article第586期双语推文
As the saying goes, harvest in autumn, and store grain in winter. It's time to eat sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes take pride of place in the vegetable markets of Zhengzhou. With sweet and soft taste, or with a chestnut flavor and less fiber, this kind of sweet potato is deeply loved by Zhengzhou people.
秋收冬藏，又到了吃红(hong)薯的季节。在郑州(zhou)大街小巷的菜市场，红薯总是占(zhan)据一片天地，因口感香(xiang)、甜、糯、软，或栗子香口味(wei)，纤维少，深得新老郑州(zhou)人的热爱。
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Huayuankou has a flat landscape and a geological structure of alluvial and diluvial sediments from Yellow River floods in previous years. The soil is mainly red sandy loam with high organic matter and nutrient content and rich mineral and trace elements. Moreover, the local temperature fluctuation between day and night is big, so it is very suitable for cultivating sweet potatoes. The Huayuankou sweet potato agricultural area is located on the nearby flood plain of the Yellow River. It stretches from the Chengzhuang Village in Guxing Town in the west to Shenzhuang Village in Huayuankou Town in the east, connects the southern embankment of the Yellow River in the south, and faces Yuanyang County and Wuzhi County in the north across the Yellow River.
郑州花园口地势平坦，地(di)质结构为历次黄河泛(fan)滥冲积物和洪积物，土(tu)壤以红砂壤土为主，有机质及(ji)养分含量高，矿物(wu)质及微量元素含量丰富，且(qie)当地昼夜温差大，非常适(shi)宜红薯生长。红薯产区主要位于花园(yuan)口附近的部分黄河滩区，西起古(gu)荥镇程庄村，东至花园口镇申庄村，南(nan)接黄河南岸大堤，北隔黄河与原(yuan)阳、武陟相望。
Huayuankou has a long history of planting sweet potatoes. According to the Food Records of Henan Province: During the Reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Henan suffered from severe drought and poor harvests. Characterized by resistance to drought and barren soil, sweet potatoes were introduced from Fujian to Zhuxian Town in Kaifeng and Huayuankou south of the Yellow River, where they were planted in summer and harvested in autumn. One season's harvest could be worth half a year's grain.
花(hua)园口种植红薯历史悠久，据《河南省(sheng)粮食志》记载：清乾隆年(nian)间，河南旱灾严重，连年歉收，红薯从福建引到开封朱(zhu)仙镇和黄河以南花园口等地，具有耐旱、耐贫(pin)瘠的特点，夏日栽种秋获丰收，一(yi)季收可抵半年粮。
Sweet potatoes were widely planted in the Yellow River area of Zhengzhou from 1840 to 1949. By 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, the planting area in the whole area had reached uv 7,300 mu (1 mu=666.7 square meters). Sweet potatoes had been the staple food for people along the Yellow River until the 1960s and 1970s. There's a saying among the peasants, "A year's harvest of sweet potatoes equals half a year of grain, and sweet potatoes are the sustenance of farmers."
近(jin)代以来，红薯一直在郑州黄河地(di)区广泛种植，到中华人民共和国成立(li)初期全区种植面积已达7300亩，直至20世纪六七十年代，红薯也(ye)一直是黄河沿线居民的主(zhu)要口粮。广大农民群(qun)众流传着“一年红薯半年(nian)粮，红薯是农民的保驾(jia)王”的说法。
As people's living standard improves, the demand for green and healthy food keeps on growing. At present, the planting area of sweet potatoes on the banks of the Yellow River has uv reached 20,000 mu (1mu=666.7 square meters).
随着人民生活水平(ping)的提高，对绿色健康食品的需(xu)求不断高涨，目前黄(huang)河滩红薯种植面积已达(da)到2万亩。
The Yellow River floodplain has an excellent environment with little pollution of the water source, soil and atmosphere. The unique climate has created ideal conditions for the growth of high-quality sweet potatoes, resulting in good appearance, pure taste and moderate starch quality. In 2011, Huayuankou comsweet potatoes were identified by a geographical indication.
黄河滩区环境优良，水(shui)源、土壤、大气无污染(ran)，得天独厚的气候条件为生产优质(zhi)红薯创造了条件，造就了(le)红薯外观好看、熟食味道纯正、粉质适中。2011年，花园口红薯(shu)喜获国家地理标志认证。
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