Pingle Arrowhead

Pingle Arrowhead

　　Arrowhead is planted in autumn, grows through winter, and is harvested around the Spring Festival. It can be cultivated throughout Guangxi, with particularly high yields in Liuzhou County of central Guangxi, Babu District and Pingle County of eastern Guangxi, as well as Pingguo County, Tiandong County, and Tianyang County in the Youjiang River Valley. Typically, arrowhead is planted after the early rice harvest, following a rotation system between arrowhead and rice. In recent years, Guangxi has also actively explored intercropping cultivation methods for arrowhead.

　　Arrowhead is rich in starch, protein, vitamins, and various trace elements, offering anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, thirst-quenching, lung-moistening, stomach-strengthening, and cough-relieving benefits. It is one of the daily vegetable varieties favored by many, especially among residents in northeastern Guangxi, where eating arrowhead has become a common practice and a must-have dish during the annual Spring Festival.