Analysis on the Development of Alfalfa in Song Dynasty
People in the Song Dynasty have a deeper understanding of the form of alfalfa than their predecessors.In the Song Dynasty,there were purple alfalfa,yellow alfalfa and south-ern alfalfa,with more varieties,distributed in the northwest,North China,Southwest and other places,including the distribution of wild alfalfa and the artificial planting of alfalfa.In the Song Dynasty,in addition to the central institutions to manage alfalfa,the functions of local officials will also involve the management of alfalfa.Alfalfa played an important role in the social life of the Song Dynasty,it greatly affected the development of horse industry,ed-ible and medicinal value also received great attention,and many scholars took alfalfa as a po-etic image.
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