The red concubine on horseback smiled, but no one knew it was lychee. ——Du Mu's "Three Quatrains on Passing the Huaqing Palace"
Eating 300 lychees a day, I will grow up to be a Lingnan native. ——Su Shi's "One of the Best Things to Do in Huizhou"
The smoke and green water near the west of Jinjiang River, and the ripe lychees on the top of Xinyu Mountain. ——Zhang Ji's "Chengdu Song"
There are no more precious fruits in the world, and the jade snow skin is covered with crimson gauze. ——Qiu Jun's "Ode to Lychees"
It evokes the scene of Aunt Feng in the late Qing Dynasty and recommends lychees to the new world. ——Zhang Xiaoxiang "Huanxisha·Eighteen Guests Sitting on the Mid-Autumn Festival"
Lychees on both sides of the bank are red, and thousands of families are in the mist.
——Li Shizhong's "Bodhisattva Man·Zi Gui's Cry Breaks the Tower Moon"