1. Lychee allusion about Concubine Yang. It is said that in order to please Yang Guifei, the eunuch Gao Lishi from Gaozhou would bring lychees as tribute from his hometown for her to taste every year. However, the shelf life of lychees is only two or three days, so once the lychee branches are picked from Genzigongyuan, they will send their fast horses northward, traveling day and night.
2. The imperial court ordered all provinces along the way to prepare horses, just like the current relay race. Each horse ran desperately for a certain distance. In order to make the beauty accept the basket of lychees, I don’t know how many horses were killed. This is Only then did later generations have a wonderful poem: "Looking north of Chang'an, there are piles of embroidery, and thousands of gates are opened on the top of the mountain. Riding on a red dust concubine, no one knows that the lychees are coming."
3. Su Dongpo's lychee allusions . Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, liked to eat lychees very much, and left a good saying: "If you eat 300 lychees a day, you will never give up and become a Lingnan native". When he was demoted to Hainan from Huizhou, he walked into the Lychee Village while passing through the "Thirty Mile Official Road" in the north and south fortress of Suixi. Unfortunately, the ripening season of the lychees had passed. The elders in the village told him, "If you want to taste the delicious taste of lychees, wait until May next year."
4. Later, Mr. Su Dongpo was pardoned and returned to the north. It was May when he passed through Suixi. He stepped into Lychee Village again. At this time, the village elders brought out the most delicious king lychee - " Double Bag” to entertain him, and he finally got what he wanted. In order to commemorate Su Dongpo's two visits to Lychee Village, the villagers renamed Lychee Village Su Er Village.
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1. In Putian County, Fujian, China, there is an ancient lychee tree planted in the Tang Dynasty, named "Song Jiaxiang", which is more than 1,200 years old. This old tree is still vigorous, with lush branches and leaves and abundant fruits. It is not only the oldest lychee tree, but also a rare old and prolific fruit tree in the world.
2. Song Jiaxiang Guli is not only famous in China, but also highly rated in Europe and the United States. In 1903 and 1906, the American missionary Prussia transported saplings from Putian twice and tried them in Florida, USA. It was successfully planted and spread to southern states, Brazil, Cuba and other places. The lychees grown in the United States and other countries can be said to be the descendants of "Song Jiaxiang"
3. The thousand-year-old tree "Song Jiaxiang". Li, has been listed as a key protected cultural relic in Putian County, Fujian Province.
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