Tianfu natural calendar 丨 Southern Jiaguo, sweet romance (June 30)

Litchi, half of the Qingquan, half of the flames, is the romance of the southern country alone.

The association of lychee is both a precious style and a smile of beauty. In front of Du Mu's emotion, "One riding a red concubine laughed, no one knows is the lychee", and then Su Shi has the praise of "300 litchi in the sun, and he does not resign as Lingnan."

Litchi, spring in the flowering period, summer in the fruit period. The shells are like red, the membranes are like purple maggots, the meat is white as ice and snow, and the beanic acid is like a cheese.

The cultivation of lychee in my country began before the Qin and Han dynasties. Litchi in Fujian, Guangdong, and Sichuan was regarded as a treasure that was "outstanding and unprecedented, unique and expensive". Since the king of South Vietnam dedicated them to Han Gaozu, he became a tribute.

The earliest literature on lychee was "Shanglin Fu" of Sima Xiangru in the Western Han Dynasty. The ancients have realized that this kind of fruit cannot leave the leaves and leaves. If the branches are cut, the preservation period will be lengthened. Bai Juyi said that lychee "If it is from the branches, it changes in color for one day, the fragrance changes for two days, and the taste changes for three days."

There are many types of litchi. There are more than 600 litchi varieties recorded in my country alone. Green, crystal ball, concubine laugh, white sugar poppy, etc. Among them, laurel flavor and glutinous rice are the best varieties, and they are also fresh foods. Hanging green is a precious and difficult variety.

Litchi is rich in nutrition and has high medicinal value. Traditional medicine believes that lychee has the effects of reinforcement, nourishing blood and thirst, nourishing blood, pain, relieving pain, and relieving liver and qi. However, litchi is the gram -Wen product after all, and it has the effect of Wenyang, so it is easy to get angry when eating too much. Therefore, although litchi is good, don't be greedy.

Many people think that litchi is "Lingnan Jiaguo". In fact, in Hejiang, Sichuan, litchi has a history of cultivation for more than 2,000 years. It is one of the earliest areas of lychee cultivated in my country. Hejiang Litchi has won honors such as national geographical indication protection products and the identification of the advantages of agricultural products with Chinese characteristics. Hejiang lychee varieties "with green" are rated as China's top ten excellent species resources.

As one of the main nationwide litchi production areas, among the listing litchi in mid -July to late August, Hejiang lychee production accounts for more than 95%of the country. Some studies believe that the litchi dedicated to Yang Guifei from Sichuan is from Sichuan.