"For many people, we should know from the poems of the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu that the concubine smiled at litchi. So, where is the princess laughing litchi? What are the producing areas of Feizixiao litchi?

Why is the princess laughing?

That's why concubines laugh at litchi. Yang Guifei is known as one of the four beauties, and Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, is also a famous romantic in history.

When they meet, they will naturally leave many well-known stories.

Yang Guifei likes to eat litchi. When the litchi is ripe, she is required to eat fresh litchi every day.

But litchi is produced in the south, mostly in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Sichuan, Taiwan Province and other places.

However, the capital of the Tang Dynasty is in Xi 'an, which is thousands of miles away from the nearby litchi producing area.

In addition, fresh litchi is difficult to preserve. "Once it leaves this branch, it changes color one day, smells fragrant in two days, smells bad in three days, and the smell of the sky disappears in four or five days."

"In order to Yang Guifei, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty transported the trotters from Sichuan day and night, often with the same taste.

Du Mu, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, has a quatrain called "Crossing the Huaqing Pool", and there is a famous sentence in the middle to talk about it: "Riding a princess in the world of mortals, no one knows it is litchi.

"There is also a litchi called concubine smile, hence the name.

Where does the concubine smile lychee come from?

Litchi originated in the south, mainly in Guangdong.

And Guangdong is famous for litchi in Conghua, Zengcheng and Luogang! Litchi is a subtropical fruit tree, evergreen tree, about 10 meter high.

The peel is scaly, bright red and purplish red.

When the pulp is fresh, it is translucent and fatty, delicious, but not storable.

Maoming City, Guangdong Province is a national fruit production base.

The world litchi production base.

The city's fruit planting area is more than 4.3 million mu.

Litchi covers an area of 1765700 mu.

It is more than twice the area of litchi in India (843,000 mu), the second largest litchi producer in the world.

It is about equivalent to the sum of litchi area in other countries.

The annual output of litchi accounts for 25% and 20% of the whole country respectively.

Where is the origin of Feizixiao litchi?

Feizixiao, a variety of litchi, is also called Luotangpu and Jade Bag.

Du Mu, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem: "Riding a princess in the world of mortals and laughing, no one knows it is litchi.

"Smile princess this variety is so named.

This variety has large fruit, thick meat, beautiful color, small stone, sweet taste and excellent quality and flavor.

Mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions, it is one of the middle and early maturing varieties with high quality.

Geographical distribution of the producing areas of Feizixiao litchi

Feizixiao litchi originated in Guangdong.

Guangdong Zhongshan, Guangzhou suburb, Conghua, Zengcheng, Dongguan, Nanhai, Shunde, Jiangmen, Gaozhou, Huaxian (Huadu), Bao 'an Nantou, Guangxi, Taiwan Province and Hainan are all planted.

When will litchi ripen?

The ripening season of litchi is from June to July every year. Many varieties of litchi have been cultivated now, and the maturity season of each litchi is different. For example, early-maturing litchi has been listed in March.

Feizixiao is a selected litchi. Litchi looks big and full, and the color contrast is particularly obvious. Litchi is usually red and green. Although the overall color is green, it is actually very sweet and the core is very small.

The princess is so green that she will be sour when she smiles. If it is red, it will be sweet. If it is red and green, it is sweet and sour. It's delicious and beautiful.

Princess smiles are generally sour and sweet, and taste more delicious and authentic.

Green has more colors than red and is more delicious.

Where does the concubine smile lychee come from? The origin of Feizixiao litchi is distributed here for everyone to introduce. Feizixiao litchi was expensive when it was first listed, about twenty or thirty yuan a catty, but the price will be different in different regions and at different times.