Urgently seek the historical story about litchi.

Su 'er Village, Suixi County, Zhanjiang City, formerly known as Litchi Village, has many litchi trees. Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, likes eating lychees very much, leaving a famous sentence "300 lychees a day, I will not hesitate to be a Lingnan person". From Huizhou to Hainan, after passing the "Sanliguan Road" of Suixi North-South Fortress, I entered Litchi Village. Unfortunately, the ripe season of litchi has passed. The elders in the village told him, "Try the delicious litchi until next May". Later, Mr. Su Dongpo was pardoned and returned to the North. It happened in May when he passed Suixi, and he stepped into Litchi Village again. At this time, the elders in the village held out the most delicious litchi king-"double package" to entertain him, and he finally got his wish. To commemorate Su Dongpo's two steps into Litchi Village, the villagers renamed Litchi Village Su Er Village, meaning "Su Dongpo entered Litchi Village twice". Another story tells that Su Dongpo was exiled from Huizhou to Hainan, passing through the "Sanliguan Road" in the north and south fortress of Suixi, and asked for directions in Lizhi Village. The villagers in litchi village did not give Su Dongpo directions, but they also embarrassed Su Dongpo. Later, the village girl learned that this person is Su Dongpo. To commemorate Su Dongpo's visit here, Su Dongpo was named the second child in the village, namely "Sur Village".

In the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo was relegated to Huizhou for resettlement. When eating litchi in Lingnan, he wrote a poem with emotion: "When spring comes in Luofu Mountain, oranges and bayberries are new. 300 lychees a day, I don't want to grow up to be a Lingnan person. " Let the litchi in Luofu Mountain be famous all over the world. According to the research of Huizhou Museum, this great writer not only likes litchi in Luofu Mountain, but also frequents the litchi garden in Huicheng District, where he eats litchi and writes poems. Su Dongpo visited Baishui Mountain with friends when he was in Jiasi. "Xi Xie Li Pu" on his return (Su Shi's anthology edited by Kong Fan). People invited Dongpo to "bring wine back" and Dongpo "readily agreed". Since then, it has been called "Lipu", and the couplets of the nearby Wangbian Ancestral Hall also have the language of "Lipu Chunnong".

The most precious and oldest variety of litchi is Gualv in Zengcheng, and the oldest mother tree is Xiyuan, which grows in Zengcheng. This tree has a history of more than 400 years. According to legend, in the Ming Dynasty, a former minister of the Ministry of War, Zhan Ganquan (from Xintang, Zengcheng), got a high-quality litchi seedling from Fengting Town, Xianyou County, Fujian Province, brought it back to Zengcheng, and invited monks and nuns to plant it in the West Garden, which became today's green litchi. The fruit of this tree is different. Every litchi has an obvious green line passing by the stalk, which divides the fruit in two. There are also two raised "shoulders" near the handle. Its flesh is more crystal clear than other litchi, and its surface is smooth as jade. If wrapped in tissue paper, the paper won't get wet overnight. Have a taste, in addition to the special sweetness, there is also a fragrant and delicious taste, which used to be a tribute to the court. Zhu Yizun, a writer in Qing Dynasty, said, "Litchi in Fujian and Guangdong is inconclusive. As far as it is concerned, Zengcheng is green, the most embarrassing! "

There is a tall and shady "Litchi Queen" in Mumian Village, Taiping Town, Conghua City. In 2004, it was listed as the largest litchi tree in Guinness World Records. When we visited here last year, the fire broke out in July. The weather was very hot, and the outdoor temperature had reached 35 degrees Celsius, which was cool and humid. Although it has a history of more than 460 years, Coulee is developing vigorously. According to the villagers, this kind of tree generally produces more than one ton of fruit a year, and the harvest year can reach 2500 Jin, which can be regarded as the "litchi king" with the highest yield in Guangdong Province. The planter of this tree is Li Minbiao, a gifted scholar from Conghua. According to records, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, he went to Beijing to take the exam, but he was excluded from the list by powerful people. Many students wrote letters to complain, which caused a sensation in the ruling and opposition circles. The emperor summoned him to appease the people. After seeing Li, the emperor appreciated his talent and gave him one hundred lychees. Please take it back to Li to show your filial piety to your parents. The emperor felt filial and gave an extra litchi seedling. Li took it back to Guizuiling in Mumian Village for planting, hence the name "Litchi Queen".

The origin of Guiwei litchi: Zengcheng Xiancun has a Jigang village. A long time ago, there was a poor farmer in the village. The owner's name is Chen Dayuan, the wife's name is Liu Huizhen, and the child's name is Chen Guimei. A family of three lives in poverty. Chen Dayuan often goes out of the village to do odd jobs to make money. Besides doing housework at home, Hui Zhen sometimes grows vegetables in the fields. One day, Huizhen took six-year-old Guimei to cut grass in the field. Guimei is young, chasing butterflies in the shade. Chasing, chasing, unconsciously caught up with the litchi tree of village bully Chen Guixian, and the butterfly flew high and flew on the litchi tree. Guimei looked up and saw the bright red lychees on the tree, so she forgot to chase butterflies and reached out and picked two lychees on the drooping branches. Just as Chen Guixian was passing by the garden, he shouted, "Little thief, how dare you steal my litchi in broad daylight!" " "

The sound was like a bolt from the blue, which startled Guimei and turned around and ran away. Chen Guixian rushed forward like a madman, grabbed Guimei by the collar with one hand and snatched the litchi back with the other. Who knows that Guimei clung to litchi and cried desperately: "I want litchi! I want lychee! " Chen Guixian got angry, spread out his palm, slapped Guimei a few times, then grabbed Guimei's chest and pushed him to the ground. Guimei fell on her back and kicked Guixian again. At this time, Guimei's mother arrived at the sound. Seeing this scene, Guimei rushed forward, hugged the child in one hand and cried for mercy: "Sir, forgive me for being lax in disciplining the child and stealing your lychee. I'll blame him when I get home. Please calm down. " Guimei hugged her mother tightly, surprised and scared, crying desperately: "I want to eat lychee, I want to eat lychee!" " Seeing the child covered in mud and sweat, the mother was distressed and pitiful, and took him home gloomily.

The next day, Guimei had a high fever due to shock and was in a coma for a whole day. She doesn't think about tea and rice, and often orders litchi. The couple were very worried and gave him several doses of decoction, but his condition worsened and became more and more serious. Hui Zhen was heartbroken at this scene and said to her husband with tears in her eyes, "Alas, the cause of the child is all caused by eating litchi. Why don't you go to Xiancun to buy some lychees and tell him not to think about it all day, and his condition may get better. " Dayuan followed his wife and bought some lychees from Xiancun. She took them to her son and said, "Look, Mel, mom gave you some big and red lychees." Guimei listened to the word litchi, slightly opened her eyes, saw a few bright red lychees, smiled, shook her hand, took the lychee and gently put it on her chest. Suddenly, my eyes went black, my hands hung down, my head tilted and I passed away sadly. The Dayuan couple endured their grief, buried their children in a mound in the back hill and put those lychees in the grave. In the second year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, several litchi seedlings grew in front of children's graves. Dayuan cherished it, carefully dug out litchi seedlings, planted them around the children's graves, and watered and fertilized them. Ten years later, litchi has grown up, and this place has become a small green litchi garden. Litchi trees bloom and bear red litchi fruits. This litchi is not only especially sweet, but also refreshing. In memory of his son, Dayuan renamed Xiaoli Garden Guimei Garden. Since then, Guimei litchi has come out. As for later generations who wrote Guimei as Guiwei, it may be that the pronunciation of "beauty" and "taste" in Guangzhou dialect is similar and evolved.