Cinnamon is longan.

Cinnamon and longan are the same thing, just different words. Cinnamon is longan dried after the fruit, so there is no substantial difference, generally fresh fruit in, we can call cinnamon, or longan, if the sun into the dried fruit, generally known as dried cinnamon. Longan is in fact dried cinnamon, "Gui" character through the "noble", meaning "rich", and "round" is represents "reunion", so there is a symbol of wealth and prosperity.

Osmanthus and jujube, peanuts, lotus seeds together, also has the symbolism of early birth, more suitable to send with the newlyweds, to express a blessing. Doing business is all about harmony and harmony and wealth, and cinnamon round because of the round shape has such a symbol, so from ancient times to the present, by the merchants like. In addition, it also symbolizes great wealth and prosperity, career advancement, successful examinations, good luck and so on.

Difference between cinnamon and longan

1, different methods

Longan, belongs to a kind of fruit; cinnamon, is the longan harvest, after cutting, fruit selection, grading, baking and a series of process of fruit drying, can also be understood as a drying longan or longan fruit dry.

From the method of preparation, longan is a fruit picked after growing and ripening on the tree, while cinnamon is a dried fruit product obtained from longan through a series of steps such as grading, baking and other processing.

2, the appearance of different

Longan appearance is more round, the whole full, inside the flesh is white, flesh with black kernel in the middle; cinnamon appearance of the form of different, looks more shriveled, flesh is dark brown, wrinkled into a ball, flesh and skin between the large gap.

3, the taste is different

Longan juice meat, flesh full of elasticity, taste tender and smooth, eat a sweet flavor; cinnamon less juice, bite no Q elasticity of the feeling, eat a slightly sweet, taste sweeter than longan.

4, eat different

and other fruits, longan eat is a fresh, directly peel off the skin, the entrance can be eaten, and lychee eating method is similar. As a fresh fruit, longan's shelf life is very short, so buy home, to eat as soon as possible, so as not to rot and spoilage, or because it is not fresh to affect the taste.

The flavor of cinnamon is sweeter than longan, there is no juice, if eaten directly as a fruit, it will feel a little greasy, therefore, cinnamon is often used to boil soup to drink. Cinnamon is often sold in dry goods stores or traditional Chinese medicine stores and has a long shelf life.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - Longan