"300 lychees a day" is both a misunderstanding and a deliberate act of the poet, who expressed his nostalgia for Lingnan in an exaggerated way.

"300 lychees a day" comes from a seven-character quatrain "Huizhou Unique" written by Su Shi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. This quatrain is the best litchi advertisement in Huizhou history, and its spokesman is Su Shi, the first "internet celebrity" in ancient times. Huizhou litchi can be said to be from ancient times to the present.

The story behind "300 lychees a day";

As we all know, Hakkas are very hospitable, and the arrival of Su Dongpo, a great writer, is also very popular with the people, because Lingnan has left many delicious foods about Su Dongpo, such as Dongpo meat and so on. When the kind Lingnan residents saw where Su Dongpo was eating litchi, they kindly reminded him: "One litchi has three fires", which means you should take it easy and don't eat too much. This thing can get angry.

After all, I am a native of Lingnan, and I know that litchi is easy to get angry. Su Dongpo listened, and Su Dongpo didn't know it when he first arrived. In addition, he is not very proficient in dialects, so he misunderstood that there are 300 lychees a day. You know, in Hakka, it is very similar to three lychees a day in Mandarin. This is because Su Dongpo misunderstood the goodwill of people at that time. It is this kindness that has made famous sentences through the ages.