?Eating 300 lychees a day, I will live forever as a Lingnan native? These two lines of poems come from Su Shi's work "Huizhou Unique".

This poem was written by Su Shi when he was demoted to Huizhou. It is a poem praising the deliciousness of lychees.

Huizhou is located in the Lingnan region, and lychees are one of Huizhou's specialties. Su Shi praised lychees as one of Huizhou's top delicacies, hence the name.

Lychees are delicious, and Su Shi's mind is even more magnanimous. Eat 300 lychees a day, and you will live forever as a Lingnan native? The meaning of these two poems is very simple, that is, if you can eat 300 delicious lychees a day, you will not mind living in Lingnan for a long time.

On the surface, Su Shi is writing about the deliciousness of lychees and how lucky he is to be in Lingnan. In fact, these two poems reflect Su Shi's happy-go-lucky optimism and magnanimous mind.

Su Shi was already nearly sixty years old when he was demoted to Huizhou. Suffering official setbacks in his later years was never a happy event, but Su Shi could still chant: "Eating three hundred lychees a day, I will live a long life as a Lingnan native."

Such an optimistic and open-minded poem shows his mood.

If anyone else encountered this kind of setback in their later years, they would definitely be sad and sad. Su Shi's state of mind was unparalleled by ordinary people.

Of course, these two poems not only reflect Su Shi's mentality, but also describe the delicious taste of lychees.

Su Shi's statement of "eating three hundred lychees a day" may be an exaggeration, but it is by no means a random exaggeration of the deliciousness of lychees.

Nowadays, many people like lychees, but in ancient times, lychees were actually more precious.

In ancient times, there was no preservation and fast transportation, and lychees were easy to perish, so it was difficult to get fresh lychees from the south to the north.

There were many celebrities who liked to eat lychees in ancient times, the most famous one being Yang Yuhuan.

In fact, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were also very fond of lychees. It is reported that during the Qianlong period, a small batch of fresh lychees was occasionally delivered to the palace. Emperor Qianlong distributed one or two lychees to each of his mothers and concubines. It can be seen that lychees are

It was indeed a relatively precious fruit in ancient times, especially in the ancient northern regions.

Therefore, Su Shi's saying "eating three hundred lychees a day" is a true portrayal of the ancients' love for lychees.