In the place where Su Dongpo grows lychee, Sichuan Meishan Sansu Temple invites you to "three hundred Japanese litchi"

Cover reporter Li Qing Wang Yuexin

"When the old man sent me to the east, he planted Lizi to return to me." In the first year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1068), during the period of Su Dongpo's home, he had planted litchi trees with his friends at home and met lychee. When he was red, he went home. Who would have thought that Litchi Tree watched in his hometown for thousands of years, but its owner did not return.

This litchi tree died after thousands of years. To commemorate Su Dongpo, in 2007, the San Su Temple was planted in the original site. It is rare that after more than 10 years of careful care, this lychee tree is not suitable for Meishan. Essence

On July 8th, the Sansu Temple launched the "Three Hundred Litchi Litchi" activities, inviting visitors from the eight parties. From July 8th to 9th, 300 lychee will be provided to tourists every day.

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Su Shi's hand planted the lychee at Sansu Temple, please visit the tourists to taste Dongpo flavor

At 8:40 in the morning, Chen Xiaoling, who was traveling from Dongguan to Meishan, came to the Sansu Temple early. After entering the museum, she found that under a litchi tree, everyone was trying litchi.

Chen Xiaoling's husband is a fan of Su Dongpo, and she is also dazzling. She knows that this tree is not small: the first year of Xining (1068) Su Shi at the age of 32. During the funeral of his father, he had traveled with the third old man (Wang Qingyuan, Yang Junsu, Cai Zihua). Essence When Su Shi will leave Meishan, he plants lychee trees at home and agrees with the three olds. When the tree grows up, it will return to Meishan. But the world was unexpected, and Su Shi had never returned. Twenty -two years later, Su Shi wrote "Sending Cai Zihua": "When the old man sent me to the east, he planted Lizi to return to me. Litzi was white, and it was still a north of Jiangnan ..."

Zhai Xiaonan, a librarian of the San Su Temple Museum, said that in the early 1990s, the old planting litchi trees died in Dongpo. To commemorate Dongpo, in 2007, the staff of the Susu Temple re -planted a litchi tree on the original site. The climate of Meishan is warm and humid, and the sunshine time is short, which is not suitable for planting litchi. But this litchi tree was magical and lively, and it was occasionally hanging fruit since 2009. It started a large area of ​​fruit in 2017.

Visitors taste litchi

"I didn't expect so lucky, you can eat litchi at Su Dongpo's home!" Chen Xiaoling said, "Today I feel particularly good, listen to the story and explanation, and eat litchi, this feeling is closer. Such a cultural infiltration method is , Make people resonate. "

For the first time, three "states" linkage at Dongpo's home to realize "three hundred litchi"

Wang Jinchuan, vice chairman of Meishan Literature Federation, said that in Meishan County and Culture and Arts, they have records of Dongpo Danli. "In the recorded literature, the lychee of the lychee and Meishan Yizuan of Sansu Temple is the highest latitudes in China." Wang Jinchuan said, "The Guan of thead is gone. It looks precious. "

Let more people experience this rare taste of Dongpo. For the first time, the Sansu Temple joined the Luzhou Museum and the Su Dongpo Temple (Dongpo Memorial Hall) in Huizhou to provide the delicious lychee of the three places. Dongpo footprints are all over China. Why did you choose Luzhou and Huizhou lychee? Yan Manling, director of the Academic Committee of the Luzhou Museum, said that Su Zhai Danli, which was planted in 2007, was introduced from Luzhou.

"Litchi Xiyang, Luzhou is located in southern Sichuan, and its output accounts for 95%of the whole Sichuan. Therefore, this tree can make a living fruit in the three Su Temples of Meishan, which also makes us feel particularly surprising." Yan Manling said.

Visitors taste litchi

And Su Dongpo and Huizhou lychee are also deep. In 1094, Su Shi was degraded to Lingnan. In April of the three years of Shansheng (1096), Huizhou Taishou Zhan Fan invited Dongpo to taste litchi, and Dongpo Yin was "Two Litchi". "One" wrote: "Four o'clock in the spring of the Luofu Mountains, Lu Rogu Yangmei is new. There are three hundred litchi in the sun.

"Many of Mr. Dongpo's works shared litchi with old farmers or ordinary people in Huizhou, which also reflects his people's ideas and humanistic feelings." Liu Qingquan, deputy secretary -general of the Chinese Su Shi Research Society, said, "Today In the house of Dongpo, we can eat litchi in Meizhou, Huizhou, and Luzhou at the same time, which is a memorial to Dongpo. "

Squirrels and citizens share free adopters for tourists for free this two days

This event will last for two days. As long as the tourists visiting the Susu Temple can receive 1 lychee for free, a daily limit of 300. In addition, the Sansu Temple will also give away 50 cultural and creative postcards for 50 tourists every day.

"I was very happy to have eaten Dongpo lychee and received a postcard." Visitor Wan Xing said that she would send this special postcard to the university roommate in Wuhan and tell her this beautiful story. Essence

Friends who want to go to the Sansu Temple will have a good time. Every time in the ripe season of litchi, Su Zhai Danli will be frequently patronized by squirrels. Since 2019, there have been more squirrels. Li Deyou, a staff member of the San Su Temple, said that Squirrels like to eat very well, and it is not easy to disturb them. Only let them eat.

Stealing lychee squirrel

"Mr. Su Dongpo is a big gourmet who is enthusiastic and hospitable. Some friends come from afar. Of course, it should be enthusiastically entertaining. This is both the family style of the Su Temple and the traditional Chinese virtue." Chen Zhongwen, the curator of the San Su Temple Museum When you taste litchi, you can share with you the words of Litchi, which is full of Mr. Dongpo's family feelings, and tell you this delicious and beautiful Chinese story together! "

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