The delicious lychees can also be tasted in Leshan, Sichuan. Yuelai Town, Shizhong District, Leshan City, located at 29°45' north latitude, is the northernmost litchi park in China. "Yang Zixuan, deputy secretary of Yuelai Town, intr-oduced enthusiastically.
The "2021 Sichuan Top Ten Food Landmarks" selection activity is underway. On November 15th, many famous, special and high-quality products in Leshan were shortlisted, including the geographical indication product-Jiazhou litchi.
Lizhiwan Village, located under the top mountain on the right bank of the Pingqiang Gorge exit of the Pingqiang Three Gorges, is picturesque and has rare products. It is named for the abundant litchi. Due to the unique natural climate and environmental factors of the Pingqiang Small Three Gorges, lychees have been planted in Lizhiwan Village and Daohua Village for more than a thousand years. The lychees produced are of high quality, crispy meat, a-nd smooth and tender.
The lychee in Litchi Bay has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years. For more than 2000 years, Litchi Bay has been renowned for producing delicious lychees. As everyone knows, Concubine Yang loves lychees very much. For t-his reason, Emperor Ming of Tang has ordered to present fresh lychees to various places and ordered Kuaima to escort them to the capital for the concubine to enjoy. According to legend, it was the lychees from Leshan Litchi B-ay that were sent to the palace, and Concubine Yang was full of praise after tasting them.
In the Ming Dynasty, the litchi from Litchi Bay was still listed as a court tribute. Every year when the litchi matures, the prefect of Jiazhou sends someone to set up a public case in Litchi Bay to supervise the picking, and assign a s-pecial person to the court. For this reason, the lychees in Litchi Bay are called "official lychees". Nowadays, there are 480 "official litchi" trees standing on the banks of the Minjiang River over 800 years old, and 12 of them are ov-er a thousand years old. The thousand-year "official lychee" has withered and died for three generations, but each time it can be withered and rejuvenated in spring. Under their witness, Lizhiwan Village also ushered in new op-portunities for development in the new era.
In recent years, Litchi Bay has cooperated with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to actively introduce fine varieties, adopt advanced technology and scientific management, and create Jiazhou lychees under the brands of "ec-ological lychees" and "organic lychees". The output is increasing year by year. , The quality of litchi has also been improved. At present, Litchi Bay lychees have been listed as "National Geographical Protected Agricultural Produc-ts". There are many special varieties, the meat is crispy, and the taste is smooth. It can be called a delicious and exquisite product.
From July to August every year, Yuelai Town welcomes the litchi picking season, and the annual litchi tourism and cultural festival also opens during this period. Yang Zixuan said: "Every year, the Litchi Festival is full of people. A t-able of "Lychee Banquet" composed of more than 10 famous dishes such as "Guise Concubine Welcome Guest" and "Guise Concubine Drunken Sleeping" is even more popular with tourists." Outside the lychee season, let peop-le retain the impression of Jiazhou lychee? Yuelai Town "played" little lychees with new tricks: "lychee wine", "lychee honey" and "lychee tea"... became a new way for the villagers to make money.