说到夏天的美味，我最喜欢的莫过于岭南特产——荔枝了。
When it comes to the deliciousness of summer, my favorite is undoubtedly the Lingnan specialty - lychee.
荔枝是夏天特色水果。成熟的荔枝圆滚滚，红彤彤，和鸽子蛋一般大小，浑身凸起了密密麻麻的小疙瘩，好像一个个身穿红袍的小刺猬。荔枝品种丰富，最常见的有桂味、糯米糍、白糖罂、妃子笑等等。
Litchi is a summer specialty fruit. The mature lychee is round and plump, with a bright red color, the size of a pigeon egg, and has numerous small bumps all over its body, like little hedgehogs wearing red robes. There are a variety of lychee varieties, the most common of which are cinnamon flavored, glutinous rice cake, white sugar poppy, Feizixiao, and so on.
据说妃子笑由杨贵妃喜食荔枝而得名。唐代诗人杜牧的《过华清宫》一诗专门写了此事：“一骑红尘妃子笑，无人知是荔枝来。”唐朝首都在长安，离荔枝最近的产地也有一千多公里，而新鲜荔枝很难保存，一旦离开枝头，一两天就会变色，两三天就会变味，可谓“一荔难求”。为了博得杨贵妃一笑，唐玄宗命大臣高力士派人快马加鞭，日夜兼程，将荔枝从千里之外运送到长安城。
It is said that Feizi Xiao was named after Yang Guifei's love for lychee. The Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu's poem "Passing through the Clear Palace of China" specifically wrote about this matter: "Riding on the Red Dust Concubine Laughing, no one knows it's lychee." The capital of the Tang Dynasty was Chang'an, and the closest production area to lychee was also more than a thousand kilometers away. Fresh lychee was difficult to preserve, and once it left the branches, it would change color in one or two days and taste in two or three days. It can be said that "one lychee is hard to find". In order to win the smile of Yang Guifei, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered his minister Gao Lishi to send people with fast horses and whips to transport lychees from thousands of miles away to Chang'an City day and night.
我最喜欢吃的是桂味。壳薄，易剥，轻轻剥开那红艳艳的外皮，一丝淡淡的桂花香味扑鼻而来。桂味也许就是就是因为这股香味而得名的吧？剥开的荔枝，果肉呈乳白色，好似一颗晶莹的琉璃珠。荔枝入口，凉爽润滑。一口咬下去，汁水四溅，甜甜的果汁充盈唇齿，如同品尝琼浆玉液，细细咀嚼，甜味浓厚，富有弹性。汁水顺着舌头滑到喉咙，一路润过你的胃，再滋润你的心田，简直是享受人间美味呀！难怪苏东坡在《惠州一绝》中写道：“日啖荔枝三百颗，不辞长作岭南人。”
My favorite food is cinnamon flavor. The shell is thin and easy to peel off. Gently peel off the bright red outer skin, and a faint fragrance of osmanthus wafts in. Perhaps Guiwei is named after this fragrance, right? The peeled lychee has a milky white flesh, resembling a sparkling glass bead. Litchi in the mouth, cool and smooth. One bite down, the juice splashes everywhere, filling the lips and teeth with sweet juice, like tasting nectar. Chewing carefully, the sweetness is strong and elastic. The juice slides down your tongue to your throat, moistening your stomach and heart all the way, it's simply enjoying the deliciousness of the world! No wonder Su Dongpo wrote in "One Wonderland of Huizhou": "Eating three hundred lychees a day, I am a Lingnan native
荔枝不仅美味，而且营养价值很高。荔枝的果肉含有丰富的葡萄糖、蛋白质、叶酸和氨基酸等，可以健脾生津、美容养颜，提高机体抵抗力，还能益智补脑。小小的荔枝核还是一味常见的中药材呢。
Litchi is not only delicious, but also has high nutritional value. The flesh of lychee is rich in glucose, protein, folate, and amino acids, which can invigorate the spleen, promote diuresis, beautify and nourish the skin, enhance the body's resistance, and also stimulate intelligence and nourish the brain. The small lychee pit is still a common Chinese medicinal herb.
俗话说“一颗荔枝三把火”，荔枝虽美味，但吃多了也很容易上火，大家千万不要贪多哦！
As the saying goes, 'One lychee can ignite three fires.' Although lychee is delicious, eating too much can also easily cause internal heat. Don't be greedy for too much!