APEC盛会在即，羊城晚报大美岭南融媒体工作室上新“岭南礼物”。今天，我们从果园出发，循着APEC互联互通的脉络，跨越太平洋的山海，走向亚太各经济体的餐桌。

一颗龙眼，承载乡土风物，内敛温润，是东方独有的清甜美学，以滋味为桥，共赴亚太繁荣之约。

龙眼·果中双璧

Longan · Twin Jewel of the Orchard

产地：广东茂名/广州

Origin: Maoming / Guangzhou, Guangdong

【诗词】 

清·黎简《己酉龙眼诗》

年年园果误归人，龙眼初黄颗颗匀。

此别扳枝出手远，六年时荐饤盘新。

[Poem] Qu LIjian, Longan in the Year Jiyou:

Year after year the garden fruits mislead the homebound man,The longans turn first yellow, round and even every one.Boughs I once reached for slipped far from my grasp since I left home;Six years on, fresh and new on the fruit-dish they are shown.

【时令】

赏味7月中-8月下旬接档荔枝上市，石硖早熟、储良稍晚，大暑至立秋甜度登顶。

[Season] Best from mid-July to late August, succeeding the litchi. Shixia ripens early and Chuliang a little later; sweetness peaks from Great Heat to Start of Autumn.

【风物志】

与荔枝并称果中双璧，高州为中国龙眼之乡。鲜果清甜多汁，焙干成桂圆可入药滋补，药食两用。

[Notes] Paired with the litchi as the twin jewels of fruit; Gaozhou is the hometown of longan in China. The fresh fruit is sweet and juicy; dried it becomes guiyuan (longan aril), used as a nourishing tonic, both food and medicine.

策划、统筹 | 魏琴

制作、剪辑 | 记者 牛智杰 实习生 黄炜红

英文校对 | 刘泳希

出品 | 羊城晚报大美岭南融媒体工作室