Abstract:

In the summer of 1608 year, in Fujian Province, the litchi acquired a bumper crop. Together with Xu Bo, Xie Zhaozhe organized a club of poetry, named Hong Yun Club. One day, bathed in the setting sun, many literators came to the club, having a feast of litchi. In the party, Xu Bo composed Party in the Hong Yun Club. Later, the members of the Club held many more parties at scenery spots, writing poems over all kinds of wonderful cuisine. Litchi had a very high value of esthetics, and, since the Tang and Song dynasties, found favor with literators. Therefore, Cai Xiang wrote Record of Litchi. Up to the Ming Dynasty, the litchi culture had already formed. Party in the Hong Yun Club is a sketch with a special feature. And Hong Yun Club is a club of poetry, which had a strong local color and embodied the literator' s elegant pleasure.