荔枝最著名的故事與美女有關(guān)。中國(guó)歷史上的四大美女，其中之一就是唐代皇帝李隆基的愛(ài)妃——楊貴妃。唐明皇和楊貴妃的愛(ài)情故事在中國(guó)家喻戶曉。

　　It was told that there were four most famous beauties in ancient China, one of which was the Tang Dynasty Emperor Longji Lee’s (685-762) favorite concubine Yang Guifei (her child name was Yuhuan=Jade-ring). Most people know her romantic love in China’s history.

　　楊貴妃出生于719年，今山西永濟(jì)人。她身材豐滿 ，天生麗質(zhì) ，性格溫柔，善解人意 ，從小就精通音樂(lè) 和舞蹈 ，17歲的時(shí)候成為唐玄宗第十八子壽王的王妃。唐玄宗寵愛(ài)的武惠妃病逝后，十分悲傷 ，見(jiàn)到傾國(guó)傾城 的楊貴妃后，便將她納入宮中。有了楊貴妃的陪伴，唐玄宗漸漸疏于朝政。

　　Yang Guifei was born in today’s Yongji County, Shanxi Province, in 719. The girl was a little bit fat but extremely beautiful in appearance of bearing. She behaved in polite and lovely manner. From her childhood, she was good at singing and dancing, especially at pandering and catering in public or private surrounding. At first she was selected as a concubine of the Emperor’s son at her age of 17. However, the old emperor’s original concubine Wu Hui died and substituted by Yang years later. Actually, Yang became the first wife of the Emperor falling in love with her all day long. Although he was at the age of 61, still his mind and heart were full of the 27-year-old beauty. The Emperor had been lazy to manage public affairs every day since his favorite beauty joined his life.

　　唐玄宗整天沉迷于酒色，楊貴妃家族一時(shí)權(quán)力顯赫 ，政治越來(lái)越腐敗 ，邊地將領(lǐng)勢(shì)力逐漸增強(qiáng)，最后爆發(fā) 了“安史之亂”。756年，楊貴妃被士兵陜西興平市西馬嵬坡縊死。“安史之亂”時(shí)間持續(xù)7年之久，唐朝由強(qiáng)盛開始走向衰敗。