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天价荔枝
据中国官方媒体报道，在富裕的南方省份广东，一棵曾经出产贡品的荔枝树所结的一颗荔枝在一次周末拍卖中以创纪录的555,000元（67,053美元）售出。新华社报道，在去年的拍卖中，这棵名为“西园挂绿”的荔枝树所结的一颗果实卖得55,000元，被载入了《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》。报道称，这棵树龄400年的荔枝树每年只结几十个果实，在清朝(1644-1911)时作为进奉宫廷的贡品，被誉为“果中之王”。增城是亚热带水果的重要产地。今年，当地一家名为新塘国际牛仔城的纺织品公司买下了这颗荔枝，另外9颗以760,000元的总价拍出。今年的拍卖收入将被用于教育以及照料“西园挂绿”。报道中没有说明这家公司打算怎么处理买来的荔枝，但是企业通过竞买贵重物品来提高知名度的做法在广东省已经是越来越普遍了。 Remarks：要是苏东坡生在这个时代，不知道他怎样才可以“日啖荔枝三百颗”？ |
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single lychee from a tree that once produced fruit for Chinese emperors
sold for a record 555,000 yuan ($67,053) at a weekend auction in China's
affluent southern province of Guangdong, state media said. At last year's
auction, a single lychee from the tree named Xiyuangualu fetched a price
of 55,000 yuan, gaining entry to The Guinness Book of World Records,
the official Xinhua news agency said. The 400-year-old tree yields only
a few dozen lychees per year and was known as the "king of fruit"
when its produce was served as imperial tributes in the Qing dynasty
(1644-1911), it said. A local textile firm called Xintang International
Jeans Town bought this year's lychee, another nine lychees were sold
for a combined total of 760,000 yuan at the auction in the city of Zengcheng,
a major producer of subtropical fruit. The money from this year's auction
would be invested in education and in tending the Xiyuangualu tree.
It did not say what the company plans to do with its lychee, but it
is becoming increasingly common for companies in Guangdong to buy expensive
items at auctions to generate publicity.