"Sometimes it's longan, sometimes it's sweet osmanthus, which one is which after all?"
Longan and dried longan are actually the same fruit, just in different forms. Longan generally refers to the fresh fruit, while dried longan refers to the longan with the shell and seed removed and then dried. Many people also call longan dried longan, which is not wrong; calling them dried longan and longan is just to distinguish between the two. / Longan is the same as Guiyuan. Generally speaking, the fresh fruit is called Longan, and after drying, it is calledGuiyuan; moreover, depending on the region, the names differ. In some places it is called Longan,and in others, Guiyuan. People in Guangdong like to call Guiyuan Longan. Because fruits could not be stored before, making transportation difficult, Longan was always dried before being shipped north. SinceLongan is mostly produced in Guangxi and is round, northern people call LonganGuiyuan. Guiyuan is also called Longan because they are the same fruit, just dried without moisture.But this does not change its characteristics. It is warm in nature and sweet in taste, benefits the heart and spleen, replenishes qi and blood;and has good nourishing and tonic effects. / The difference between longan and gui yuan is not particularly large. The reason for the different names has a reasonable explanation. It is said that during the feudal era, because longan was taboo, to avoid the taboo, longan was renamed gui yuan. Gui is an alternative name for Guangxi. Gui yuan can be used together with red dates, and a suitable amount of goji berries and brown sugar can also be added, which has a very good nourishing effect.
