Abstract: Yang Yuhuan was the best know beauty in Chinese history who liked litchi. But as for where her favorite litchi came from,there were no official records. Since Song,two places: Lingnan and Fuzhou,had been regarded as the provenance of the tribute litchi. Some of Su Dongpo's poems and historical records supported Fuzhou as the provenance,but evidence supporting Lingnan as the provenance also existed in Du Fu' poem and in Zhizhi Tongjian by Sima Guang. Through combing and verifying related historical data, and through field inspection, we believe that Fuzhou is the main tribute place. The reasons are: firstly, litchi abounded in Fuzhou in the Tang dynasty as in Lingnan; secondly, Fuzhou is two thousand li nearer to Changan than Lingnan, which is favorable for the litchi to stay fresh and for saving cost; thirdly, it was natural for Yang Yuhuan, who was from Shu (today's Sichuan), to miss her favorable home flavor after becoming the favorite imperial concubine. Certainly, because of the publicity of Yang Guifei's servants and Zhang Jiuling,a senior government official then,Lingnan also attempted to pay its tribute of litchi to Yang Guifei.

Key words: Yang Guifei, Fuzhou, Lingnan, litchi, Litchi Road