Talking about the urban trees and flowers in Nanjing.

Now, many cities have city trees and flowers. These urban trees and flowers with local characteristics, like city business cards, publicize the city's style and convey local customs to foreign people.

? 1990 autumn, I lived in Hangzhou for eleven days and went to many places. The deepest feeling is to see the ubiquitous camphor tree and smell the intoxicating osmanthus fragrance. Many camphor trees have been growing for many years, and it takes several people to fold a simple trunk. These two plants are the city trees and flowers in Hangzhou.

? I arrived in Xiamen in early autumn last year. I have long known that the city tree in Xiamen is a phoenix tree, so Baidu took a look to see what she looks like. When searching for pictures, I found that the phoenix tree looks very much like the acacia tree common on the streets of Nanjing, but the flowers are different.

When I arrived in Xiamen, I noticed in particular that Chinese parasol trees can be seen everywhere in Xiamen, not only in Gulangyu Scenic Area, but also on both sides of urban roads and even on the campus of Xiamen University. Although the flowering period has passed, red flowers can still be seen everywhere. Against the backdrop of Chinese parasol trees, Xiamen is like a big garden.

What about the urban trees and flowers in Nanjing?

The urban trees and flowers in Nanjing are cedar and plum blossom. Its name is symbolic. 1982 April19, the eighth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth Nanjing Municipal People's Congress discussed and decided that "plum blossom should be named as the city flower of Nanjing. Nanjing has a long history of plum blossom resorts, such as Meiyuan New Village and Meihua Mountain. Plum blossom has a cedar-like character and has withstood the test of ice and snow. Plum blossoms are in bud. In early spring and February, the earth has not fully recovered, and plum blossoms take the lead in welcoming the arrival of spring. People in Nanjing appreciate and love plums. Plum blossom and cedar are the city flowers and trees in Nanjing. Named Cedar as Nanjing Tree. Cedar is tall and majestic, resolute, cold-resistant and heat-resistant, and deeply understood and loved by the general public. Cedar in Nanjing has a growing history of more than 60 years and is widely planted in urban greening. It has become a national base for cultivating cedars and is very representative as an urban tree. "

The above is the official statement. From this official statement, we can know that the naming of Nanjing Comfort Flower was discussed at the Municipal People's Congress. There seems to be no open selection that year.

I admit that Nanjing people like plum blossoms very much. Every March, when plum blossoms are in full bloom, Meihua Mountain in the eastern suburbs will be crowded. However, there is a charge. On weekdays, Meihua Mountain and Ming Mausoleum scenic spots are bound to open to the outside world, which requires 80 yuan RMB. When Meihua opens, Meihua Mountain will be opened separately as a scenic spot, and the ticket price is RMB in 40 yuan. A family of three needs 120 yuan, which is not a small expense.

You can say, I won't go to Meihua Mountain, can I enjoy flowers on the streets of the city? My answer is no! Except for a few scattered plum blossom trees in some small parks, none of the streets and alleys in Nanjing have been planted, and there are no plum blossoms to see in Meiyuan New Village!

On the streets of Nanjing in spring, you can watch the blooming peach blossoms, cherry blossoms and magnolia flowers for free on both sides of the road, but you can't see plum blossoms because these places are not planted. This phenomenon has become an ironic joke: although it is a city flower, although Nanjing citizens appreciate and love plum blossoms, you have to spend money in your pocket to watch and appreciate them, which has become a monopoly industry in Nanjing!

Fortunately, some newly-built communities have planted a small amount of plum blossoms. No.4 Huangpu Road has no plum blossoms, but it still has a sense of relief.

Let's start with the cedar that is "tall and majestic, resolute in character, cold-resistant and heat-resistant". Presumably, the decision-makers have long regretted it, because Cedar has caused too much trouble. Look at the cedar in beijing east road near the Municipal People's Congress, and you will know that the cedar here is an unaffordable bucket. Not to mention pests, "tall and majestic" needs the support of "people". It is chilling that so many cedars need so many steel pipes to support them. "Strong personality, cold resistance and heat resistance"-A heavy snow in June 5438+October 2008 10 made many cedars disabled and even killed!

In fact, there are very few cedars planted in Nanjing. Some schools and institutions will plant a few trees sporadically, and a few will be planted as street trees, but they are really not suitable for street trees. The place where the most cedars are planted in Nanjing is probably Yuhuatai Martyrs Cemetery. Some people will say that there are cedars on the Purple Mountain. That would be a misunderstanding. Pinus massoniana is widely planted in Purple Mountain. However, in the past 30 years, the proportion of coniferous forests represented by Pinus massoniana has dropped from 39% to 9.7%, replaced by broad-leaved trees such as Pistacia chinensis, Liquidambar formosana and oak. Even more surprising, according to experts' prediction, if there is no human intervention, the Pinus massoniana on the Purple Mountain will basically disappear in 30 years.

The naming of urban flower market trees should follow the people-friendly route. A little jasmine can walk into people's homes. It is said that the famous "Good Jasmine" belongs to Liuhe District, Nanjing. White orchids are especially loved by Nanjing citizens. A few years ago, most women in Nanjing liked to pin two fragrant white orchids on the buttons of their clothes. At home, they also use a small dish and put some flowers on it, so that the whole room can smell its fragrance. Nowadays, although few women wear white orchids on their clothes, their enthusiasm for white orchids remains undiminished. In recent years, Nanjing has been playing the Republic of China card, and Platanus acerifolia has already become the urban landscape of Nanjing. This year, in order to build Metro Line 3, Nanjing cut down a lot of Platanus acerifolia in Daxing Palace, which attracted people's heated discussion. It can be seen that the Platanus acerifolia, commonly known as Fatong, is still very popular with the public!

After a hundred years, will the flower market tree in Nanjing be revised?

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