Hollow tree in Qixian county, Henan province

In Liang village, Beiyang town, Qixian county, there is such an ancient locust tree, which can flourish without a "heart" for hundreds of years, so people are used to calling it a "hollow tree". This strange "hollow tree" grows outside the courtyard wall of a resident in Liang Village, Beiyang Town, Qixian County, just beside the main road of the village. Seen from a distance, there is nothing special about this strange "hollow tree", except that its trunk is a little thicker. Because it is winter, the crown of the tree is bare and there are some dead branches, which makes this ancient tree look much older.

According to the villagers, "this tree is a national first-class protected tree species-Sophora japonica, and now the local dialect is called Black Sophora japonica." This tree is estimated to be seven or eight hundred years old, which has been forgotten by generations here. "

According to the villagers' estimation of the age of the tree, this ancient pagoda tree should indeed be called an ancient tree. The total height of this ancient pagoda tree is about 15 meters, and the height of the trunk on the ground is about two meters. The thickest part needs two people to hold hands. The strangest thing about this tree is that its trunk is hollow. The inside diameter of the hollow is 70cm at the widest point and 53cm at the narrowest point. The height of the hole runs through the trunk of the whole tree, which can accommodate an adult standing inside, and the thickest place around it is only 20 cm.