The history of the banyan tree

1. How the largest continuous banyan tree was recorded in history

The largest continuous banyan tree is one that grows on a small island in the center of Tianma River on the outskirts of Xinhui County, Guangdong An ancient giant banyan tree that is over 500 years old.

The banyan tree is an evergreen tree of the Moraceae family. The wood is light and soft and can be used to make various utensils and is also a good greening tree. It is widely distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, South China and other places.

The canopy of this giant banyan tree covers an area of ??more than 10,000 square meters, and it is still flourishing today. Countless aerial roots stretch out from under the tree, and the distance between each aerial root is wide enough to accommodate the passage of a car.

A variety of parasitic, epiphytic and climbing plants grow on the trees, and thousands of birds live there. For this reason, the famous writer Ba Jin called this banyan tree the "Bird Paradise" in his travelogue "Bird's Paradise". A bird-watching pavilion has been set up here for tourists to watch.

2. The history of Fuzhou people planting banyan trees

This is a city with a history of more than 2,200 years. It was first called Fuzhou when the Dudu Mansion was established in the 13th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty.

During the Five Dynasties, the city was expanded and the beautiful Wushan, Yushan and Pingshan mountains were enclosed within the city. From then on, Fuzhou became a unique city with "mountains in the city and city in the mountains", and the "three mountains" became the symbol of Fuzhou. Alias. In the third year of Zhiping in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Boyu, the prefect, personally planted two banyan trees in front of the government office, and called on the people to plant them universally. After that, the city was covered with green shade to block out the sun and the sun would not open during the summer, so it was also known as the Banyan City.

I am used to calling it the Banyan City. On a summer night, sitting around under the banyan tree, with my long beard gently brushing, my dislike for this city will fade away in the wind. When I was alone on the road, the banyan trees that could be seen everywhere protected me. They were like an elder, giving me a sense of dependence.

When I checked in, it was the first time I separated from my son. Fragility hit me everywhere. I leaned on the trunk of the tree many times and prayed to the banyan tree to give me strength. I once compared you to a banyan tree, and I wanted to express this feeling, because he accompanied me through those miserable days.

Fuzhou falls along the Min River, and there are countless inland rivers in the city. Standing on the top of the mountains, the city is always shrouded in hazy fog, never clear. People here have a mother-like affection for the Min River and call it the mother river. Therefore, Fujian is shortened to Min.

There are many terminals on the Minjiang River. Our company's 10,000-ton foreign trade terminal is located beside the cross-river bridge. When the sun sets, you can see the beautiful scenery under the red clouds. Look at the ebb and flow, there will be some emotions arising quietly, and there will be some things that like to brew lightly.

The most distinctive building in Jingjing City is undoubtedly the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, which has been the cultural center of Fuzhou throughout the ages. In every alley, celebrities live next to each other across historical eras.

The remaining bluestone slabs, mottled white walls, scattered black tiles, and imperial plaques all tell the story of the past prosperity. The former residences here are all open to the public for free. I have been to Yan Fu's, Lin Juemin's, and Lin Zexu's residences, and they were relatively complete.

And more of the former residences only have a small sign, and there are still residents living in them. I have seen a few of them. The meticulous wood carvings and the deepness of the ancient wells are evocative. Being in those alleys, the passage of time becomes lighter, which makes people hold their breath, calm down their actions, and meditate on yesterday.

I heard that *** has plans to restore the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, but I don’t think it is necessary. We restored and preserved his former residence, using the so-called restoration of its old appearance. In the end, there were only a few empty bricks and mortar. It would be better to remember the historical wealth created by celebrities.

In my heart or in my eyes, I am willing to choose the former. There are many temples in the city, the famous ones are Yongquan Temple and Xizen Temple.

The two pottery pagodas from the Northern Song Dynasty in front of the main hall of Yongquan Temple are world-famous. The lychee trees from the Song Dynasty in Xichan Temple are full of fruits this season. This is my personal highlight. I am naturally a little afraid of temples, and I often can't get close enough to see them. Most of the things I remember are superficial.

The incense in these two places is very prosperous. Every year and festival, the bus company increases the number of trains and extends the running time. Perhaps due to my father's influence, I turned myself into an atheist, and because of my own petty bourgeois sentiments, I secretly believed in the theory of destiny.

Wandering in such a contradiction, I have today's strange behavior of not worshiping in the temple, but praying to the Buddha in a hurry. Among the mountains in the city, apart from the three mentioned above, there is also Gushan.

Gushan is undoubtedly the highest mountain in the city, and it is one of the places where I have stepped up my exercise recently. Walking up the steps, the mosaic rock carvings on both sides silently convey the distant glory. The relevant allusions told by the elders made me wander back to the distant era.

There are no gentle banyan trees on the top of the mountain, but there are loose green pine trees. The higher you go, the more graceful they become, heading straight towards the imposing Huangshan pine trees. In winter, in a sparsely populated place, I sat on the stone steps with my son, held him in my arms, and bathed in the warm sunshine. The warm feeling echoed throughout the mountains.

My son can also experience this kind of happiness. From time to time, he will make noises about going mountain climbing. Because of his current work, he cannot be by his side every day. The pain of each other's loss can only be felt during this holiday. Slowly make up for it in intimacy. The cultural Fuzhou dialect has been collected by the British Museum. For this reason, the city has carried out activities to promote Fuzhou dialect. The starting point is that it is worried that future generations will have to go to the UK to hear their dialect.

From the perspective of cultural protection, this approach is quite necessary, but for a city with an increasing number of immigrants, the inconvenience is very prominent. The most unacceptable thing to me is that everyone will try to communicate with you in dialect for the first time when you meet them. When you find out that you don’t understand the dialect, you will breathe a sigh of relief and switch to Mandarin. The feeling during this period is like watching a show A crappy play.

The local drama in Fuzhou is Fujian opera, which is based in Fuzhou and is sung in the local dialect. Fujian opera, like many local operas, is struggling hard, but it relies on the white-haired and crane-faced elderly audiences to survive.

The small village where the company is located has simple folk customs. During the holidays, a troupe is invited to set off firecrackers and sing for days and nights, and most people in the village can hum along with them. Perhaps only in these secluded corners away from the city, drama can still survive in people's hearts.

This reminds me of the Qin Opera on the loess land, standing in the strong wind and roaring, echoing in the mountains, which is evocative. Due to historical reasons, although Fuzhou was one of the first cities in China to open to the outside world, it has always been conservative. It was only in this decade that it really took action.

It repeats the path taken by all urban reforms. It rushes to knock down small houses and build high-rise buildings, allowing the brightness and darkness to blend in a very disharmonious manner, and therefore lacks proper planning and completeness. Building system. As a result, we often see that a certain part of the city has been unzipped, slogans against multiple demolitions, serious pollution of inland rivers, etc. Incidents like this are taking place every day.

Among the large number of people immigrating overseas, Fuzhou plays a disgraceful role - stowaway. A friend once joked that Americans don’t know a lot about Luoyang or Lijiang, but they don’t know a handful about Fuzhou.

Overseas immigrants have accumulated some capital over several generations, so they return to their hometowns to invest and operate. A considerable number of private enterprises are established in a hurry like this. They do not have a complete business strategy or a strong corporate culture. Background, some are just eager for profit and investment, so those who can survive for a long time are rare. Delicious Fujian cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines in China, the most famous of which is "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall", with extremely luxurious ingredients.

Use shark fin, sea cucumber and chicken. 3. Essay on the banyan tree in my hometown

Many people have seen the banyan tree, but very few people have carefully observed the banyan tree.

In the past, I was very unfamiliar with the banyan tree, but it is different now. I am very interested in the banyan tree and have always wanted to study the banyan tree in depth. Some people may say: "The banyan tree is just an ordinary tree. Is there anything worth studying? "I don't think so. After you spend some time with the banyan tree, you will realize that the banyan tree is not ordinary. There is a big banyan tree in our hometown. I heard it has a history of more than 100 years. This banyan tree is the oldest tree in our village. It grows very luxuriantly and its leaves are so green no matter what season it is.

It provides us with many benefits: in spring, this banyan tree is a best photo spot; in summer, villagers enjoy the shade under the tree and children play games under the tree; in autumn, it is still the same green; in winter, it protects us from wind and rain.

You may not believe it, but this banyan tree has such a story: Once upon a time, there was a blacksmith, and his home was under the banyan tree. Because he was an orphan, he lived alone. Suddenly one day, he discovered When a woman was under the tree, he invited the woman to sit in his house. After a period of conversation, the woman got to know the man more deeply. Every morning from now on, the woman would help the man light the fire. The man heard a fellow villager say: "The origin of this woman is unknown, and no one in the whole village has seen her."

Later, he heard that there is a banyan tree spirit in this banyan tree, a woman. , wearing a skirt, very beautiful, he thought people were talking about the same thing as the woman. When he got home, he said he wanted to drive the woman away, but the woman couldn't let him go and refused to leave no matter what. Finally, the man He picked up a red-hot iron and pressed it on the woman. In the blink of an eye, the woman disappeared. From then on, the right side of the banyan tree in our hometown dried up and the woman never appeared again. This story made me half-believe it. The banyan tree does look like a woman.

This banyan tree is so big! Its spreading branches seem to cover half of the sky; this banyan tree is so tall! The floors are even higher; this banyan tree is so beautiful! From a distance, it looks like a dancing girl, and from a close look, it looks like a big umbrella. This big umbrella protects us from the wind and rain, no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, no matter how cold it is. It stands so tall and strong in the hot weather. This banyan tree adds a green image to our hometown.

Therefore, I think people in our countryside respect this banyan tree. , this banyan tree is worthy of our respect, and even more worthy of our learning, because it has a strong and indomitable spirit, which many people do not have. 4. Sentences to describe the long history of the big banyan tree

1. The big banyan tree is like a giant umbrella holding up the sky. A forest of single trees covers a large area of ??land.

2. The green leaves of the old banyan tree cover the sky, as if floating from the sky. Half of the green clouds have fallen, and walking into the clouds, the air is particularly cool and fragrant, making people cheerful.

3. In spring, the big banyan tree stretches its soft branches and leaves, the leaves are tender green, and the sun shines When I came out, the leaves were shiny and very energetic. The breeze blew, and the dense leaves were shaking, as if each life was trembling. It was also like a big umbrella. When the spring rain fell from the sky, its dense leaves It protects us from the drizzle.

4. In summer, the leaves of the big banyan tree turn into dark green, and the lush branches and leaves are like a big open green velvet umbrella. When the sun shines down, Block out the scorching sun, so that we can enjoy the coolness and play under the tree.

5. The tall banyan tree has countless aerial roots, like the braids of a little girl from the *** .

6. The spring breeze blows, and the old elm tree puts on new green clothes. The students all over the campus also follow the old elm tree and put on the latest and most colorful clothes. The old elm tree becomes an angel of beauty. 5. Huanglong Stream——Thousand-year history of banyan trees

Huanglongxi

Huanglongxi Town in Shuangliu County, Sichuan is one of the top ten ancient water towns with a history of more than 1,700 years. It is located in the southern part of the Chengdu Plain, 100 meters away from Chengdu. It is 40 kilometers from the urban area and 35 kilometers from Shuangliu County. It is a tourist town with tourism as the leader and agriculture as the foundation. It is a new tourist hotspot in the suburbs of Chengdu. It is a tourist town with tourism as the mainstay and business and trade services as the supplement. Small landscape town. Always insisting on taking tourism as the leader and agriculture as the basis, accelerating the development of the tertiary industry, and correctly handling the relationship between protection and development, Huanglongxi is becoming an economically developed, culturally prosperous, convenient transportation, supporting facilities, reasonable layout, complete functions, and environmentally friendly It is a beautiful, tourist-oriented landscape town with strong characteristics. Huanglongxi Ancient Town is located in the center of Huanglongxi Provincial Scenic Area, located in Shuangliu County, Chengdu City. The ancient archways, ancient temples, ancient buildings and houses in the town are integrated with the ancient banyan trees and ancient cliff tombs. They are antique and form a sharp contrast with the modern metropolis. Nearby Maojiawan, the Sichuan Football Training Base has fresh air and beautiful environment. It is quiet regardless of spring or autumn. Six old streets, including Main Street, Xin Street, Heng Street, Shanghe Street, Xiahe Street, and Fuxing Street, have just completed a year of retreat and renovation. They are all paved with red stone streets, and the buildings on both sides have also restored their original colors and antique flavor. The scenic spot is connected with the Fu River rafting tour. Starting from Wangjiang Tower on the outskirts of Chengdu, follow the Fu River and go down the Huanglong River to reach Jiangkou Town in Pengzhou County.

The scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is picturesque, and there are 8 scenic spots for tourists to enjoy. Shuangliu Dragon Boat Ancient Town Huanglongxi still retains the New Year performances of fire dragon lanterns, lion lanterns, cow lanterns, and Yaomei'er lanterns, the life release party on the eighth day of April, dragon boat racing on the Dragon Boat Festival, as well as Fuhe chants, folk children's songs, and nursery rhymes passed down from generation to generation. , proverbs, pulling rattles, somersaults, kicking shuttlecocks, etc. The ancient town still retains the custom of clockwork. The gong is sounded according to the hour. The clock starts from Haishi (9 p.m.), and one watch is played every hour until Maoshi (5 a.m.). One gong, two gongs at the second watch, and so on. In the dead of night, the crisp sound of the night watch will make you sleep particularly sweetly. Huanglongxi Ancient Town Travel Guide: Transportation: Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station (Bus: 6, 28, 35, 46, 49, 55, 75, 82. Inquiry phone: 028-85433609) 8:00-16:00 every day , runs every hour, fare: 8 yuan. Guzhenfu River Cruise, 240 yuan/boat/2 hours. Accommodation: There are many residential hotels, guest houses, and guesthouses in the town, priced at 15-40 yuan per person. If you don’t want to experience the leisurely atmosphere of teahouses, the elegance of listening to Sichuan opera, the comfort of visiting historical sites, and the atmosphere of living in residential buildings, you can also go there on the same day. Food: Scorched pork elbow, pearl bean curd, scrambled eggs with wild vegetables, vegetarian stir-fried wild ash greens, braised yellow spicy diced vegetables. Every year from the first day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the ancient town holds fire dragon, water dragon and colorful dragon performances with local characteristics, which are very lively and attractive. Be sure to ask about the price before dining to avoid any unpleasantness. If you think this entry needs to be improved and you need to add new content or correct wrong content, please edit the entry

Ancient customs and folk customs: Huanglongxi Town still retains many folk customs, such as night watch, life release meeting, and dragon boat racing Customs such as Huihui, burning fire dragon, Guanyin Hui, Sichuan Opera singing and other customs.

Huanglongxi Fire Dragon Festival

The fire dragon lantern dance in Huanglongxi Ancient Town in Shuangliu County has a long history and originated in the Southern Song Dynasty. To this day, from the second day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year, the Huanglongxi "Fire Dragon Festival" will be held as scheduled. Its activities include: burning fire dragons, colorful dragon performances, Southern lion performances, floating river lanterns, setting off Kongming lanterns, setting off fireworks and firecrackers, holding fireworks parties, holding Spring Festival evening parties, showing open-air movies, listening to Sichuan opera singing, etc. Every day there will be dragon lanterns, lion lanterns, cow lanterns, Yaomei lanterns and other New Year celebrations. The entire ancient town will be decorated with red lanterns, red couplets and red candles, creating an auspicious and cheerful festival atmosphere. . Sichuan Opera Troupe will also perform performances, and street cultural performances will be interspersed during the period, so that tourists can both watch and participate.