The story in the Huxiang natural calendar is strong, why in exchange for a body injury
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 The 3rd day of the spring equinox
"The years are not cold, there is no way to know the pines; it is not difficult, there is no way to know the gentleman." Throughout the ages, there have been many people who praise pines with songs, song songs with poems, pines with texts, and pines that paint pines with paintings, most of which revolve around the characteristics of pine trees with long life, evergreen leaves, cold tolerance, tough materials and tenacious vitality.
Pine trees can grow on the washed thin ground of gravel, sandy, clay, ridges and slopes, and even in the crevices of steep rocky mountains. In Dongfeng Village, Luyuan Town, Yanling County, there is a masson pine, which is more than 680 years old, with a chest diameter of 1.7 meters, a height of 32 meters, and a crown width of 12 meters, and has been rated as "Hunan Masson Pine King".
The canopy of the ancient pine tree is sickle-shaped from a distance, and the trunk is straight and huge from a height of 3 meters above the ground, and each branch is more than 1 meter in diameter. The bark is mottled like armor, very stylish.
Although pine trees have strong vitality, it is not easy to survive for hundreds of years. Masson pine is of great economic value and is not a protected tree species, and it is often attacked by people. A number of huge wounds can be seen two meters from the main trunk of the ancient pine, the largest wound is more than 40 centimeters wide and nearly two meters long, which is shocking. Villagers said that this was cut by outsiders more than a decade ago when they stole pine resin in Luyuan Town. Fortunately, under the spontaneous protection and rotation of the villagers, The ancient pine was preserved and became the green business card of Luyuan Town.
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Pinus massoniana, also known as pine and fir trees, belongs to the pine family Pine genus Evergreen tree. The wood of Masson Pine is extremely resistant to water and moisture, and it is said that it is "millennium pine in the water", which is especially suitable for underwater engineering. Its wood has a very high cellulose content, typically up to 62%, and is an important raw material for paper and man-made fibers. Masson pine is easy to grow and useful, and has always been widely planted. It is also a pioneer tree species for afforestation of barren mountains, and has been widely used for afforestation and afforestation in modern times.
Text/Liu Yinan Photo/Hunan Forestry Bureau, Cao Jiwu Provided Design/Cao Shuqin Think Tank/Cao Jiwu Coordinator/Zhou Yuegui Special Support/Hunan Forestry Bureau