Qinzhou District Rong Media Center, May 27 (Reporters Zhao Chenhui, Fan Xuechen, Zhao Yue) As the saying goes: "The predecessors planted trees, and the posterity cooled down." "The annual rings of each ancient tree are the curves of time, and the branches and leaves emit a strong smell of human fireworks. It is precisely because the ancestors continue to pass on the belief of guarding ancient trees from generation to generation, so that the green waters and green mountains can be used by future generations and benefit future generations. Today, let's explore the millennium style of "the first locust in Qinzhou" and touch the legendary roots of the ancient trees.
In early summer, the natural village of Wangjia Xiaozhuang in Nanling Village, Qiaokou Town, is surrounded by a large area of green, and the refreshing aroma of locust incense fills the streets and alleys of the village. The whole village is centered on a thousand-year-old locust tree and expands outwards in turn. The upright trunk of the ancient tree is divided into more than ten branches, forming a huge canopy, some branches are even thicker than large trees more than a hundred years old, and the title of "the first locust in Qinzhou" is well deserved.
"This tree can't be held by six people now, and there are still Ganoderma lucidum on it, five large Ganoderma lucidum. More than 1300 years, the circumference is six meters six, the diameter is more than two meters, and now our village especially loves this tree. Wang Xiaoqiang, director of the Nanling Village Supervisory Committee of Excuse Town, said.
"Although the growth is slow, due to the respect of the locals for this locust tree, the legendary story, and the protection of the later period, compared with the general locust of Nanguo Temple, it is one or two hundred years earlier, and this tree belongs to the Sui Dynasty." Liu Taiping, a forestry engineer at the Qinzhou District Forestry and Grassland Bureau, said.
Standing under an ancient tree and looking up, giving people a feeling of silent caressing the flow of thousands of years, the green shade is better than the flowers, you will be shocked by the beauty of nature and the powerful power of life. Gu Huai used his upright posture to record the long and ordinary human fireworks in Nanling Village, and also told the little-known myths and legends, which may be the unique charm of the thousand-year-old tree.
"Chat under this tree, talk, cool off, don't let this tree be destroyed, the old man said this is a landscape tree, everyone should love and protect it." Wang Zhongyi, a villager in Nanling Village, Qiaokou Town, said.
"According to legend, this locust tree was the seed that Wang Xiang sowed after passing through this place when he was lying on the ice, and after he came out, he grew up with such a locust tree, and I have been living and growing up under this locust tree since I was a child." Wang Huwa, a villager in Nanling Village, Qiaokou Town, said.
According to the census, the age of this ancient locust tree is about 1300 years, and the tree is the longest among the locust trees in Qinzhou District, which is known as the "First Locust of Qinzhou". In addition, there are 6 locust trees in Murakami that are more than 300 years old. People take care of ancient trees like eyes, and the idea of harmonious coexistence between man and nature is best responded to here.
"There is a ditch at the bottom, just the stones, the former cattle and donkeys pulled, this tree was maintained before, since last year the Forestry Bureau also strongly supported, the whole around this tree was re-protected, the wall was hit, the steel was put on, and the pillars were repaired, and now they are very strong." Wang Xiaoqiang, director of the Supervisory Committee of Nanling Village in Qiaokou Town, said.
Nowadays, Nanling Village combines rural revitalization and beautiful rural construction to protect the ancient trees in the village, and the relay protection that lasts for thousands of years will make the ancient trees revitalized.
"Fences were made, fertilization was applied outside the roots, and nutrient soil was backfilled, in order to continue the glory of this tree." Liu Taiping, a forestry engineer at the Qinzhou District Forestry and Grassland Bureau, said.
Locust tree has a unique, irreproducible exuberant vitality, in the soap suburban town of Xinzhuang Village there is such a "tree strong", he has experienced thousands of years of wind and sun, withstood the fire and burning, but still standing, vigorous, its tenacious and indomitable vitality can also be described as "Qinzhou first".
"This ancient locust was about 1300 years old, and in the 1970s and 1980s, due to the fire caused by lightning strikes, the trees were hollowed out, and we carried out protection and rehabilitation measures, made fences, treated the dry xylem, sanitize, soil backfilled with nutrient soil, fertilized, and then made a hoop of the trunk, and then carried out pest control." Liu Taiping, a forestry engineer at the Qinzhou District Forestry and Grassland Bureau, said.
Now, the main trunk of the ancient locust is hollowed out, all relying on the outer skin to transport nutrients, and the canopy is leafy and lush, facing the sun and wind and rain, and continues to witness the change of the land under your feet.
"Although the inside is empty, the outer skin has been growing well." It's not just us, everyone around us knows about this tree. Tian Wanglin, a villager in Xinzhuang Village, a town in the suburb of Soap, said.
The roots are indomitable, and the branches are flourishing for future generations. This is the charm and style of the ancient trees in Qinzhou. Ancient trees and famous trees are the most powerful evidence of ancient historical and cultural areas, is a "living cultural relics", the reason why the ancient trees in our region are old and numerous, and our ancestors and modern people love, admire, cherish and the government's attention to trees is inseparable. In April 2019, the Standing Committee of the Tianshui Municipal People's Congress promulgated the Regulations on the Protection of Ancient and Famous Trees in Tianshui City, marking that the protection of ancient and famous trees in Tianshui City has entered a new stage.
(Source: Qinzhou District Rong Media Center Reprint: Kang Cuixia)