At 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, with curiosity and prayerful piety, we set off from Xin'an Shijing Ancient Town to Dongshandi Village in Yuli to see the "First Cypress under Heaven" in the Daimu Temple.
Daimei Mountain is located at the junction of Shichi County and Xin'an County, facing the Yellow River and Shanxi Yuanqu in the north, and jingzi Mountain in the west across the Jinling Stream. Daimei Dibai is an ancient cypress tree that is 3700 years old. Because it is located at the bottom of the East Mountain, it was once known as Zhou Bai at the bottom of the mountain, which is an ancient giant cypress tree located in the Baidi Temple under the Daimei Mountain, which was included in the book "Famous Ancient Trees in Henan", known as "the first cypress in the world".
Daimei Dibai has a history of 3700 years, with a height of 29.5 meters, a bust of 9.85 meters, and a crown width of 380 square meters. The stem is divided into a thousand branches, shading the sky and the sun, the branches are luxuriant, the shade is mu, and the color is towering. Locals say that the tree can be hugged by 9 people (some people say that 13 women and children can hold it), which is a wonder in the world.
Located in the scenic area of Daimei Mountain, this ancient cypress tree has experienced the ups and downs of the dynasties from the Zhou Dynasty to the present, although it is old, it is still strong, vigorous and strong, the branches are stretched and curved, the tree shadows support Su, and the wind is magnificent. It is said that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army came to the bottom of Daimei Mountain, the Japanese army bombarded the mountain with heavy artillery, a bomb fell on Zhou Bai, bombed off a branch, still did not fall, became an immortal red mark, became a witness to the people's resistance to the Japanese under the Daimei Mountain and a witness to China's long history and culture. There are a variety of animal living fossils growing on the Di Cypress Tree, including the hand-held flower basket used by the Virgin Mother to return to shanxi Niang's home, the cypress heart of the heart-to-heart, the Mandarin Duck Bird, the Crane, the Peony Flower, the Fairy Goddess, the Golden Toad, the Divine Dragon Shaking the Heavens, etc., all of which are the gods Bixiao, the divine dragons are alive, giving people a visual shock!
"The mountain is not high, there are immortals and spirits", Daimei Mountain is 1346.6 meters high, but because of the presence of the Temple of Our Lady of Daimei, incense is constantly burning. Before the 16th century BC (before the 16th century), the King of Tang was called Emperor, and The Temple of Bai was built in this temple, so it was called the Temple of the Emperor of Bai. During the reign of King Tang, king Tang chose our lady as his wife and was suspended, and our mother aspired to cultivate into a god under Mount Daimei, so the scenery was attractive, and the virgin occupied this place, so this place is also called the temple of our lady of Daimei. (Cai Ningwu wrote on June 18, 2022)