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At first glance, Alexander the Great, the monk Moros, and the French plane tree seem to have no connection, it seems that the wind and cows are not compatible, but in fact, the three have a relatively deep relationship.
Alexander and the French plane tree are familiar to everyone, and Domorosh is not known to many people. This article mainly focuses on the French plane tree to tell the historical relationship between the three.
Introduction to the three
Alexander the Great, an outstanding military strategist and statesman in the ancient history of the world, the first of the four major military commanders in Western history;
Tamarosh was a high-ranking monk of the Later Qin Dynasty during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, one of the four great translators of Buddhist scriptures in Chinese Han Buddhism, who made indelible contributions to the translation of Buddhist scriptures and also played a huge role in promoting the spread of Buddhism;
The French plane tree, a large deciduous tree of the Suzuki family, is one of the world's four major street trees and is also common in China.
In fact, the three have a close relationship, the French plane tree can become one of the four major street trees in the world, Alexander the Great has contributed a lot, and the development of the French plane tree in China, Domoros also has a lot of contribution.
Alexander the Great and the Crusade
Alexander the Great, 356 BC – June 13, 323 BC, King of the Kingdom of Macedonia (Alexander Empire) (reigned 336 BC – June 13, 323 BC), an outstanding military strategist and statesman in ancient world history, and the first of the four military commanders in Western history.
Through Alexander's military conquest, ancient Greek civilization was widely spread and prospered, and close cultural and economic exchanges between the East and the West opened the Hellenistic era.
Alexander's Crusade: refers to the war of aggression that Alexander carried out against Eastern Persia and other countries in 334~324 BC. Alexander's crusade began. After ten years, after the Battle of Issus, the Battle of Gaugamira, and the Battle of the Jeddasp River, Alexander conquered Persia, Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Two River Valley.
In the 4th century BC, Macedonia conquered the Greek states, eventually establishing the empire of Alexandria, which spanned Europe, Asia and Africa.
Alexander Crusade
The crusading army planted trees along the way
In the course of the Eastern Crusade, in order to facilitate the march and speed up the march, Alexander opened wide roads and laid stones for cavalry and chariots to march, which also accelerated the speed of the march and greatly facilitated the transportation of grain and grass. A solid transport foundation was laid for Alexander's crusade.
At the same time, in order to consolidate the road built and not be washed away by the heavy rain, Alexander also ordered people to plant trees on both sides of the road, and these trees became the world's earliest street trees, which not only played a role in consolidating the road, but also provided shade and coolness for the marching army.
Trees
According to records, Alexander brought many varieties of tree seeds with him during his crusades, one of which was Suzuki, native to Eastern and Southern Europe, and Macedonia in northern Greece was one of them. The pressure mountain went all the way to India, and the hanging suzuki was also planted all the way to India.
Those seeds then took root and sprouted, waiting for the trees on both sides of the road to grow, but Alexander's death and the empire he had built across Europe, Africa and Asia had collapsed. Over time, the other trees did not have much retention due to climate problems, and in the end, only the Hanging Suzuki survived tenaciously and took root in India, where it has been passed down to the present day.
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The monk Morosh planted trees in Chang'an
Tamarosh (343-413), a high-ranking monk of the Later Qin dynasty during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was one of the four great Buddhist scripture translators of Chinese Han Buddhism. Also translated as Tamarosh, Tamarosh, slightly as Rosh.
His father was from the Tenju Wangclan, and later came to Kamezi, bringing Buddhist scriptures and seeds of Suzuki. Later, he gave birth to Jiu Moroshi, and in the eighteenth year of Former Qin Jianyuan (382), Fu Jian sent Lü Guang to attack Yanqi, and then destroyed Guzi, and robbed Rosh to Liangzhou.
Three years later, Yao Yuan killed Fu Jian and destroyed Former Qin, Lü Guang ceded Liangzhou, and Luo Shi stayed in Liangzhou with Lü Guang for sixteen or seven years. In the third year of the Later Qin Dynasty (401), Yao Xing attacked Houliang, personally welcomed Rosh into Chang'an, treated him as a national teacher, and organized a large-scale translation field in Chang'an, asking Rosh to preside over the translation business. For more than a decade, Rosh devoted himself to translating and speaking.
Domoros preached
After arriving in Chang'an, he also planted the seeds of the Suzuki that he brought with him around the temple, and distributed them to the surrounding people to plant the Suzuki. Nowadays, there are also ancient trees in Hu County, Shaanxi, which are called by the locals as the Khan Tree or the Domoroshi Tree.
Therefore, Suzuki has been in China for more than 1,600 years and has a deep relationship with the Buddhist family.
The origin of the name French plane tree
French sycamore is the common name of three-ball hanging suzuki, the current French plane tree is a hybrid variety of two-ball hanging suzuki and three-ball hanging suzuki, and the hanging suzuki brought to China by Domoroshi is quite different, and has been further improved.
French plane tree was first brought to the French Concession of Shanghai by French missionaries from Europe to be planted, when it was planted on Xiafei Road in Shanghai, people thought it was a French variety, so it was called French plane tree, referred to as French plane tree.
Nanjing's century-old French plane tree
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A century-old fatong on Zhongshan Road in Nanjing
French plane trees have good shading ability and strong adaptability, at that time China did not have the concept of street trees, after the establishment of the Republic of China, the national government promoted French plane trees to Nanjing and Hangzhou as street trees.
Today, the century-old sycamore trees on Nanjing roads were planted in the early years of the Republic of China, and later French plane trees were also planted around Hangzhou West Lake and around the provincial government, which are still there, and they are all very large trees, becoming the main autumn color tree species by the West Lake, which is beautiful!
French plane trees at West Lake
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West Lake French plane tree autumn colors
epilogue
Without Alexander the Great, the French plane tree is likely not to become the first of the world's four major street trees, and it is Alexander who has achieved the status of the French plane tree overlord in the world;
Domoros not only made an important contribution to the spread of Buddhism in China, but also spread the French plane tree to China;
missionary
French missionaries brought French plane trees from Europe to Shanghai for planting again, and then French plane trees became one of the main street trees on the mainland, so everyone called it French plane trees.
Alexander the Great, Domoros, French plane trees and China have such a relationship. The French plane trees came to China twice, both of which had something to do with religion.
Those rumors that say that the French plane tree originates from the mainland Yunnan can be put to rest, and no longer half-understood to spread falsehoods. Cultural self-confidence cannot be made up, otherwise it will be laughed at and spread as a laughing stock.
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