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Southern Frontier (Part 4) – Will You Eat Figs?

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Come and guess the puzzle: sugar buns knotted in the tree (hit a fruit)

In the previous picture, you will know. Tell you that such a large tree called a forest is just a tree, do you believe it?

Southern Frontier (Part 4) – Will You Eat Figs?

To repeat, this tree, known as the Fig King, has only one main root, and from the main root grows hundreds of branches. You see it leafy, who would have thought that it was more than 500 years old.

This fig king is located in Hotan, Xinjiang, about 15 kilometers from the city, covering an area of nearly one acre. It has grown new branches year after year, has a strong vitality, and spits out more than 20,000 fruits every year, and can eat fresh fruits from June to October.

Circle around this tree, you can no longer find the source, only to see the roots, entangled with each other, like a dragon dancing.

Southern Frontier (Part 4) – Will You Eat Figs?

Fig trees are more drought tolerant, but they are afraid of cold. In winter, the sticks that support the fruit tree need to be removed and the tree body flat. Press the bar of some crops on top and cover it. Dig it out again in the spring, and do it only once, it will take a village laborer to complete it in a week, every year.

The flowers of figs are hidden in the flower tray and cannot be seen, so they are called mysterious fruits, and they are also known as fairy fruits in the world. Its head is pointed, its belly is round, and it really looks like a bun.

Southern Frontier (Part 4) – Will You Eat Figs?

Fresh figs are very delicate and not suitable for preservation, so you have to eat them locally.

Will you eat figs? "You've got to flatten it." Place the fig in the palm of your hand, facing the palm of your hand, and pat it against the fig. Just such a simple action, you can see that you are a knowledgeable person. Because, in this way, the sugar concentrated in the middle will be scattered, the sweetness will be more uniform, and the whole fruit will taste more sweet.

Southern Frontier (Part 4) – Will You Eat Figs?

Uighurs like to plant fig trees, which can be seen everywhere in front of their homes or in the streets and alleys, perhaps because of people's good wishes.

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