The "sycamore" in "planting the sycamore to lead the phoenix" is likely to say paulownia. LiXia is just when the paulownia flowers are in full bloom, and I can't help but stop the car to take a picture; the paulownia tree in the video is located near Jinsong Third Road and Hefei Road, looking at least thirty or forty years old.
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Paulownia carries too many childhood memories and has a special sense of intimacy. There are paulownia trees planted almost everywhere in the village, the paulownia flowers have a faint fragrance and are sweet to eat, its branches and leaves are thin and juicy, so it is the favorite tree of the big green insect (bean worm, oleander moth or willow two-tailed boat moth larvae), cicadas and birds, and the most caught cicadas at night with a flashlight, and the paulownia tree is the most.
Paulownia in the park
Paulownia flowers
Moth larvae (Large blue worm)
Moth pupae and adults
Willow two-tailed boat moth
In those years, the common planting of paulownia benefited from its fast growth cycle and strong fertility, especially after cutting down old trees, its roots can still be nourished into multiple new saplings, which can be grown in ten years, and the price is low, it is the preferred wood for building houses in the village, of course, if the family conditions are good, you can buy larch from the northeast; nowadays, it is rare to see the trees such as paulownia, let alone in the urban area.