Zhoukou style moling large locust tree

Moling as the old county of Xiangcheng, also known as the "old city", Wuhua Tianbao, Renjie Diling, Gao Meige, Zhang Boju These literati are all from Moling.

Speaking of the old city, the hometown people first think of the "big locust tree" in Xiguan - of course, this "big locust tree" is not a Hongdong "big locust tree", the big locust tree is about fifty meters high, the layers of canopy are also like Liu Bei's mulberry tree, when I was a child, it was inevitable to think wildly under the tree, and I was timid, thinking about whether there were gods and monsters living on this tree so tall, and whether there were snakes and insects in the hollow trunk.

There are two existing trees in moling, one in Xiguan, which is what we call the "moling big locust tree" landmark. One in Nanguan, Nanguan is not as tall as the locust tree of Xiguan, and the location of the Nanguan locust tree is not as prosperous as the location of the Xiguan locust tree, so there are not many people who know. Now the locust tree has become a landmark of Moling, and there is a beautiful legend about the locust tree...

According to legend, about six hundred years ago (the specific time can not be verified), about the Ming Dynasty period, when the old city was the old county town of Xiangcheng, there was an old monk practicing in Xiangcheng for many years, and then the old monk Chengxian wanted to go to Nanshan to practice, before leaving, in order to thank the grace of so many years in Xiangcheng, in the southeast, northwest and four passes carried four locust trees, bless Xiangcheng wind and rain, more talents, if the locust tree is there, Xiangcheng is safe, talented...

Legend has it that now the old monk is still practicing in Nanshan (the old family says that the mountains are collectively called Nanshan, and the specific name of the mountain is ominous), if there are children who waste food, the old people say that the old monks see it and want to punish you...