The "Great Wall Online" 2003-6-27 8:25:36

Ash is one of Beijing's city of trees. A mention Beijing's ancient capital, is always talking about: "guhuai, wisteria, and courtyard." Park attractions, whether or street courtyard, one can see Sophora japonica presence. Since the construction of major capital of the Yuan Dynasty, the Sophora japonica is a Beijing street trees has been headed tree. Many villages in the suburbs of Beijing are also distributed guhuai, some of which stand at the entrance to the village, or grew up in the village temple before the old well next to it is a sign of the host village.

The North Sea floating restaurant with "Tanghuai"

Many guhuai in Beijing, the most famous of a number of North Sea boats and fast to the ancient Keting hospital's "Tanghuai" the. It stands in the courtyard on the southwest corner of the rockery, like a giant bonsai. Its green crown up to 15 meters, up to 5.3 meters thick dry weeks, the Tang Dynasty cultivation, has been 1300 years, Beijing's urban areas, "guhuai the most."

It is the upper part of the original crown has long been dead, while the south side of a large branch has formed a new giant crown, is still perfectly manicured, green grass crown. Gu Ke Ting is the Qianlong Emperor decreed that this was built Huai, Qianlong also wrote two of the "imperial system guhuai poetry." The poem goes: "Ting-Yu Laohuai, the consequent name of coca. If searching Kaju pass, when the bow angle Fu Song." Later, the emperor had guhuai to study, often to the old Empress Keting play.

Forbidden City, "18-huai"

Ash Simple and elegant, good luck Changrui. Since the Zhou Dynasty in China since the acacia trees planted in the palace, so Ash has "Palace of Sophora japonica," said, so a lot of the Forbidden City of guhuai. Inside the Forbidden City is the most famous guhuai Wu Yingdian off shore of Hongqiao 18 Yuan "purple forbidden 18-huai." According to the "old relics are slightly" contains: "Qiaobei vast number of acres, there are guhuai 18, arranged in shade rather eat You-induced." This magnificent 18-huai Keke, Qi Yu extraordinary. They are so well known is that in the Ming and Qing dynasties, his ministers and the Palace of the people have to walk out of the West China Gate here, Empress to the Summer Palace is also subject to 18-huai.

The southeast corner of Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City, there is a huge Sophora japonica var.pendula for Beijing's "Sophora japonica var.pendula the most." It is the crown on the level of a few large sticks bent outward along the extension, it seems a few volley flying dragon, numerous sprig bent like a hook, like the claws holding the empty Qiu, its sleek, natural into a fun, and known as "Broom Cassia."

Imperial College Lane, "Lucky-huai"

Since ancient times, locust tree on the tree for the public Qingtai Fu, in the Zhou in the "Sangong face three-huai," documented. Therefore, in ancient Imperial Academy and Gongyuan where acacia trees are planted in the past in Beijing Gongyuan there a well-known Beijing's "Wenchang Huai", according to legend it and the candidate's Man Wan. Imperial College Lane guhuai into a film, in which Yi-lun in the west front is a low glass wall protected by a dual dry guhuai, that is well-known within the capital's "lucky hoe." It is said that the first Jijiu Xu Heng Yuan Dynasty Imperial Academy of the plant, has been 700 years ago. Also according to legend it had been dry in the late Ming, but清乾隆年间Huyou germination. Cining at the time of the Queen Mother 60 birthday, it is considered auspicious sign, so Wenwubaiguan have poems paint. Qianlong also make the "imperial system Imperial College guhuai Poems", a poem that goes: "Palace Jiayin tree, remains Myanmar worthies. Planting Yuan-year-old, re-Rong Xinwei years." The matter, "Kusakabe nothing new test," there is written: "Guoxue guhuai 1, Yuan-Chen Xu Heng of the plant, read-year-old not only long, dry undone wing. Xinwei a while, and then Zhuo's out, fitness Cining 6 Wanshou the age of ten days. Huai City, sentient beings, communicating something for the Swiss. "So this hoe called" recovery-huai. "

Berlin temple "Butterfly Cassia"

In the east of the Lama Temple, Dongcheng, there is an ancient temple in Berlin Yuan Temple (in the past for one of the capital within eight brake). Korimaro Court in its own backyard before standing a tall ancient seven YE Huai, is surrounded by its leaves into a bouquet by seven, hence the name, also known as "Butterfly Cassia," because if there is a gentle breeze, clusters of leaves shaken, like fluttering butterflies. 7 YE Huai-tree, when the monastery was rebuilt清乾隆年间cultivation, dating back nearly 300 years, is Beijing's "Ancient 7 YE Huai-the most."

West Fourth Court of Guangji Temple relic back yard before, but also a seven-YE Huai-Qing Dynasty, which is the monastery of the "Sambo" as one. (Sambo: the square-cylinder, iron wells, seven YE Huai). In the east gate of Jingshan Park, there are a five YE Huai (also a butterfly-huai). Because of the ancient butterfly rare Cassia in the Beijing area, so they are very precious.

Xue-qin in front of "Wai Bo-huai"

Xiangshan at the foot of Wat Pho south-east is the white flag in front of the village of Cao Xueqin's house stands the huge guhuai 3. One Door West up to 4.9 meters in a dry weeks, is in Beijing at the stem circumference of about 10 trees at the 5 m thick guhuai one. Guhuai the east gate is the famous "Wai Bo Huai", which is that this hospital is proof that one of the former residence of Cao Xueqin. Kung in the Fragrant Hills area due to the former residence of the ditty to sing like this: "The front of the guhuai Waibo trees, small bridges wild-Qin Ma." In the house north of the Dragon King Temple Kung also stands a giant hoe, dry weeks may be close to 5 meters long, known as "Dragon Huai Wang."

Guhuai Lin countless

In addition, like the western suburbs of Manjuji in front of the Yuan Dynasty, "Wanshou Huai," Fragrant Hill Golden Bridge in front of a small generation "Xiangshan Huai", Wat Pho West and Cherry Vale junction of coca homes "Ming-huai" (locally known as "Chia-Huai"), Jingxi Jietai gate inside the "Liao Huai", Yanqing Badaling forest in front of a small Bridge, the "Yuan-huai," Factory Village, Huairou cliff-sur-Bo (Yanxi upstream) of the "Bo Cliff Plant Han Huai "(Beijing's" the most guhuai "), Miyun Yan down the village," Huai Yu hold "(meaning" I embrace "), Tongzhou District, Huang Wood Factory" meta-huai, ", Fangshan Township, Zhang Lithospermum Service Village's "Tang Huai," the village of Tai Shi Wo "Ming-huai," Hong En Temple in the Ming Dynasty, "Wisteria send Huai," at the top of the mountain, "Ash King" are all the Beijing area the name of Sophora japonica.

Guhuai Beijing's "living heritage", witnessed a long history of Beijing. Award in 1986, the activities of the Urban Tree Flower, Sophora japonica, together with the most votes and was elected city oriental arborvitae trees.

Best in the world-huai

Village in Hebei Province has a solid Shexian guhuai, known as best in the world Huai.

Old Ash tree 29 meters high, 1.7-meter girth, crown diameter of 19 meters, age about 2,000 years. Shupang Li has stone, inscribed with "best in the world Sophora japonica" five eye-catching characters. As the age-old, at present the trunk, main branch has been largely Kuxiu, just south-easterly direction, about one-fifth of the upper part of the entire tree to maintain a main branch and some of the collateral continues to grow extension to form a new cover as much as half an acre of canopy .

Number of local circulating strains of the Millennium guhuai on this legend.

One legend in the early years of the Ming dynasty Zhengde village built in 1506, there guhuai millennium, said; Second, in the Warring States period, Bing Qin attacked Zhao, was in this tree Xiema; third, Lu Tang Weng in this Shudo, Germany, Takayoshi Yi, there are inherent guhuai for the future of the language Xiao-xian; Fourth guhuai flourish extend the number of acres covered by the Quartet, has been called "Huai Yin blessed land" reputation plaque was placed; fifth Ming famine guhuai opening the granary, to hoe for the meters, Salvinia to save the hungry, day-night adopted a long-mao ran undefeated and so on.

This strain guhuai with Jinci "Zhou Bo," the same age as the Huai in the most, to teach him to "Shenzhou first Sophora japonica god of longevity" is well deserved.

This strain guhuai, although repeated nature of the attacks and the ravages of war, going through the Millennium vicissitudes of life, but still robust growth of its vitality with, is indeed a rare precious living heritage.

Hongdong County locust tree

Hongdong County, Shanxi Province is located in Old City 1 km north west of the village of Jia. Here is the ancient history of the famous big locust tree growth of the problem is well-known large-scale migration in history Yuanmomingchu starting, the starting point, has now become a sacred roots ancestors.

Guhuai for the Han Dynasty by the plant has been dry. A third generation to grow. The Ming Dynasty, the Hongwu years (AD 1370) to Yongle decades, due to wars in Yuan Dynasty, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces appeared in a large no man's land, no one village, the Minister proposed the adoption of first Ming Zhu Yuan and seven out large-scale migration from Shanxi, point of origin on the big locust tree in the office. Later, it will have "home to ask where, Shanxi Hongtong locust tree" Minyan. Therefore, the ancient Great Ash turn out to be a symbol of future generations to inquire about his ancestors.

(Source: Xinhua

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