Couple tree

Couple tree

"Husband wife tree" is called "lianlizhi" in ancient times, also known as "life and death tree", which is a kind of phenomenon in the forest that is dependent on human husband and wife.

It is the folk custom of She people to cut down husband and wife trees as roof beams. It is popular in the mountainous area of southern Zhejiang. Before the house was built, people cut the timber of the roof beams and had to find the same root tree. After cutting, the couple carried it back to show their love.

Local legends and allusions

Sichuan

Qilong village, Mingshan District, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province

Just out of shuanghechang Town, we can see two big trees standing on qilonggang from a distance - "husband and wife tree".

"Husband and wife tree" stands on the hill. A group of tourists stand on the platform and look at it. The rolling mountains make the tea garden green. With the "couple tree" as the center, the ten thousand mu sightseeing tea garden extends all around. The "couple tree" has not only become an important tourist spot for Dragon riding, but also an important activity place for Dragon riding village.

In the past, it was poor here and it was difficult to eat water. Not to mention that tourists didn't come, even relatives and friends seldom visited. Now the environment is better and the transportation is more convenient. The couple tree and the rolling tea garden attract many foreign tourists. During the festival, relatives and friends come in an endless stream. "Couple tree" is not only a place for local people to relax, but also one of the scenic spots to attract tourists.

 

Xilai ancient town in Pujiang County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Xilai ancient town in Pujiang County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province not only maintains a large number of houses in Western Sichuan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but also has 12 famous banyan trees, including a couple tree.

Near the river, there are 12 ancient banyan trees about one thousand years old. The most peculiar one is the "couple tree". The two separated trunks are clasped together about 2 meters above the ground. Many roots grow out of the clasped trunks and intertwine with each other. About 10 cm below the clasped trunks, the two trunks stretch out two long "hands" to hold each other tightly. The thinner one on the left is "wife", and the thicker one on the right is "husband". It is said that there was a couple living here in Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty. They loved each other so much that they hugged each other tightly and turned into trees. Mr. Wei liaoweng once lamented that a couple in need depend on each other for life and death. They become birds of the same wing in the sky and branches in the earth

Miao nationality township, Xuyong County, Sichuan Province

In the Miao township of Xuyong County, a Forestry Township in southern Sichuan, two strange ancient trees were found, which could not be named and were commonly known as "husband wife tree" by local people. The "husband tree" is on the top of the mountain, and the "wife tree" is at the foot of the mountain. The two trees are more than 500 meters apart, but there is a natural red stone ridge between them, like a silk cut continuously. The diameter of the two trees is about 170 cm. According to the research of the forestry department, they are at least 500 years old. "Fu tree" is tall and straight, shaped like an umbrella, evergreen all the year round. "Wife tree" is very strange. It has the magical ability to predict the crop harvest. It is also called "crop tree" by the local people. This tree changes its leaves once a year and can blossom and bear fruit. In addition to the trunk of the tree, the southeast, northwest each hair a thick branch. In that year, which branch blossoms and bears fruit, which crop must have a good harvest, otherwise it must have a bad harvest.

Guangdong

This is actually a rich legend handed down from Jiaoling County.

In order to let friends know the couple tree, we specially invited Chen Guifeng, director of Jiaoling cultural center, to tell the story.

Because a Shan had no money to worship Wang Daxian and was not given new pills, he was very frustrated and quarreled with a Yu. In the middle of the night, someone knocked at the door to ask for a bed. A Yu is a kind-hearted man. He opens the door to welcome the guests. What comes in is an old couple with white hair. They are all wet by the rain. So he finds out the dry clothes to put on and warms them with the only brown rice porridge. Regardless of the heavy rain, ah Shan went to pick celery to make spices. The old couple exchanged their eyes. The old man said, "ah Shan, you are very smart. How can you superstition that kind of thing?" the old woman also said, "young man, there is no magic medicine in the world. Your wife is so virtuous. Let's have a good and down-to-earth life. " A Shan didn't dare to make a sound. He and his wife slept in the side room all night.

The next day, the old couple had left and left a silver or two on the table. A Shan grabs it and goes to find Wang Daxian. A Yu seized him and begged: "there is nothing left at home. Can I go to buy some food?" A Shan ruthlessly pushed her away: "I will soon become an immortal, then you will go to heaven with me, what food will you use?" You're gone.

A Yu was so frustrated that she cried in the middle of the night. Remembering that she had not had a good day, her husband only knew that he believed in evil and didn't pull it out. Where there was any hope in the future, she found a rope, hung it on the roof beam and killed herself.

But he said that a Shan was with Wang Daxian and handed in the silver. Wang Daxian said that he would soon get the Shinto and let him meditate in the quiet room. At this time, a Songbo suddenly appeared and led a Shan through the back door to the outside of Wang Daxian's backyard. Ah Shan saw that Wang Da Xian was sitting at a table full of delicious food, holding a beautiful woman on his left and right, and said, "ah Shan, that fool has paid another one or two silver. These are all from his money. Let's enjoy the good luck." ah Shan was very angry. It turned out that Wang Da Xian is a cheater. My husband said, "you still believe him. Your wife has killed herself because she is sad. Go back and save people. "

A Shan ran home in a hurry and saw a Yu lying on the bed. A she was feeding her water. She scolded him and said, "you are too shameful. You want to live a long life, regardless of your wife. I tell you that only when husband and wife are united, work hard and get rich, and live a good life, can they live a long and stable life. For example, if you go astray, not only can you not live a long life, but also you will lose it. " Then he put down two liang silver and left.

Ashan was ashamed to ask where she was going? She pointed to the mountain and said, "I'm your neighbor. My family and your family have been friends for generations. I can't bear to see you go astray. We'll have a good life in the future, and we'll see you again. " With that, after a breeze, the man disappeared. Ah Shan said, "it was the gods who gave me directions. I'm sure I'll live a down-to-earth life with my wife in the future. "

From then on, a Shan no longer believed in the art of longevity, worked hard with his wife and lived a healthy life. Once a Shan and his wife went up to the mountain to cut firewood and saw the tree deep in the forest. The great enlightenment was: isn't a Songbo a pine tree? Ah ho Po is the lotus tree. She can't help but kneel down deeply and become more diligent and solid. Later, a Shan's family was full and lived to more than 100 years old.

Shaanxi

There are two big trees called "couple tree" by local people. What's strange is that the two trees wither and prosper one by one, and wither and prosper alternately and reciprocally with the change of years, which arouses people's great interest.

The roots of these two trees are bare, twisted and intertwined, and they are inseparable; and there is a strange phenomenon that two trees wither and flourish, that is, one withers and the other is green. Even in spring and summer, the leaves of a tree are like yellow leaves in autumn. Before autumn, the leaves are already gone, with only bare branches; while the other tree has thick branches, green branches, jade green, full of vitality. In the spring of the next year, the withered tree leaves and branches, supporting a group of green; in the first year, the fresh tree began to wither, the two trees alternate year after year.

The local "Shanmin" tells a sad story about a young couple who fell in love and turned into two trees after being persecuted and killed. Some people try to explain the phenomenon of the alternation of prosperity and withering of two trees from the biological point of view: because of the thin soil and the lack of nutrients, it is difficult for two trees to survive at the same time, so one tree will enter a dormant state in one year and give all the nutrients to another tree to make it grow healthily; next year, the trees that have grown will give all the nutrients to the dead tree to make it grow healthily.

Lop Nur

When China conducted its first nuclear test in Lop Nor, Wang Ruzhi, deputy director of the third scientific research institute of the engineering corps, and Zhang Xianglin, her husband, were ordered to go there respectively. They strictly abide by the confidentiality requirements of "not to tell their parents, not to show their wives and children". When they met by chance under an old elm tree in the Gobi desert, they knew that they were coming for the same task. General Zhang Aiping, who was the commander in chief of the field experiment at that time, was deeply moved by the story, praised them as good sons and daughters of the motherland, and named this tree "husband and wife tree" to inspire and educate future generations.

 

Dali

In the tuyue Garden Hotel in Dali ancient town, two strange ancient trees, which are not named by the local people and are commonly known as "husband wife tree", are found. Two of them are connected. It is said that Duan Yu first kisses wood Wanqing here at that time. At that time, there was a thousand year old frog beside the pond, which called four times, implying that "a hundred years old frog often accompanies husband wife tree". It is said that if you are lucky to hear the frog's voice, it will bring you happiness good luck! Local newlyweds will go to the couple tree and hang a ribbon to make a wish, which means a happy life for the couple! There are often little lovers here to make wishes!

Xinjiang

These two husband and wife trees were born in the cocotohai. They live side by side

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