Discover beautiful scenery while walking and share life with words. Do you know the story of the locust tree in Beijing?

You don’t know much about the Sophora japonica tree, but the Sophora japonica tree is very meaningful to old Beijingers. Beijing is too far north, so many trees cannot adapt to Beijing's natural environment. Only locust trees are suitable for Beijing's natural environment. In the history of old Beijing, there were 12 famous locust trees, and locust trees have also become A kind of culture in Beijing city. Some old Beijingers can still name these twelve locust trees one by one on their fingers. But many people who travel now know very little about Beijing and the locust tree. A few days ago, I braved the biting cold wind to see the largest locust tree forest in Beijing, and gained a lot.

I knew a little about Beijing and Sophora japonica trees before, but it was just hearsay. This time when I went to Sophora monastery in Beijing, I met a senior Beijinger who introduced me to Sophora japonica trees and Beijing in detail. , especially the list of twelve Sophora japonica trees, I was surprised. Although I have been to most places, I have never noticed these famous Sophora trees. Here is a list, how many do you know?

The twelve famous Sophora japonica trees are: 1. "Luoguo Sophora japonica" in Imperial College, 2. "Fenghuang Sophora japonica" in Soong Ching Ling's former residence in Shichahai, 3. "Tang Sophora japonica" in Beihai Park's Painted Fangzai, 4. Jingshan "Tangshan Sophora japonica" in the park, 5. "Eighteen Forbidden Sophora japonica" in the Forbidden City, 6. "Corner Tower Sophora japonica" in the Forbidden City in Beijing and "Panlong Sophora japonica" in the Imperial Garden, 7. "King of Sophora japonica trees" in Shangyu Village, Fengjiayu Township, Miyun ", 8. "Xiangshan Sophora japonica" outside the east gate of Xiangshan Park, 9. Cao Xueqin's former residence "Calabash Sophora japonica" and "Crooked Sophora japonica", 10. "Jiangjia Sophora japonica" at the Reclining Buddha Temple, 11. "Wanshou Sophora japonica" at Wanshou Temple, 12. Dongyue Temple "Shouhuai".

Not to mention those famous Sophora japonica trees, when I have time I will definitely go and watch them carefully one by one. Since I went to Jingcheng Huaiyuan, I will give you a detailed introduction to Jingcheng Huaiyuan. Jingcheng Sophora Garden is a park dominated by locust trees. It is located east of the Fifth Ring Road in Pingfang Township, Chaoyang District. It is quite large. To the north of Jingcheng Sophora Garden is Dongba Country Park, as I said before. I also noticed Huaiyuan when I went to Dongba.

When visiting Sophora Park in Beijing, in addition to the regular Sophora grove, there is also an art area called Guan Tang in this park. This art area is similar to 798. There are some art workshops and a Guan Tang art area. The art museum is said to be very good, but when I went there, due to the epidemic, the place was not open to the public, so I did not go in.

The inside of Beijing Huaiyuan is not much different from a normal park. There are squares and lawns, as well as some facilities for people to exercise. I won’t go into details about these features of the park. I want to focus on the locust trees in the park. Although these trees look rough, they have special significance to Beijing.

As far as trees are concerned, we know that Nanjing is famous for its parasol trees, while the cultural symbol of Beijing is the locust tree. There are many literary works that talk about the locust trees in Beijing.

"Beiping in May" describes it this way: "In particular, locust trees are planted everywhere, regardless of streets, alleys, or households. In May, you are like climbing a tree. From the top of Jingshan Mountain, if you take a bird's-eye view of the city of Beiping, you can see that all the houses in Beiping are scattered in a sea of ??green. Most of this sea of ??green is caused by locust trees... Peiping is really suitable for being decorated with green trees. There is no more green tree than the locust tree, which can look like a canopy. "This is enough to show the status of the locust tree in Beijing!

In addition to the "Beiping in May" I mentioned above, there is also a book called "The Fragrance of Locust Flowers in May" which tells a story that happened in Beijing. This book is more famous.

In fact, the relationship between the old Beijing city and the locust tree is more based on the simple and tough character of the locust tree, and its rich and vigorous vitality to set off the culture of Beijing city at that time. In Beijing now, every May The locust flowers are still fragrant when you are there, but fewer and fewer people know the culture of Beijing and the locust trees. Just like this Beijing locust garden, it is cold!

I suggest that you go to this Sophora Garden in the beginning of spring next year. The spring scenery here should be very good. Although I went to Beijing Huaiyuan in winter, I don't recommend that you go now because it is really rundown now. It will be great to leave the center of Beijing in May and see the feelings of old Beijing here!

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