This ancient pagoda tree should be about 500 years old, which was planted in the late Ming Dynasty. The number of the ancient tree is "C00 1". A century-old tree can be called an ancient tree, and a tree over 300 years old is a rare ancient tree.
1997, Taiyuan extends Yingze Street to Xishan. In the planning of opening Yingze West Street, this ancient tree is located in the center of West Street, which is the first time that Taiyuan City has encountered the problem of ancient tree protection in road engineering construction. So the tree was raised by 1.5 meters, and a flower pond was built with the ancient pagoda as the center. The pond is piled with natural stones, planted with flowers and plants, and surrounded by a white marble fence.
When Yingze Street was rebuilt, there was an episode here. Once, the excavator master tried to dig this tree, but no matter how many excavators he changed, he was confused when he got on the bus and started. This episode has been circulated among the people so far.
This ancient tree fell ill in 2005. As a "green living fossil", the 500-year-old Sophora japonica is invaluable. Yingze West Street is extended, and the roots of ancient trees are seriously damaged when digging, and the roads around ancient trees are almost all hardened, which seriously damages the growth environment of ancient trees. Old trees are getting weaker and weaker, dead branches are increasing year by year, and the crown is getting smaller and smaller.
The "critical illness" of ancient Sophora japonica has attracted the attention of the garden department, and the famous ancient tree experts in China have consulted it. After restoration and revival, it may live for thousands of years, and the out-of-print landscape of "C00 1" can be preserved.
Situation description
Yingze Street in Taiyuan can be said to be the first street in Shanxi, just like Chang 'an Street in Beijing, which is known as "the first street in Shanxi".
Whether you are driving or riding a bike, or walking down this street. When you walk past Xiayuan, you will see a big pagoda tree in the middle of Yingze West Street Road, which the villagers call Wang Jiahuai.
Yingze Street has undergone several major renovations, but the tree has been growing there and has never moved. All traffic should be avoided. On holidays, nearby villagers will come here to burn incense and pray. Because of this tree, Yingze Street even changed its original design.
It is said that the Wangs moved here from ancient friends to settle down. Take the size of this tree as the time record of the Wangs' foothold in Taiyuan. According to the records of the Wangs, the tree was "thick" at that time. Today, there are still many places in Taiyuan that use Wang Xing as a place name, such as Dawang Village, Wangxiao Village and Houwang Village.