The ancient acacia tree is located in Nangong City, Beiguan North Xiting Street east exit north of the road in the courtyard of Xu Zhenlin family. The tree is 9 meters high, chest 2.3 meters, crown 11 meters. Although the tree has been hollow, bark cracked,? The vicissitudes of life are obvious, but because of the care of the law, still vigorous, strong trunk, branches and leaves. Legend has it that the tree is 1,000 years old, has been included in the Xingtai City Ancient and Famous Trees List. Now this ancient acacia actually grows in a dry well about one and a half meters deep, Xu family because of several pad yard, the tree body buried a cut, and later renovation of the North House, and then pad yard, for fear of burying the soil is too deep to hurt the tree, so there is a garden cylinder with bricks in its circumference, and so the formation of such a pattern now.
In the sixties and seventies of the last century, Beiguan's North Pavilion Street East can be described as a faction of the dilapidated, south of the county moat, commonly known as the city trench, separated by a pothole in the dirt road, that is, the North Pavilion Street, the north side is the Feng family field. The so-called Feng's field, in fact, neither field nor yard, and is not unique to the Feng family, but by the Feng, Zhang and Xu surnames living in a patch of broken homes. A few very short and broken adobe houses, some have a courtyard wall, some courtyard wall collapsed only show a few wall base. A look to the north, the most conspicuous is the big acacia tree, very large, very high, very thick, is the initial memory of the tree, in the eyes of our children is simply too big, high dizzy eyes, thick and scary. Going to and from school here is a must, so every time you see this tree will produce some strange and bizarre ideas, and even sometimes even thought, so thick tree, in case of collapse will not smash people to death? In the spring, there are so many bees, what if they sting someone? Are there any monsters in the tree? And so on. In spite of this, we still envy the people living in Fengjiachang, envy them in the summer under the shade of the acacia with a bowl or squatting or standing to eat, while eating and chatting at ease, in the moon and stars, acacia shadows in the grass mats on the ground or to sit or lie down, the summer heat and the comfort of the cool. We could not resist the temptation to come to the tree to eat the yellow tumor eggs (acacia beans), peeling the inside of the "Godin" (acacia beans outside of a little bit of hard flesh), at that time to eat a "Godin" generated by the excitement, sense of well-being, certainly higher than the children now! The feeling of excitement and happiness from eating a "gordon" at that time was definitely higher than the satisfaction of eating chocolate, bananas and apples nowadays.
Later, I grew up and realized that this tree was originally owned by the Xu family, and then later I heard people in the village talk about it and listened to the Xu family, and then I realized that this ancient tree that crossed the millennium has carried such a heavy accumulation and condensed such a bizarre legend.
The acacia system hometown - a permanent thought. Xu family is Yongle move people from Shanxi to Nangong. Whether forced, deceived or voluntary, the family suffered the same hardships of the long journey. After arriving at the destination, Xu's ancestors look around, the first attention is the century-old acacia. Where there is an acacia is the hometown, so they settled here, so there is a "first family acacia, after the Xu family". This is the Xu family in the oral tradition of the process of moving people to settle down. As to why choose this place to settle down, in addition to the acacia system of the hometown of the factors outside, they also through the ancient acacia, see here, feng shui, in their view, to be able to raise a small tree into an old tree, the place, the ground must be prosperous, feng shui must be good. If you can't even nurse a tree, how can you call it a good place and how can you prosper a family? This is the natural logic and simple reasoning recognized by the Xu family, and it is also a thought that has been repeatedly interpreted by sages and philosophers. In the inheritance of this idea, the ancient acacia and the Xu family people into one, so that endless, from generation to generation. The protection of this ancient acacia is also a good protection of the ground and the quality of feng shui.
A hundred years of perseverance - a solemn promise. Nangong County in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, is a veritable thousand-year-old county, the county name has not changed in the millennium, but the county had a relocation due to water damage, when the Ming Chenghua fourteen years (A.D. 1478). In June of this year, the southern part of Hebei continuous heavy rainfall, Hengzhang River flooding, located in the current Xiding Office of the old city of the north and south of Nangong City was destroyed. In the conditions at that time, waiting for the water to clear the original site after the rebuilding, not only time-consuming, but also a large amount of work, is undoubtedly a very difficult thing. Therefore, choose a new site to rebuild is the best policy, the new site is in this tree south of the high hillock. To Chenghua sixteen years of the new city completed. One day the magistrate boarded the city inspection, to the north gate to see not far outside the city of a large acacia tree, branches and leaves, lush, so sent to explore, and soon yamen will be the Xu family patriarch to find. Although the magistrate "the classics" said a whole lot, some of the Xu master can understand, some do not understand, but the main idea of the county magistrate's speech is certainly understood, that is, this tree is extraordinary, view yin and yang to check the geography, it is a new county peace talisman, must be protected, not to be cut down, otherwise not only the county that is the family is difficult to keep! Peace. After hearing this, Mr. Xu kowtowed and swore that "the tree will not be cut down until the family is destroyed". Since then, the Xu family has been abiding by the ancestor's promise to protect the ancient acacia as the mission of the family, for the county, for the Xu family to protect the tree of peace.
The locust passes through the auspicious - a beautiful yearning. In the northern part of the many species of trees, acacia is one of the most special, the most mysterious species of trees, because it is the most closely associated with the official, with the Shi associated trees, in a way, acacia has become synonymous with the official position, the formation of the Chinese language context unique acacia official connected to the vocabulary. Such as the ruling minister, said acacia Ding; three position, said acacia position; three nine ministers, said acacia, said acacia; reputable ministers, said acacia hope; three houses, said acacia, said acacia; the emperor's palace, said acacia chen; court, said acacia, and so on. Sophora and Shi - the association of intellectuals, the most illustrative when the gate of Hunan Yuelu Academy plaque "Xiaoxiang Sophora City", Nangong ten Confucian Museum named "Sophora inserted into the Han", in fact, is to show that the Hunan literati very much. In fact, Hunan is showing a lot of literati, hoping that the Nangong literati as soon as possible into a higher level of socio-political field. In a sense, the locust tree is a kind of lucky tree, feng shui tree, the Xu family knows this well, so care, protection of the power to continue.
The number of psychic - a meditative memory. Sophora repair a hundred years that is God, this is the folk **** knowledge, the Xu family is more convinced. The stars are turning, the years are long, this ancient acacia after a thousand years, pectin, sunlight and moonlight, it is cohesion of the aura and God can be imagined. What's more, all kinds of strange spiritual events around this ancient acacia make them have to believe.
Taoist priests respectful sacrifice. In the spring of the early Republic of China, there was a cloud old road through the North Pass, see this ancient acacia can not help but marvel at, and then get the Xu family agreed to set up an altar in this incense after a day of floating away, and never seen again to come. After getting the respectful sacrifice, several years only long leaves do not grow new branches of the ancient acacia that year that the new branches flourish, there is a return to the meaning of the child. The Xu family can not help but be happy, the mystery of the ancient acacia more dense.
Mistakenly applied compulsion. Since the Taoist priest sacrifice, the ancient tree after the new branch, the Xu family people on the "locust God" identity benefits cut, every month or three or six or nine must be sacrificed. One year on the sixth day of July, the day is very hot, Xu family grandfather busy day of farm work hoe home, into the door to see his wife is kowtowing in front of the acacia burning incense, they are angry, but also loudly growled, "on the offerings, on the offerings, on what offerings! People are bullied to our home, it does not care, pay it what use? The ability to give out of this breath." It turns out that the Xu family and the city north of the Liu family is the ground neighbor, Liu family for the rich do not respect, bullying the weak and small, not only often secretly trick to the Xu family side of the rolling boundaries, and even more so, also prevented the planting of high crops, this is not today even to the Xu family planted a piece of sorghum cut, which is why there is this irrational impulse. After listening to the husband's account, the couple cried, helpless Xu family power alone, not to mention the "Yamen mouth open to the south, no money don't come in" a few times to complain, the County Yamen no one to do the Lord. Gas to gas, flexing to flexing, although tolerated, but the days still have to live. Can make the Xu family never expected is that the roaring "God of locusts" only more than a month, but came the unexpected news, said Liu Zaibao a sick, life hangs in the balance, now sent people to take the heavy gift to the door to thank you for the crime. It turns out that after the disease, the Liu family visited the famous doctors, doctors do not cure, and seek sorcerer, sorcerer that the Xu family spell caused, but because of their own limitations can not be broken, so there is a scene of the door to thank you for the mercy. This unexpected move has always been open and honest Xu family confused, they will not "do magic" more will not "casting", how can make Liu Zaibao got this headless disease? Being puzzled when the old partner spoke, could it be that you said those words in front of the tree management? A word wakes up the dreamer. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world, and then you can get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world. The people's lives are at stake, we are not the same as them, spare them. Let people have to believe that, not a few days Liu Zaibao's disease actually got better. From then on, the Xu family set up a rule, not in front of the acacia tree curse people.
The branch breaks hurt. The old acacia tree can not be moved, which in the Xu family is a well-known thing. Because the acacia tree has a gas, folding branch branch will wither, and injury to the tree stock will be victimized. This conclusion is supported by two things. One is the "old shuffle" injured legs. The old shuffle is Zhenlin brother's own uncle, because one leg limp, a little shuffle, so send the nickname "old shuffle". The old shuffler's shuffling feet are not inherent, nor is it an acquired disease left behind, but when he was young, folding acacia tree tree stock fall injury formation, due to disability so lifelong unmarried. Then there is Xu Lao will turn over the car. Xu Lao will be Zhenlin brother's brother, eight years to buy a motorized three-wheeled foot, because the yard of this acacia tree branches and trunks sagging, resulting in the three-wheeled out of the inconvenience, "open up the road to the mountains, water bridges" is the common sense of life, so the old man will be brought to the axe and saw without thinking about a couple of blocking the car's strands of the tree cut off. The yard is bright, moving the car is also convenient, but a few days old brother will be in the highway accident, three wheels scrapped, the passenger was injured, he also broke his legs and ribs. The family thought about it and analyzed it through big data, and finally blamed it on cutting down trees. It is a coincidence or inevitable, it is not known, but the Xu family from now on no one dares to try the tree.
The ancient acacia dream. Xu family's courtyard was originally low ground, the foundation is also low, so the tree appeared to be very high at that time. With the passage of time, especially after the reform and opening up, people's lives are gradually affluent, so there is a wave of renovation of new houses, and in accordance with the so-called yin and yang feng shui theory, the foundation of the higher the higher the pad, the Xu family's house foundation gradually became a basin, rain out of the water has become a problem. At first is the pad yard, when the yard and indoor ground whisked flat, "water" method is only to renovate the house, and renovate the premise of the house is still pad yard. That day Zhenlin brother pull soil pad a day yard, very tired, daughter-in-law also specially fried two dishes, two cups of wine down, suddenly feel sleepy to attack, so he will be in the situation to sleep. Sleep is thick, suddenly heard someone with a weak voice asking for help "fast ...... fast ...... I can not breathe." He looked for the sound, only to see an old man standing in a deep pit, surrounded by a circle of people are burying soil to his body, and buried while laughing. He gave a loud cry, he was awakened, looking around the silence, but at this time he was sleepy. So he took his clothes and went out, and under the moonlight the old acacia tree, which had been half buried, seemed to be gasping for breath and looking at him, and he realized the meaning of the dream. So there is in its surroundings with brick base a garden cylinder, in order to achieve the purpose of the ancient acacia does not cause deep burial of the idea. Is the ancient acacia spirit, people are more attached is not known.
Liu Deng resistance - a red history. Nangong is Ji'nan resistance red capital, is Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping and other old generation of proletarian revolutionaries lived and fought. According to the old people, Liu Deng once rested his feet under this tree. Deng Xiaoping once met with Carlson, the military attaché of the U.S. Embassy in China, under this tree, and discussed the world with tea instead of wine. Chen Zaidao, the commander of the Eastward Column, once met with Zhang Shuangqun of Beiguan, the cadre of Nangong Women's Relief Society, and fixed his life in this tree. after the Japanese and pseudo army fled Nangong on May 2, 1945, Kong Yingjie, the county public security director, and Cao Zhongyuan, the head of the enemy work section, led the public security team to enter the city from the north of the city An Songzhuang and entered the city from Beiguan, and once assembled the team in this tree. on May 3, Du Yide, the commander of the sub-district and the secretary of the local party committee, He Jilin, the chief of staff, and He Yiran, the deputy secretary of the local party committee, entered the city from the north gate with the troops, and so on. and other troops from the north gate into the city, held a grand entry ceremony before, had been here to dress. And so on. Whether it is true, study this history, can be extremely high law. But in the absence of conclusive evidence, these can only be recognized as a legend.
It is said that in the 1930s in Beiping, people with "small trees, new wall painting is not ancient" a sentence ridicule the rich. It means that you can build a house, build a yard, but you can not recreate an ancient tree.
The ancient tree is a place of creation, is a place of the soul of the pulse, but also a place of cultural symbols. Thanks to the Xu family for generations, the protection of this ancient acacia, but also thanks to all the people who protect the ancient trees. Otherwise, the ever-changing Nangong City not see an ancient tree, and let people sneer at the "tree small wall new painting is not ancient," what is the difference between the boomers?
October 24, 2018