The natural scenery of Tonggong Township

Walking into Tonggong Mountain, the deepest impression is the lush ancient forest. There are dozens of kinds of camphor trees, maple trees, Castanopsis carlesii trees, Toona sinensis trees, locust trees and pine trees here ... In ancient times, it was difficult for several people to embrace each other for five or six hundred years. As small as a thumb, the villagers planted it recently. This is undoubtedly due to the simple folk customs of Tonggongshan people, who cherish trees as life and have the responsibility to protect them. For them, this vast ancient forest is not only beautiful scenery, but also feng shui, which is the green source of the prosperity of Tonggongshan family. In the frontage and clan rules of Xu Genealogy in this village, it is specifically recorded that:

Trees, or shade Long Mai, or form a landscape, are very important. Whoever lives in the big tree around the back hill is the storage room of the ancestors. For hundreds of years, it has been preserved in past generations. Later, no matter whether it is a mountain or a mountain, it is not allowed to cut down and fight privately. Offenders are attacked by the theory of debauchery, and the heads of families cut their names in the spectrum, and officials investigate and deal with them. Descendants of sages, be cautious.

Genealogy records: anyone who cuts down ancient trees privately is punished as "the crime of losing his family", and the patriarch personally beats gongs and drums and announces that he will be kicked out of the genealogy sequence; The second is to send the government to commit crimes. Tong Gong Xu's genealogy was first compiled in the 11th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1532), which shows that this clan rule has been implemented for 480 years. It is the foresight of ancestor Xu that makes the ancient forest of Tonggongshan, despite the changes of the times, still towering old trees, full of shade in the village, and become one of the few ancient forests in the county.