Rong: There are hundreds of families in the She village in Xiamen, fuding city, Fujian Province, among which Deng is the majority. There is a big pond at the entrance of the village, which is divided into two halves by two hundred-year-old banyan trees. The magical "banyan tree embraces camphor tree" is rooted in this charming lake and mountains. This is a very strange-looking ancient tree, which is both a camphor tree and a banyan tree. The combination of camphor tree and banyan tree has formed the spectacle of "banyan tree embracing camphor tree". From a distance, it is just an ordinary tree, which seems to have nothing to do with the word "odd", but when you get closer, you will find that there are two different tree species growing on this tree, one is camphor tree with a thousand years' history, and the other is banyan tree with only a few decades' age. The two trees are natural and integrated. At present, this ancient tree has been selected into the book Wonders of Trees in China compiled by the State Forestry Administration, ranking 39th among the 500 exotic ancient trees in this book. There is a scientific saying about the formation of Cinnamomum camphora: 50 meters away from Cinnamomum camphora, there are two big banyan trees that have grown for hundreds of years and are vigorous and lush.
Decades ago, some birds ate the fruit of banyan trees and then settled on the ancient camphor trees. A banyan seed fell on the trunk of an ancient camphor tree and gave birth to a small banyan tree. A strong typhoon scraped off the trunk of the camphor tree where the little banyan tree lived, but the little banyan tree miraculously survived. Because of the rapid growth of banyan trees, it gradually replaced the later camphor trees, forming the present spectacle of "holding camphor trees". The local people have such a metaphor: "The Zhang family has a beautiful woman, and the family is allowed to come to the door; White teeth will be the master and be the feng shui of the Deng family. "Looking up under the old tree, you can find that there are more than a dozen other miscellaneous trees between the trunk and branches of the old tree, including a white bud tree, whose cadres have a thick bowl and are called the old tree housekeeper by the villagers.
Big trees, small trees, vines and grass form a beautiful scene with trees inside, roots outside, vines on the roots and grass between vines, just like a natural bonsai. The magic of "holding camphor tree under banyan tree" lies in the tacit understanding between old camphor tree and banyan tree, because this tacit understanding can give people a lot of leisure time. Young banyan trees are covered with the canopy of the sky and the green clothes in midsummer, leaning against the river and facing the water, dancing with the wind. Like a spoiled child wrapped around an old camphor tree. A little wayward and childish, but the old camphor tree hides wrinkles under the green roots of banyan trees. Although years have stripped it of its gorgeous costumes, it still stands tenaciously, making every effort to convey the remaining juice to the young banyan tree without reservation, silently watching the growth of young life. The exotic tree "Hugging Cinnamomum camphora", like a charming girl in the tree, discovered the beautiful land of Shi Lan, and together with other ancient trees and green water in Shi Lan Village, formed a static and dynamic landscape of Shi Lan Village.