There is a folk saying in China that the phoenix bird symbolizing good luck often perches on the buttonwood tree, so the buttonwood tree has become a symbol of good luck, walking on the streets full of buttonwood trees, as if heading for happiness. Legend has it that phoenix tree was originally two kinds of trees, in which phoenix tree was a male tree and tung tree was a female tree. Two trees always grow together, grow together and die together. No one will abandon them and share life and death. So the phoenix tree means faithful love.
The buttonwood tree also symbolizes loneliness. Under the pen of Li Yu, a poet in the Southern Tang Dynasty, buttonwood became a synonym for loneliness. Looking at the phoenix tree leaves falling on the ground in late autumn, my heart is full of melancholy, so phoenix tree also symbolizes the unbearable loneliness that no one knows.
Wutongshu fengshui
Buttonwood trees are usually planted in the yard because of their lush foliage, but they should avoid facing the gate, otherwise it will lead to an ominous atmosphere and hinder the owner's marriage. The buttonwood tree is very suitable for planting behind the house and is a symbol of good luck. Buttonwood trees are not suitable to be placed at the door, which will bring yin to home feng shui and be unlucky.
The reason why buttonwood is not planted at home is because it is homophonic with childless women, which is considered to make the family lack children. However, in Feng Shui, buttonwood has excellent feng shui implication, which can not only bring wealth and good luck, but also attract virtuous women. Planting sycamore trees in the courtyard can bring good luck and wealth to people, so people with sycamore trees at home are more likely to attract phoenix and add auspicious atmosphere or wealth to their homes.
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