Legend of ancient jujube tree in Qingyun County Author: The total tree in Li Qingyun County is the Tang jujube tree in Qingyun County. This tree is located in the south of Zhoujia Village, Zhanghou Township, Qingyun Town, and on the south bank of Fujin River in Zhang Weixin River. There are countless legends about this old jujube tree. Lu Yuanpei, who was appointed as the magistrate of Qingyun County in the first year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem praising this strange tree. "Half an acre is sunny and cloudy, and the vicissitudes are endless." Countless branches have their own colors, preferring to leave the ice and snow. Gao Shi is arrogant in building a house, and the general sits on the ground and sends his generals. Talk about pearls and then know that profits are definitely the first in South China. "As can be seen from the description of the old jujube tree in this poem, this tree has been shaded for half an acre at most after thousands of years. Despite the vicissitudes of life, there is still a towering trend and prosperity. General McCullough and these heroes of Wagangshan risked their lives to get in and out of Qingyun for the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty, and it was definitely not the first time. Every time they came here, they tied their horses and sat on the ground to rest. It also discussed military affairs and became a place for general Wagangshan to discuss and rest in the wild, so the locals had three names at that time. One is the statement of general Shu; Second, some people call this tree Wagangshan General Chamber of Commerce; Third, because General McCullough once tied a horse here, it is also called McCullough tied a horse stake. General McCullough has a soft spot for this tree and wanders back and forth. In the hot season, war horses can rest when they see ancient trees, and they are also happy to rustle for a long time. In the mature season, you can pick baskets of red dates like red pearls. As we all know, General Luo Cheng was the founding general of the Tang Dynasty. When he passed Qingyun back and forth, the Tang Dynasty had not yet been established. The Sui Dynasty was founded in 58 1 and ended in 6 18. It has been 139 1 year since the Sui Dynasty was overthrown, with a history of only 37 years. Therefore, General mccullough should choose a tree that can cool himself and tie his horse. His horse is not an ordinary horse, but a short-tempered BMW pony loved by millions of soldiers. This ancient tree was at least 200 years old at that time. According to the poem recorded in the Annals of Qingyun County in the Fourth Year of Xianfeng, Qing Dynasty, this ancient jujube tree was planted at least in the period of 479-502 AD in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Why is such an old jujube tree called Tangzao? There is a story among Qingyun people, because General McCullough often tied his horse to rest under this tree. One year, he rested under an old jujube tree, which was around August 15th. The tree was full of fruits, and General mccullough was hungry, so he picked dates to satisfy his hunger. That jujube is sweeter than honey, and he has a great responsibility this time. General McCullough will represent Wagangzhai hero to meet Tang Guogong Li Yuan to discuss cooperation to overthrow the corrupt Sui Dynasty. The general came in a hurry without a gift. General Luo ate this sweet jujube, gave money to the owner of this tree, bought the red jujube on this tree as a gift, and went to see Tang Guogong Li Yuan. The owner of this tree said that he didn't want General Luo's money anyway, so he filled the general's commissary bag. General Luo thanked the villagers and hurried to Tang gaozu's camp day and night. General Luo met Li Yuan and presented a red jujube gift. Li Yuan took it and asked, "What did General Luo offer? "Luo Cheng replied:" Returning to the Tang Dynasty is a precious fructose jujube in the world. " Li Yuan couldn't help nodding after a few bites. Tang gaozu immediately tasted the dates brought by General McCullough with Li Shimin and his generals. The generals headed by Li Shimin said loudly with one voice, "How sweet! It's really sugar dates! "After this cooperation negotiation with jujube as the medium, the idea of overthrowing the Sui Dynasty was reached. And it was one victory after another, which soon overthrew the Sui Dynasty. When I was discussing the country name used in the founding of the People's Republic with ministers, I went out to play: "My father wanted to use Tang as the country name for two reasons. First, my father was Tang Guogong, and second, General McCullough took sugar dates as the media, which enabled us to reach an understanding with the heroes of Wagangzhai. All the heroes in Wagangzhai surrendered to us except Dan Xiong Xin, who are loyal generals. General McCullough died to overthrow the Sui Dynasty, and we will live for several generations. Li Yuan was overjoyed: "Very reasonable." The legend of Tang Dynasty and Qingyun ancient jujube has been passed down from generation to generation. Sugar jujube and sugar jujube have spread all over China and every corner of the earth. It is said that when the Prince of Yan swept the north in the Ming Dynasty, many locals hid under the Tang jujube tree, and suddenly the fog filled everyone, so the locals also called the Tang jujube tree a sacred tree. 1989, Qingyun county party Committee and government erected a monument for Tang Zao, and the word "Tang Zao" was inscribed by the famous calligrapher Mr. Jiang Weisong. Seal script is elegant and generous. The inscription was written by Mr. Zong Weicheng, a 76-year-old professor of Shandong Art College at that time, with more than 300 words in regular script. Although this general tree has experienced more than 1600 years of wind and rain, it is still flourishing. It is the oldest jujube tree in China and has been included in the Dictionary of Places of Interest in China. Although the jujube trees in the Tang Dynasty have experienced vicissitudes of life and suffered repeated defeats, they are still deeply rooted and luxuriant, as vigorous and elegant as dragons and phoenixes, with hollow trunks that can accommodate people. Every autumn harvest, you can still hit 100 kilograms of dates. There are many ancient jujube trees around the general tree, so the Tangzao Ecological Sightseeing Park was built. In 2008, the tourist park was rated as a provincial-level eco-sightseeing agricultural tourism demonstration site. Now that she is protected by the government, all the tourists who come to Qingyun linger under this general tree, and many people take photos with the general tree as a souvenir.