The tree is an important tree in South my country. You will be surprised when you see it for the first time. Because in addition to the main trunk part in the center, it also has many bizarre aerial roots extending from the side branches, which penetrate directly into the soil. From a distance, a tree looks like a forest. This kind of aerial root is also called a pillar root because it has a great supporting effect. The distance between the roots of each pillar is large, often allowing cars to pass unimpeded. Xu Hun, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "The ring of pine canopies is clear and the rhyme is clear, and the roots of banyan trees provide shade."
In addition to its huge crown and bizarre aerial roots, the banyan tree also has a variety of other plants that are epiphytic and parasitic on it, including moss, dendrobium, orchid grass, vines..., and their branches grow from The top of the big banyan tree hangs down like hair and burrows into the soil. Some parasitic plants are coiled around the main trunk of the big banyan tree. Clusters of tropical orchids are growing in the branches of the big banyan tree, sending down bursts of fragrance. It really seems like a "hanging garden"! The garden naturally attracts countless birds and has become a paradise for birds.
The marvelous banyan tree brings miraculous monuments. In Mangshi, the capital of Dehong Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan, there is a wonder of a banyan tree hugging a Buddhist pagoda. According to legend, a monk built a small pagoda here five or six hundred years ago. I don't know how many years passed, but a small banyan tree grew on the top of the tower. The small tree gradually grew, and its roots extended downward along the cracks in the tower, pierced into the soil, and gradually developed into a tall trunk, tightly holding the tower. In the middle, some of the roots are still rooted in the body of the stupa, which is made of clay, and develop in the heart of the stupa. Under the attack of wind erosion, rain peeling and the big banyan tree, the pagoda finally cracked and tilted. However, the big banyan tree has lush branches and leaves, covering the whole body of the 8-meter-high pagoda. People call it the tree hugging pagoda.
There is also a wonder of "tree bridge" in Guizhou Township, Rongqi Town, Shunde County, Guangdong Province. According to legend, more than 200 years ago, local people considered that building a wooden bridge might not be durable, so they planted a small-leaf banyan tree by the river and used large moso bamboo to pull its aerial roots to the other side of the river. There were only three of them. , the three branches gradually grew thicker, and people put wooden planks on them, turning them into an interesting and scenic bridge. Strangely, later on, the big banyan tree itself extended a four-meter-long aerial root across to the other side, about 70 centimeters higher than the bridge deck, becoming a natural and unique bridge railing.
Tourists from all over the world come from far and wide to marvel at this ingenious work of nature!