【Commentary】Ancient trees and famous trees are known as "green living fossils", which are witnesses of a long history and also carry the nostalgia of the people. Recently, the reporter walked into Liuzhou, an industrial city in Guangxi, to visit the ancient tree community that spanned a hundred years of time and space.
【Explanation】Liuhou Park, built in 1906, is located in the most central location of Liuzhou City, and the trees planted with the construction of the park have become ancient trees with a hundred years of age. Since the renovation of Liuhou Park in 2005, more hardened paving has been added, affecting the growth of ancient trees. In order to improve the growth environment of ancient trees, the park introduced double-layer sleeve technology, and punched multiple ventilation holes around the roots of ancient trees with hardened ground to solve the problem of water permeability and air permeability of ancient trees, while promoting fertilizer absorption.
【During the same period】Tang Lin, member of the garden appearance and greening section of the Liuhou Park Management Office of Liuzhou City
On top of the hard paving around the old trees, we made a lot of air holes. The first (measure) is to punch more than 230 breathable fertilization holes with a diameter of 22 cm and a hole depth of two meters, and at the same time insert a slightly smaller galvanized steel pipe into the hole, and finally cover the orifice with a grate of the same material as the ground paving, so that it will not affect everyone's walking and exercise, and can also fertilize the ancient trees through the ventilation hole. The second measure is to punch more than 2000,<> ventilation holes around the paving around the ancient trees, which is more conducive to the healthy growth of the ancient trees.
【Commentary】Unlike the ancient trees in Liuhou Park, the Qingtan ancient trees located in the Liyufeng Scenic Area have roots that grow from the cracks in the rock walls. After hundreds of years of growth, the roots of ancient trees are difficult to support the huge trunk, easy to grow and tilt, and need to be protected by a series of measures such as artificial traction.
【During the same period】Chen Liyuan, landscaping maintenance and management engineer of Liuzhou Liyufeng Scenic Area
Qingtan ancient trees are relatively old, so it is easy to lodg, and the pests and diseases are serious, we have increased the safety inspection of ancient trees throughout the mountain, and the ancient trees are protected by grades, our goal is to protect both ancient trees and ancient buildings. So we first support the inclined position (of the ancient tree), do appropriate traction, slowly adjust, so that the ancient tree slowly deviates from the building, which protects both the ancient tree and the building.
【Commentary】In Huanjiang Village, Chengzhong District, Liuzhou City, the 30-kilometer-long Huanjiang Waterfront Avenue passes through here, connecting 132 ancient longan trees along the way. These ancient longan trees, planted in front of and behind the villagers' houses, have grown into two or three stories tall over the past hundred years, and many villagers have transformed their vacant houses into characteristic homestays for rent, which is very popular with tourists. Through the development of agricultural tourism, Huanjiang Village has transformed the achievements of rural ecological construction into economic advantages. It is reported that in 2022, the "Damei Huanjiang" rural tourism area will receive a total of 348.9 million tourists, with a total tourism consumption of 1 million yuan.
However, in the past, due to the lack of strong awareness of protection, some ancient sites were in poor condition. During the construction of some projects, the roots of ancient trees were over-hardened and the soil was covered too deeply, which destroyed the growth environment of ancient trees.
【During the same period】He Zhenzhong, deputy director of the Natural Resources Bureau of Chengzhong District, Liuzhou City
In 2020, we thoroughly renovated and "dehardened" 87 ancient trees that needed protection, and expanded the soil cover of (ancient trees). After two years of observation, we found that the growth (environment) of these ancient trees has also been greatly improved, and it has also created ancient trees in Huanjiang Village, which is a highlight of the revitalization of rural tourism.
【Explanation】In addition, the management department signs a letter of responsibility for the conservation of ancient trees with conservation units and individuals to ensure that there are no blind spots in the protection and management of ancient trees.
【Explanation】In order to guide more social forces to participate in the protection of ancient and famous trees, various places in Guangxi have organized and carried out the adoption of ancient and famous trees. In August 2022, the Liuzhou Forestry and Garden Bureau publicly adopted a group of ancient and famous trees with distinctive characteristics and representative trees. By the end of 8, a total of 2022 ancient trees had been adopted, and the social atmosphere of people loving and protecting ancient and famous trees has become increasingly strong.
【Explanation】In recent years, the forestry department of Guangxi has carried out a special rectification operation to eliminate "excessive hardening" of ancient and famous trees in the whole region, and rescued and restored thousands of ancient and famous trees throughout the region. In order to carry forward and inherit the characteristic ecological culture and promote the continuous vitality of ancient and famous trees, in September 2022, the Guangxi Forestry Bureau and the Office of the Guangxi Greening Committee jointly issued the "Regional Selection and Recognition of Homesickness Tree Activity Plan", which plans to select and recognize a homesickness tree in nearly 9,18 township stations and natural settlements in Guangxi, so that the homesickness tree will become an important carrier to retain homesickness and unite people's hearts.
Wei Dingying, Deputy Director of the Office of Guangxi Greening Committee
Guangxi is the first in the country to carry out the selection of homesickness trees, this work is also very meaningful, our previous selection of homesickness trees, but also received the response of all cities, counties, townships and villages in the region, and now this work is also advancing in accordance with the timing. We plan to complete the identification of nostalgic trees by the end of this year, and through a series of measures and means, raise the awareness of the whole people to protect ancient and famous trees, and promote the development of ecological civilization.
Reporting by Wei Guozheng, Meng Mingming, Chen Yanyou, Liuzhou, Guangxi
Responsible Editor: [Ji Xiang]