Planting banyan trees in Fuzhou has become a common practice since ancient times. Especially in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Boyu, the prefect, advocated that "banyan trees should be planted in every household" and "the city should be shaded in summer", which made Fuzhou have the reputation of "Rongcheng" again. The banyan tree is evergreen all the year round, with lush foliage and majestic vigor, symbolizing the urban spirit of Fuzhou.

There are nearly a thousand ancient banyan trees in Fuzhou, among which the Millennium banyan tree in Fuzhou National Forest Park is known as the largest banyan tree in Fuzhou. According to legend, during Ye Ping's reign in the Northern Song Dynasty, three military officers were planted here while practicing martial arts. This tree is 20 meters high, and the projected area of its crown on the ground exceeds 65,438+0,330 square meters. 1On February 8, 985, the 12th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress decided to name the banyan tree as the city tree.

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Development history

Fuzhou has a long history, from the Tanshishan culture in the late Neolithic period to the Loess Lun style in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties in the Central Plains, which shows that the ancestors of the Min nationality used to fish, collect or engage in primitive farming here, using stone tools such as grindstones, axes and knives. He has mastered the production techniques such as textile and pottery making and the corresponding decorative arts. During the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, Fujian ancestors in Fuzhou merged with the descendants of Gou Jian, the king of Yue, to form the local regime of Fujian and Guangdong.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the political and economic center of Fujian moved from northern Fujian to Fuzhou. In the 13th year of Tang Kaiyuan (725), the original state of Fujian was renamed Fuzhou, and the name of Fuzhou began. After the mid-Tang Dynasty, Fuzhou's economy, culture and education have developed greatly. In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the northern Han people constantly immigrated to Fujian.

In the sixth year of Ganfu (879), Fuzhou was once captured by Huang Chao Army. In the first year of Jingfu (893), Wang's armies of Wang Chao, Guang and Shou Zhou occupied Fuzhou, based in Fuzhou, unified and established Fujian, and brought the immigration tide to the Central Plains, which was known as "eighteen surnames follow Wang" in history.

Song Dynasty was the golden age in Fuzhou's history, and its population, economy and culture all reached a peak. In the seventh year of Kaibao (974) and the second year of Xining (1069), Qian Yu, Ci Shi and Cheng Shimeng successively expanded the city.

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