There were few scenic spots in Xiang Yu's hometown. Only the stone tablet erected by Kangxi is slightly famous, including Yingfeng Pavilion and Huai 'an Pavilion built by 1935. Later, Suqian invested 4 billion yuan in 20 12 to upgrade the original scenic spots and encourage Xiang Yu to become a tourist card, which led to the scale we are seeing now.
Xiang Yu's hometown is now the largest scenic spot in Suqian, and all aspects of planning are very distinctive, compact and unique, giving people a feeling that palaces and garden buildings are integrated. Is this to cater to the origin of Xiang Yu? Chu culture is perfectly embodied here. Although the building looks very new and has no heavy sense of history, it is really good on the whole. However, people who want to dig ancient buildings may be disappointed when they come.
The ancient architecture combines the characteristics of Chu and Han dynasties, and people feel that they have crossed in it. However, because it is not very famous and the publicity is not strong, there are fewer people visiting here. There are only a few tourists in twos and threes in the vast Chu city, which provides a good opportunity for some people who like to take pictures. When taking pictures, you don't have to worry about others entering the country to spoil your fun.
Although there are few people in the ancient buildings, many people visit the earliest building, Yingfengge, and everyone is attracted by an old locust tree here. It is said that this pagoda tree has a history of more than 2200 years. The locust tree near the ground has become dark and dry, and the middle is empty, but this does not affect the vitality of this locust tree, which still exudes new green every spring.
According to legend, Xiang Yu/Kloc-planted it when he left his hometown at the age of 0/6. After thousands of years, it is still flourishing. I don't know if it is because of other reasons that it is struggling to wait for its master here, so it has such a strong vitality and lives so hard. It is really admirable, so it is also called "the first locust in the world". This is a precious ancient pagoda tree in Jiangsu. It is said that it was planted by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, with a history of more than 2,000 years.
This pagoda tree is more than ten meters high and very thick. It is said that it takes two adults to hug. The crown area is very large, more than ten square meters. The most amazing thing is that the unearthed part of Sophora japonica actually divides into two parts, and their growth does not interfere with each other. Only the roots are tightly intertwined. From the appearance, this tree is really too old to be old, which makes people worry inexplicably.
However, it is gratifying that this ancient tree has long been protected by the Suqian government, surrounded by guardrails and protected on the tree. Now it is a national first-class protected ancient tree, and it is rated as the first of the "Top Ten Longevity Trees" in Jiangsu.
Around the pagoda tree guardrail, tourists tied red ribbons, and next to it stood a stone tablet that read "Wang Xiang planted the pagoda tree himself". It is said that this will bring you good luck and blessings. In the eyes of many people, this is a "holy tree". The red ribbon places people in the greatest awe of the ancient pagoda tree and life, and writes down their wishes on it, praying that they can be influenced by the ancient pagoda tree and realize their wishes. What if it comes true?
This tree has witnessed the history of Suqian people for more than 2,000 years, witnessed the changes of Suqian for more than 2,000 years, learned about Suqian's joys and sorrows, and learned about Suqian's past and future. I don't know the fate of this ancient tree, but it's always special to live here for a long time. It can also be seen that Suqian has done a very good job in this respect, otherwise it would have been cut down long ago.
But Suqian, as a famous historical and cultural city, the publicity effect is really not very good. Xiang Yu's big IP didn't attract tourists. Suqian should really try to change its current propaganda strategy. But I believe that in the near future, Suqian will be known to the public, more and more people will visit Xiang Yu's hometown, and more tourists will tie red ribbons around the ancient pagoda. I'm afraid the fence of the ancient pagoda will be expanded by then. A 2200-year-old locust tree in Jiangsu Province is said to have been planted by Xiang Yu himself, and its trunk is still flourishing when it is split in two.