With the continuous improvement of Chinese ecological awareness, more and more cities have joined the creation of forest cities, garden cities and other honors, the garden department in the selection of urban landscape trees, not only consider its growth rate, more consideration of the beautification of the city, so there are more and more rare tree species have been moved into the city, and the past common "poplar, willow and elm" is more and more unpopular, in fact, these tree species have made great contributions to human beings, especially elm trees, ancient times encountered famine years, they can also save lives.
Elm - One of the most difficult tree species to grow
Ten years of trees, many people on the definition of trees into the wood is relatively simple, think that it grows fast, grow straight is a good "material", now widely used in the paper industry eucalyptus is one of them, in the past we need a lot of wood to build a house, so these are normal, poplar and willow trees are the most representative, poplar trees although relatively straight, but more brittle, willow trees are easy to bend, but willful good;
And elm is a relatively different kind of tree species, it not only grows slowly, but also has a lot of "knots", people often describe people's heads as "elm knots", because the wood of elm is hard, it is difficult to grow (not straight), but there is a phenomenon that is very interesting, many families and ancient buildings have its figure, some can reach the level of ancient trees, this is mainly because of one of its characteristics, has a huge help to human beings, in the case of famine years, it can save lives.
Elm trees - trees that bear fruit in spring, or delicious food
The ancients, especially the farming peoples, in their own living area widely planted "poplars, willows, elms", is the choice of wisdom, they can not only be useful in life, such as: building houses, cooking, shading and other functions, they also have a very obvious characteristic, that is, in the spring flowering and fruiting, unlike other fruit trees, in the summer or autumn fruit, which, and the elm tree is the most advantageous, its fruit is sweet and delicious, or a rare delicacy;
In ancient times, farming people in the spring starvation is a common thing, so there will be a spring digging up the phenomenon of wild vegetables, in fact, the history of Yu qian is also a spring "life-saving" food, and than the effect of many wild vegetables, it is the seed of the plant, not only has starch (sugar), but also plant oil, more nutritious, for people engaged in farming in the spring, is a very good delicacy, in fact, even now, we can also take clean Elm money home, with meat to wrap dumplings to eat, or make soup, very tasty.
The same is true of poplars and willows, they are also spring flowering and fruiting, poplar fruit in the green, but also can be eaten, chew carefully will have a faint sweetness (do not try in the city, air pollution is more serious, if it is in the nature reserve or forest park, it is best to fall after a spring rain, even without dust).
The young buds and seeds of the willow tree are all good drinks, and the taste is particularly bitter, and in some places, the elderly will pick some in the spring, dry them, and then make tea to drink.
Elm - One of the most famous tree species in ancient times
I don't know if there are small partners to find that in the northern region, there are many place names related to elm trees, such as: Shaanxi has a Yulin City, which is the most famous, this is not counted, in many places, there will be elm grove villages, elm grove towns, etc., more interesting is that these places will have ancient elms, less than a hundred years, some even thousands of years, become a very large number of ancient trees, some even related to ancient emperors:
Wuchuan County, Inner Mongolia has a thousand-year-old elm tree: friends who love to travel know that there is a Wuchuan County in Inner Mongolia, rich in noodles and potatoes and is well known by foreign tourists, in fact, it also has a name "Northern Wei Important Town", Northern Wei and Sui and Tang celebrities (Tuoba, Yuwen, Li Yuan, etc.) mostly go out from here, including the emperors of Northern Wei, they come here in the summer to escape the summer, one of which is called Yushudian Village;
Yushudian village because there is a thousand-year-old elm tree at the mouth of the village and named, according to an octogenarian, there is a spring in history, the four seasons are continuous, the north and south sides are continuous Yin Mountains, nearby grow a large number of elm trees, is the real feng shui treasure land, green water and green mountains, every summer, there will be Northern Wei emperors to come here to escape the summer, there are many archaeological relics found nearby as evidence.
Hohhot Princess House Ancient Elm Tree: Hohhot Princess House has several ancient trees, most of which are elm trees, it is said that this is the residence of Kangxi's daughters, these elms are real witnesses, there is one at the ticket office at the entrance of the Princess House, and there are at least two ancient elm trees of the level of ancient trees in the Courtyard of the Princess House;
Hohhot City General Office: Hohhot City's predecessor is Naturalization City and Suiyuan City, and Suiyuan City, which has half of the history of Qingcheng, has more ancient elms in the courtyard of its General Office, and should be the most concentrated place of ancient trees and famous trees in the city, of which mostly elm trees, there are white elms, and ordinary elms, interested small partners can go to punch;
There are also a lot of cloves in the General's Office, which are also centuries-old trees, and May is the season of full bloom, which is very beautiful.
Five Pagoda Temple in Hohhot: The Five Pagoda Temple and the General's Office are ancient buildings of the same period, and there are also two ancient elm trees at its entrance, but one has died, and one is still luxuriant, which is also of the level of ancient trees.
In fact, in most areas of the north, there are elm-related villages, town names, and there are many ancient elm trees, it can be seen that the ancients are very fond of elms, although it is not necessarily the most suitable for house construction, even as firewood is more difficult to split, growing slower, if these are its "shortcomings", then "spring fruit" can be fed, is its biggest advantage, won people's respect.
【Tips】
There are many legends and stories about elms that remind us to be kind to people.