Where is the Kip Mun banyan tree?

Xiamen Banyan Tree is a famous scenic spot in Ningde’s cultural landscape.

Rong Baozhang: There are about a hundred families living in Shilan Village, She Nationality Township, Xiamen, Fuding City, Fujian Province, mostly with the surname Deng. There is a large pond at the entrance of the village, which is divided into two halves by two century-old banyan trees with outstretched waist branches. The magical "Rong Bao Zhang" is rooted in this beautiful lake and mountain scenery. This is a very strange old tree. It is both a camphor tree and a banyan tree. The camphor and banyan trees are integrated into one, forming the wonder of "the banyan tree embraces the camphor tree". From a distance, it is just an ordinary big tree, which seems to have nothing to do with the word "odd". But if you get closer, you can find that there are two different tree species growing in this tree. One is a thousand-year-old tree. One of the camphor trees is a banyan tree that is only a few decades old. The two trees are natural and blend together seamlessly. At present, this ancient tree has been selected into the book "Wonderful Trees in China" compiled by the State Forestry Administration, ranking 39th among the 500 ancient and wonderful trees in the book. There is a more scientific saying about the formation of Rong Bao Zhang: 50 meters away from "Rong Bao Zhang" there are two large banyan trees that are hundreds of years old, growing vigorously and lushly.

Decades ago, some birds ate banyan fruits from the banyan tree and then perched on the ancient camphor tree. A banyan tree seed fell on the trunk of the ancient camphor tree, and small banyan trees were bred. A strong typhoon broke the trunk of the camphor tree where the small banyan tree lived, but the small banyan tree miraculously survived. Because the banyan tree has the characteristics of fast growth, it gradually replaced the later camphor tree, forming the current wonder of "banyan tree holding camphor tree". The local people have this metaphor: "The Zhang family produces beauties, and the Rong family comes to visit; Bai Ya comes to take charge, and does the Deng family's feng shui." Standing under the old tree and looking up, you can find that there are still many trees growing between the trunk and branches of the old tree. There are more than ten kinds of other miscellaneous trees, including a white-bud tree with a stem as thick as a bowl, which the villagers call the ancient tree steward.

Big trees, small trees, vines, and green grass form a beautiful scene with trees in the trees, roots outside the trees, vines on the roots, and grass among the vines, just like a natural bonsai. "The magic lies in the tacit understanding between the old camphor tree and the banyan tree, because this tacit understanding can give people a lot of free time to think about. The young banyan tree holds a canopy that holds up the sky, dressed in midsummer green, leaning over the river and dancing in the breeze. Like a favored child wrapped around the old camphor tree. Somewhat willful, some naive, the old camphor tree hides its wrinkles under the green roots of the banyan tree. Although the years have stripped away its gorgeous attire, it still stands stubbornly and tries its best to wear the remaining parts of its body. The sap is delivered to the young banyan tree without reservation, silently watching the growth of young life. The strange tree "Rong Holding Camphor" is like a beautiful girl in the tree who has found Shilan, a land full of beautiful mountains and green waters, and together with other ancient trees and green waters in Shilan Village, it forms a quiet and rich landscape of Shilan Village. The scenery of life.