Solar terms of ginkgo biloba
Autumn in Nanjing always ends later than the solar term. I heard that it snowed in the north a few days ago, and the solar term of heavy snow in Nanjing is approaching, but it rained a few times to cool down, which has nothing to do with snow. Autumn is always crisp, as if you don't want to take off your coat in autumn. In the early winter in first frost, three ancient ginkgo trees in Nanjing Huiji Temple were covered with a golden coat, which seemed to light up loneliness, erase the chill and make people intoxicated.
Huiji Temple is located in Huiji North Road, Tangquan Street, Pukou District, Nanjing, more than 30 kilometers away from the urban area. It was sunny on February 5, 65438. We drove all the way from Dinghuaimen Yangtze River Tunnel in the morning and arrived at the scenic parking lot in more than 40 minutes. Go to the stone archway at the entrance of the scenic spot and write the words "Guhuiji Temple".
There is a small pond in the scenic area, which is connected by a small stone bridge. The river is clear and transparent, and the mountains are green in the distance.
Colorful trees on the shore are reflected in the pond, drawing a beautiful picture of autumn.
Walk along the small bridge and come to a stone tablet engraved with "Huiji Temple Ginkgo Nanjing Cultural Relics Protection Unit". I was very excited when I vaguely saw the figure of ginkgo tree in the distance.
According to records, Huiji Temple, also known as Guhuiji Temple, was founded in the Southern Dynasties and was originally named Tangquan Temple. During the Southern Dynasties, Emperor Wu visited here, and during the Southern Dynasties, Prince Xiao Tong of Zhaoming studied here. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Tangquan Temple was renamed Huiji Garden.
At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, the monks were loyal to the situation and converted Huiji Hospital into Huiji Temple. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was lucky enough to open the tangquan town, and renamed tangquan town Xiangquan Town to avoid the word "soup", and Huiji Temple was once renamed Xiangquan Temple.
Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty was destroyed by war, and Guangxu period rebuilt part of it, the scale was far less than before. During Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty, Maolin and Su Zhaokui, two city dwellers, founded Huaying Academy in Huiji Temple. Since then, with the bell ringing in Huiji Temple, besides the silent prayers of good men and women, there is another kind of cadence of Confucius' poems.
When we came to the ancient ginkgo square, we could clearly see that three ancient ginkgo trees stood upright in the distance, and their crowns were exactly the same. Under the sunshine, they were magnificent and rare. From a distance, it gives people a shock. It is said that this is the earliest existing ancient ginkgo tree in Nanjing, with an age of 1500 years. Legend has it that it was planted by Xiao Tong, Prince of Zhaoming during Liang Xiao's reign in the Southern Dynasties, when he was studying here. Originally, 4 plants were planted symmetrically. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a big fire, and only three plants were left.
This is a statue of Prince Zhaoming studying.
Liang Wudi in the Southern Dynasties was called "Prince of Buddha's Heart". He devoted himself to temples three times and built a large number of temples. He stipulated that monks in China should not eat meat. Although his son, Prince Zhaoming, was born in the royal family, he disliked politics, loved literature and tourism, and loved Buddhist culture, and wrote the famous Zhao Ming Anthology. When traveling to Tangquan, I fell in love with Huiji Temple. After studying here, I make tea in the hot spring.
This is Xiangquan Well, also known as Prince Zhaoming Well. According to legend, it was built before the Six Dynasties, and the mine field was Lushi. After Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, changed Tangquan to Xiangquan, Taizijing in Zhaoming was renamed Xiangquan Well. Well water is crystal clear so far, and it is inexhaustible all year round, even in dry years. Sweet and refreshing, there is no scale in making tea. Drinking it can cure diseases. Locals call it "fairy water".
Xiangquanjing is also called "Jimingjing" because every morning, chickens crow in the well and all the chickens nearby are crowing. Later, because Zhu Yuanzhang changed it to Xiangquanjing and renamed it, the crow disappeared.
On the edge of Xiangquan well, there is a plastic stone statue, in which an old monk draws water from a bucket, and the spring water keeps flowing out of the bucket, which makes people think.
There is a big tree in the sky next to Xiangquan well. The breeze blows, and the tree is full of gold, swaying with the wind. The leaves are everywhere, and time seems to have never passed here. In warm winter, the golden yellow ancient ginkgo trees will make Huiji Temple beautiful.
After careful observation, I found that three ancient ginkgo trees all had resounding names. This ancient ginkgo tree is called "supporting the sky and covering the earth".
I saw the branches of this ancient ginkgo tree scattered, escaping sideways, bending and circling, with spots and scars. This tree is 24.7 meters high and 7.4 meters in diameter. Surrounded by several circles of milk trees, it is unique. It is named after the trunk supports the sky and covers the sky. In summer, dense shade covers more than half an acre of ground for thousands of people to enjoy the cool.
Maybe when you stand under a tree and look at the uniqueness of its branches for a while, you will immediately understand how appropriate the name is as a "cover the sky".
Not far from the "unstoppable" ancient ginkgo tree, there is also an ancient ginkgo tree, which is said to be the elder of the three ginkgo trees and named "Millennium weeping breast".
I saw that the old branches of this ancient ginkgo tree were born spirally, with a height of 20.2 meters and a diameter of 7.45 meters. Seven or eight people hugged each other, and there were seven aerial roots on the branches. The maximum mastoid length is 2. 14 m, and the maximum diameter of aerial root is 30 cm, which looks like a giant bamboo shoot and its skin is like bluestone.
These seven breasts are like a mother who has experienced vicissitudes of life, hanging on a naked and old trunk, which makes people feel infinite admiration and mystery, hence the name "Millennium Breast".
A leaf falls, you know the world is autumn. Pick up a golden leaf, feel the charm of late autumn, listen to the whispers of fallen leaves and the earth, and enjoy the quiet time in the winter afternoon.
This is the third ancient ginkgo tree in the west of Yanshou Hall, which is called "Lightning Recovery" and "Sky of Sight".
I see this tree is 23.9 meters high and 4.7 meters in diameter. The biggest difference between this tree and the first two trees is that its trunk is straight and towering, like a pillar of indomitable spirit, which looks proud and abrupt.
During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, a thunder destroyed half the trunk of this tree, and miraculously recovered slowly a few years later. Now the trunk is hollow, and if you look up near the part that was struck by lightning in that year, you can still enjoy the wonders of "astronomical phenomena". According to local folklore, a long time ago, when you looked up on a rainy day, you could see Buddha statues and Buddha lights.
When Lin Sanzhi, the first generation of Cao Sheng, came to visit, he marveled at three ancient ginkgo trees, and wrote the ancient ginkgo trip with more than 500 words, which was the pinnacle of Cao Sheng's poetry and calligraphy, became the treasure of the town hall, and left a literary story for Huiji Temple. And carved this poem into a monument and stood in the temple.
The inscription reads as follows:
Ancient ginkgo tour
Lin Sanzhi
Yinhuiji Temple in tangquan town has rare ginkgo biloba.
One was born in the east corner of the temple and the other was born in the west corner of the temple.
The elderly are dignified, and the middle one is harmonious with the mother.
Xiurong's uncle is even stranger, but he is detached from the stall.
Angry branches support the sky, and the shadows are fragrant.
The dead skin of the meat is eating away in the freezing rain, and the cold green is dripping on the chest.
You are forced to forget the date, and you can't decide the Song Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty.
Unfortunately, the old man and Xi zai can't enter this inscription in detail.
Recalling the past, the temple gave me a gift and showed it clearly.
Smell the sound of reading in the night, and miss the spring grass in the garden.
The stars have changed, the characters have changed, and the old wood is hot.
In one thousand, Russia got drunk, and Handan woke Lu Sheng to sleep.
Luck is useless, but you are not jealous.
Gu Gan people who have three generations of weapons and broken tiles and shocked nine dynasties.
Chrysanthemum jump fox, green phosphorus ethereal charm.
Life experience is sad, and several mountains and rivers shed tears.
The former audience knows a few things, and the latter audience will come again.
Today, I am sighing for the tree, leaving a few lines of nostalgia.
Read Lin Lao's poems and savor them. Perhaps ancient and famous trees are "living fossils" bearing the memory of the city. An ancient tree is a witness of history and a record of culture; An ancient tree is a history of natural environment development; A famous tree is a vivid record of a history.
At this time, standing under the Millennium ginkgo tree, looking up at the branches, hiding sideways, buckling and hovering, with a sigh, the years have passed and the old trees in the ancient temple are quiet.