Legends of scenic spots in birds of paradise

More than 500 years ago, there was a severe drought every year in Tianma village, and the farmland dried up and the crops failed. In order to fight drought, the villagers opened an artificial river, Tianma River, to irrigate farmland with water from the Pearl River. However, that year did not improve. Local influential people insisted that the Tianma River was cut off, and the geomantic omen was cut off, forcing villagers to stop the river.

The villagers, with tears in their eyes, dumped the selected soil in the middle of the river by boat, which soon became a mound and an island in the middle of the river. At that time, a villager stuck a banyan branch on the mound to tie the boat. Unexpectedly, the banyan branches took root and sprouted in the second year. Because of abundant water, banyan trees grow taller and taller, and many air roots hang down from the branches and drill into the soil every year. A few days later, the buried roots will grow new branches, the branches will thicken and many air roots will hang down ... so year after year, there are countless trunks. After hundreds of years of growth, a tree has grown into a forest. Covering the whole island, with an area of 18 mu, it is a virgin forest at close range and an oasis floating on the water at a distance. This is really a miracle in the south of China!