Why did the century-old Toona sinensis in Nankou Village of Yunnan fall to the ground and come back to life?

Yunnan, China is the hometown of peacocks. There are green mountains and green waters all year round, and the clouds are lingering. It attracts people from all over the world to visit every year. Since 1993, an ordinary and strange tree in southern Yunnan has become the focus of attention and interest of thousands of curious people.

This big tree is located next to Nankou Village, Ninger Town, Pu 'er County. From the perspective of tree species, it is only a century-old Toona sinensis tree that can be seen almost everywhere in the local area.

1993 65438+1On October 27th, an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 or above occurred in Pu 'er County, which is rich in tea in southern Yunnan. The earthquake caused great damage to local houses, facilities and people's daily life. The epicenter of the earthquake is less than 1000 meters away from Toona sinensis. Many houses of local villagers collapsed, but Toona sinensis was not knocked down by the earthquake.

The hundred-year-old Toona sinensis was blown down by the wind.

Shortly after the earthquake, a 10 gale suddenly hit most areas of Pu 'er County. This time, this century-old tree failed to escape the disaster and collapsed in the strong wind. The news that the old Toona sinensis tree fell spread like wildfire in the village. Because the villagers in this area are used to enjoying the cool under this big tree.

Early the next morning, many sad villagers came to the big Toona sinensis lying on the ground. The old people kept shaking their heads and regretting, while hovering around the old Toona sinensis. When someone squatted down and touched the roots of the old Toona sinensis deeply, people were surprised to find that the old tree with such a huge crown did not go straight through the main roots deep in the stratum, only countless branches and air roots were broken when the old Toona sinensis landed.

Old Toona sinensis that fell to the ground and got up again

After the Toona sinensis with a huge crown landed, it just blocked the path leading to the village head. It is very inconvenient for the villagers to come out and go in. After much discussion, people finally decided to cut it into several sections for firewood. Many villagers took all kinds of tools to cut down trees. When the crown and many roots of this big tree were cut off and transported away, and the trunk was dismembered to only about 9 meters, suddenly, with a "wow", the big tree suddenly rose from the ground and stood straight in its original position, as if it had never been blown down.

The miracle that happened in the blink of an eye stunned three farmers who were sawing trees. With a scream of "Ah", they turned around and ran away, leaving many people beside them at a loss. Some people even subconsciously kowtowed to the old Toona sinensis tree, and the news of "building trees" spread quickly. So many farmers in southwest Yunnan went over mountains and mountains with dry food to worship this "holy tree".

Is the old Toona sinensis a "holy tree"

With the news of the "Holy Tree" spreading more and more widely, it has also attracted great attention from relevant parties. The scientific and technological workers in Yunnan Province, Simao District and Pu 'er County have investigated and studied this Toona sinensis tree. It is speculated that after the tree fell to the ground, some air roots were still underground. It is precisely because the epicenter is very close to the big Toona sinensis. After the earthquake, the integration of the earth's crust formed a pulling force, which tightened the air roots of the old tree again. Therefore, when people cut down this tree, the air roots will pull up the remaining trunk.

In other words, if the whole tree, including the crown, is still there, it may not be pulled up.

But others do not agree with this statement. They think that the air root is not the main root after all, and it is almost broken. How can you pull up trees only by these incomplete air roots? Some people think that the geological conditions in this area are very complicated, and the reason why Ailanthus altissima fell to the ground may be related to the extremely complicated geological conditions underground. However, what kind of geological situation it is, even they themselves can't tell clearly.

Some local superstitious old people think that this big Toona sinensis tree has done a good thing for the local people in the past 100 years, and God made it die. This statement is certainly not credible.

A hundred-year-old Toona sinensis