How do Chongqing’s golden nanmu groups survive thousands of years of wind and rain and survive to this day?

The Chongqing you mentioned. The golden nanmu group is called Sitangbao in Tonggu Community, Tonggu Township, Youyang County, Chongqing City. The village has golden nanmu. It covers an area of ??about 300 acres. After inspection and measurement, there were more than 240 pieces with a circumference of ten centimeters or more. The largest one has a circumference of 7.5 meters. Seven or eight adults are required to surround them. The tree is predicted to be over 1,000 years old.

The reason why nanmu is precious is that it belongs to the Lauraceae family and has many types. The main ones used in construction and furniture are yarnan and purple nan. It is a national second-level protected plant. The range of origin is small, mainly distributed in subtropical areas such as Sichuan, Fujian, Guizhou, Hubei and Hunan. High altitude, damp valleys, valleys and riverside areas.

Everyone knows the value of nanmu, especially golden nanmu. On May 31, at the Zhengda Spring Auction in Nanjing, the much-anticipated golden nanmu top box (the dowry of Qianlong’s daughter-in-law Niu Kulu) was sold for 20 million yuan. In Youyang County, Chongqing, there is a group of golden nanmu trees. This golden nanmu cluster is concentrated in Youyang County. Gray-white tree bark in Neikou Village, Liangfen Township. The tree melon has many branches, which are very beautiful. The maximum diameter at breast height is 2.1 meters. The average diameter at breast height of other species is about 1.5 meters, and the highest one is about 30 meters.

Golden nanmu is known locally as the king of trees. The villagers respect Nanmu very much. The party branch secretary of Neikou Village said that the largest existing ancient tree is not actually the oldest. The largest tree, about 2.5 meters in diameter at breast height, had been struck by lightning and died. The dead tree was sold to a boss from Guangzhou for 2,000 yuan. Later I heard that it was transferred to Guangzhou and sold for hundreds of thousands. Nowadays, golden nanmu is a national resource, not personal property, and no one can buy or sell it.