"Simple folk customs and beautiful scenery. We traveled all over Shaanxi and Guizhou, but we didn't expect the villages in Jiaxian to make people fall in love at first sight, "said director Yu Chun at the launching ceremony of the beautiful mountain river stage in Jiaxian.
Because most of the shots were shot in ancient villages in Jiaxian County, the popularity of the TV series Beautiful Mountains and Rivers also unveiled the mystery of these ancient villages. Those villages with a long ancient rhyme are attracting more and more attention with their unique temperament and charm.
The traditional villages in Jiaxian, such as ancient books and old altars, have experienced vicissitudes of life and become more and more thick and mellow. Over the years, Jia county has carefully protected and restored traditional villages, made them "beautiful", displayed their ancient charm and retained homesickness.
There are 22 ancient trees over a thousand years in Wangyinggou Village, including 3 trees over 2000 and 486 trees over a hundred years. It can be described as an ancient tree "forest" and is known as the "ancient tree kingdom". Tree species mainly include Sophora japonica, Gleditsia sinensis and persimmon. There is a folk saying: "A pagoda tree in front of the door is promoted to a higher position and makes a fortune", so the pagoda tree is called a symbol of longevity and a holy tree in rural areas.
A locust tree in the east of the village is 2000 years old. Its two drooping branches form a small arch, and the other upward branch extends more than ten meters away.
A 2200-year-old locust tree in Hexi street has a trunk circumference of 4.6 meters and a height of 20 meters. The surface of the tree is covered with holes and scars, but the skin is hard. The trunk is more than 2 meters, with two branches in the north and south, which bend like a dragon and are lifelike, forming a small arch. The branches extend horizontally as high as 6 meters and are pushed to 18 meters away.
Lush, vibrant Millennium ancient pagoda tree, full of vicissitudes of life in the devastation, dancing in the long river of history! Although the ancient tree said nothing, it "witnessed" the history of the struggle of Wangyinggou people all the way.