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Hong Tong Large Tree Roots Memorial GardenHong Tong Large Tree Roots Memorial GardenThe Great Chinese Scholar Tree is located in the Hongtong County, the Guanji Temple was first built in Tang dynasty, beside an ancient Chinese Scholar Tree from Han dynasty.. The ancient broad road once run under the tree and the old storks made nests on the tree. At the beginning of the Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644), a bureau was set up to handle immigration (many people were sent all over China into the new settlements).
When immigrants set out, they were reluctant to leave their hometown, and looked back again and again. What they could remember their hometown was the great Chinese Scholar Tree and the storks’ nests on the tree.
For this reason the tree and the nest on the tree became the symbol of leaving one’s birthplace against one’s own will. On the day of the Qing Ming Festival every year, the old storks come in large numbers; they stand on the ancient Chinese Scholar Tree, which is a real spectacle for the viewers.
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