Xizhou Big Green Tree

 

The first day I arrived in xizhou. I was attractive by this tree in the field when I was passing by. The tree standing there，free and vigious. This is called "
大青树" big green tree by local people. a kind of banyan but much biger. I found many people gather under the tree. Then on the following days. I found this kind of tree everywhere in xizhou. Then I wonder do the tree have some special meaning to xizhou？

The answer is yes. then after some research.l found In Dali, big green trees have special meaning to bai nationality people. IT also represent “fengshui” of The whole village.

Big green everywhere, especially on the entrance of the village. and most of them are hundreds of years old and very spiritual. People often regard the tall trees as "sacred trees", so they are protected by various ethnic groups. Even if the house needs to cut down the tree, they also have to pray to the tree god first, in order to seek the god's forgiveness, so that the felled tree will not be haunted. As a sacred tree, people never dare to cut down the big green tree, and they have to plant it in or near the village, so that it can keep the village and villagers safe and peace.