Millennia grand myrtle --- myrtle. It is a leaf-fall shrub or small arbor. Several old grand myrtles in Wenyuan were planted in deep mountain and soaked with the breath of mountains, and condensed essentials of mountain. No people know its age. Garden expert said that one of them is one thousand years old, and others are about 700 years old.
Grand myrtles have sprite and more spiritual than people as the story goes. It is nicknamed as "itching tree". There are always some schoolchildren beside old grand myrtle in holidays for "tickling itch" with their hands. When the branches shudder, it means the child study is fickle; If the branches are still, it shows the child study is good and grand myrtle fairy will be in favor of the child. The hard study will have achievement. |
