Gudong

This is a tree species that appeared in Pizhou 4000 years ago. According to Yu Gong, "There are solitary paulownia everywhere in Yiyang Mountain." Yiyang Mountain is now Geyi Mountain (called Geyi Mountain in Chinese). At that time, this kind of tung tree, which grew all over the mountain, had excellent wood, and it was used to make a piano with a particularly clear sound. Therefore, the history books say that "it is a good material for making the piano". It became a tribute to the king and became famous in Kyushu. It is rare in the country, so it is called solitary tung. Later, it was mentioned in history books. In the Jin Dynasty, Fu Tao once came to Fuyang Mountain to visit the solitary tung. He said in the Journey to the West: At that time, he saw that the solitary tung was still "intertwined". There are still paulownia trees in Pizhou, commonly known as paulownia. Like sandy soft soil, afraid of flooding, fertility-resistant, vigorous growth, rough wood, can not grow in the mountains. The solitary paulownia 4000 years ago grew on the mountain, and it is difficult to be sure whether it belongs to the same category.
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