Forever Love Tree
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The ancient holm oak tree in the front is tied with many red ropes. It is called ‘Forever Love Tree’. It is 15 meters in height and 5 meters in enclosure. Its crown covers an area of 100 square meters. Tall and straight, it is verdant in leaves and old in age. It is the forbear for holm oak trees in Baligou of Taihang.

Legend goes that a long time ago, a girl in Down Baligou fell in love with a young man in Upper Baligou. But they were sabotaged by their families. The girl escaped from her family and passed through the track at the basement of Down Baligou before approaching Strip Sky climbing trap in the crevice between two mountains. The young man also ran away from his family. The hanged out secretly under the holm oak tree. By taking grass as incense, they made a pledge in front of the moon and got wedded by kowtowing in front of the tree. They then spent the rest of their life with tillage in daytime and spinning at night in the hut by the tree. To celebrate their love story, the later generation called the tree Date Tree. To help more people live a happy marital life, they changed the name into ‘Forever Love Tree’. Over years, newly-wedded couples would come over to the tree to burn incenses and get into wedlock in the hope of getting a good marital life. 


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