Anding Yulin Ancient Mulberry Garden

Located to the east of Anding Town of Daxing District, Anding Yulin Ancient Mulberry Garden is 45 kilometers away from the downtown, and 20 kilometers away from Langfang in Hebei. It is a comprehensive garden for agricultural sightseeing and popular science. It was opened in 2002.

It was said that mulberry trees were grown in Anding Town during the period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and there have been almost 2,000 years of history. It owns the largest and unique ancient mulberry garden in North China. “An Outline Treatise of Medical Herbs” records that mulberry invigorates the liver and the kidney, enriches the blood and improves eyesight. Traditional Chinese medicine deems that the mulberry is sweet in taste but cold in nature, so it has the effects of quenching thirst and invigorating liver and kidney. Mulberry is reputed as “magic tree in the east” and mulberry enjoys the fame of “king of fruits”.

The ancient mulberry garden is located in the ancient Wuding River (now Yongding River) sand plain, where sands are clean with good ventilation property, suitable for the growth of mulberry trees. The garden covers an area of 23,333 square meters. There are 446 old trees in the garden, and more than 35,000 newly planted mulberry trees. The “mulberry tree king”, almost one meter in diameter of breast height and about 25 meters in the diameter of the crown, is producing 400 kilograms to 500 kilograms of mulberries each year. At present, the old tree is listed by Beijing Forestry Bureau as Grade 2 protected ancient tree. In 2004, the mulberry here passed the authentication of organic food in Beijing. In 2006, large-scale outdoor activities for youngsters are introduced, forming the landscapes such as mulberry cultural corridor, appreciating moon on the mulberry stage, mulberry sea, paths in mulberry forests, fish jumping over the gully, and flower garden, etc. In the middle of each May when mulberry picking festival is held, it becomes a good place for citizens to pick mulberry, spending vacations and experiencing folk customs.

Publishes at : 07-09-23 20:51

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