This year, on 20 april, there was an agricultural proverb that said, “as and after the rain, we grow beans.” early in the morning, a group of villagers from the village of deng shih-tai village in cedar county, anhui province, rounded up a seedling of the red bean tree planted in front of the door, carrying the head used by his father before he was born, climbing to the back of the hill to dig up the seedlings。
This is just a mirror image of the red beanwood that was carefully nurtured by the five generations of the dun family. Time flies, trees become trees. After more than 90 years of relay from the dun family, these rare endangered species, known as the botanical pandas, are now found in over 30 acres of mountain tea. – red beanwood, which has grown from two to one, is an ecological community of over 2,000。
At the age of 61 years, two of the thickest red beanwoods in the mountains behind his old house are now old trees protected by a billboard, one for 200 years and the other for 130 years. Since childhood, he has known that these two trees are the “baby” in the hearts of grandpa deng, grandpa deng xing and his father deng changgen。
In 1935, deng shilin, deng xing and his father and son, who were successively participating in the revolution, lost their lives. At that time, deng changgen was 14 years old and, with the help of his relatives and friends, buried him under red beanwood and vowed to protect them for the rest of his life。
A lifetime of promise. Since then, deng's changgen has devoted himself to protecting more than 70 trees, insisting that each year she gathers fruit in the red bean sprouts, and grows it into a seedling with her heart, moving like an ant to the surrounding mountains。
The seedlings are fragile, and it is difficult to survive without being able to do so. Deng changgen found a “earth approach” to the pipe: putting the “leaf and grass umbrella” on the sun when the sun is too strong; and laying up the ramps when the rain rains。
In 2021, deng changgen, who was dubbed "the guardian of the red beanwood", was named "100 of the country's most beautiful environmental volunteers". In the face of honour, this 100-year-old man's answer was simple and pure: “it is my duty to be protected without it.”
Under the influence of the father, the belief that the tree is heavier than life has been imprinted in deng's heart. For more than a decade, on this rugged mountain, duntsu mau shan, weeds and seedlings have broken dozens of firewood knives, worn a few pairs of shoes and guarded the soybeans forest day after day, year after year. In november 2024, deng learned mao rong deng's "china's good people's list" class of honesty。
Red beanwood has the reputation of “plant gold” and many outsiders have come to offer a high price for red beanwood, with a maximum price of $20,000 for an adult beanwood. In the face of temptation, the dun family's answer is two words: no
This sense of love and love for nature, like the seeds of the forest, is born in the hearts of the next generation. Today, deng's mao son and 95-year-old deng tai fai have taken on the “brain stick” that he is obliged to provide for red beanwood。
An increasing number of villagers volunteered to join the range of forest rangers under the submersible silence of the dun family. The red beanwood forest became a beautiful view of the 4a-class sanctuaries, and the villagers ate “tourism dinners”, and deng yinghui set up a farm and a kale tea factory, where many long-triang tourists came close to the green water mountain and fell in love with its original ecology. Kim liping
