The Maohuo Park. /茅镬古树公园。[Photo by Tang Yan]唐严摄
 

　　By Dong Na

　　Hidden in the Siming Mountain, the Maohuo Park has more than 100 ancient trees of nearly 1,000 years old, such as Pseudolarix amabilis, ginkgo, and maple.

　　茅镬古树公园藏于四明山深处，拥有金钱松、银杏、枫香等树龄近千年的古树百余棵。

　　There is a lush and shady group of ancient trees at the entrance to the Maohuo. Although the oldest has been growing for more than 600 years, they still branch out and are well preserved. The trees can reach a height of about 40 or 50 meters, each tree requires three or four adult men to hold together. The most amazing is an unknown ancient tree near the village entrance, whose diameter of about 1 meter. Though the middle of the trunk has all rotten empty - when you poke your head through the hole at the bottom of the tree can even faintly see the light of the sky- the canopy still has dense branches and leaves.

　　公园内有一片郁郁葱葱、荫可蔽日的参天古树群，虽说年龄最大的已经风吹日晒了600余年，可依然枝繁叶茂、保存完好，树高均可达到四五十米左右，每棵树都需要三四名成年男子才能抱拢。最神奇的当属一株不知名的古树，树直径大约1米，虽然树干中间已经全部烂空，从树底部的洞探进头可以隐约望见天空的光亮，可树冠依旧枝叶茂密，生命力还很旺盛。

　　The park is rich in natural resources, with ancient trees all over, including the rare species of Pseudolarix amabilis, which is protected by the state, the ginkgo tree, which is known as a "living fossil" in the plant world, and the Torreya tree, known as the "longevity tree". Among them, one of the most famous trees of Pseudolarix amabilis, called "the king of all trees", is about 500 years old, whose tree circumference and wood volume are the most in China.

　　古树公园自然资源丰富，参天古树遍布，其中包括国家重点保护的稀有树种金钱松、有植物界“活化石”之称的银杏树、被称为“寿星树”的香榧树等。其中最著名的一棵被称为“万木之冠”的金钱松，树龄约500年，其树围和立木蓄积量为全国之最。