This is the hometown of Toona sinensis. Wild Toona sinensis is widely distributed in mountains and forests except northeast, northwest and Qinghai-Tibet regions. The ancients saw many tall and lush Toona sinensis trees and regarded them as symbols of longevity. At the same time, we are the only country that eats Toona sinensis in the world, and the earliest edible records are found in the Tang Dynasty. Europeans don't eat Toona sinensis. They cultivated the ornamental variety "Red Crane" of Toona sinensis.
Toona sinensis grows in front of and behind the houses of thousands of families in China. The purpose of planting Toona sinensis is very clear, that is, to eat the water buds of Toona sinensis trees before and after Qingming every year, and gluttons are also eager to move: this is the first taste from spring after a long winter.
"Before the rain, the buds of Toona sinensis are tender as silk, and after the rain, the buds of Toona sinensis grow wood." This is a famous folk proverb. Toona sinensis bud is a "seasonal limited" food. In a year, the time to taste it is very short. Before the solar term in Grain Rain, the first sprout of Toona sinensis has not been lignified, and it is the most fragrant and tender.