1924, after the famous writer Ba Jin visited here, he felt deeply and wrote a well-known prose-Bird's Paradise. Today, "Bird Paradise" has become a famous scenic spot, attracting thousands of tourists from Qian Qian. The paradise of birds refers to a big banyan tree about 500 years old, which is located on an island on the Tianma River in Tianma Village, south of Xinhui City, Guangdong Province. The crown of the banyan tree is surprisingly large, and the dense shade covers about 20 acres of land on the island of Tianma River, making it a forest. Seen from a close distance by boat, the withered vines are interlaced, just like the virgin forest; From a distance, it becomes an oasis floating on the water, and the scenery is strange and charming.
Thousands of birds of all kinds inhabit the big trees, among which the most striking ones are the white crane and the grey horse crane. White cranes fly out for food in the morning and return to their nests in the evening; The grey horse crane, on the other hand, flies out for food at night and returns to its nest to rest at dawn. They come in and out every morning and evening, hovering and dancing, alternating, very regular, and the scene is quite spectacular.
1933, when Ba Jin visited friends in Xinhui, he passed by here and wrote the well-known Paradise for Birds (a paradise for small birds), which made the reputation of a paradise for birds spread all over the world. Now the big banyan tree has become a tourist attraction. There is a bird-watching building 50 meters south of it, where you can enjoy the "paradise of birds", tropical plants, farmhouse scenery and so on. There are yachts in Tianma River for tourists to watch birds and play.
Banyan is an evergreen tree with many branches and a large crown. The leaves are oval or ovoid, and the flowers are yellow or reddish. Growing in tropics and subtropics. Perennial banyan tree, the branches can grow black roots hanging straight down the ground, and when it is buried in the soil, it becomes a trunk again. The leaves, roots and bark of Ficus can be used as medicine.
The thrush has a brown body, a grayish white abdomen, black stripes on its head, back and neck, and white eyes, and its singing sound is very pleasant.
Birds of paradise is surrounded by water, and there is a huge ancient banyan tree with a canopy covering an area of one hectare, in which thousands of white and gray herons inhabit. During the day, egrets fly out for food and return at night. In the evening, the grey heron flies out and returns early in the morning. Birds are carefree and happy, and they are not frightened when they meet people.
Ba Jin, a famous writer, once wrote a travel note "Paradise of Birds" after traveling here, so this banyan tree has a poetic name-"birds of paradise". According to legend, this tree was planted in Jingtai period of Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 500 years.
Birds of paradise is located in Tianma Village River, which is 10 km south of Xinhui City.
This is the largest natural bird-watching paradise in China. This is a fascinating tourist attraction. Birds of paradise is a famous international-level eco-tourist attraction in Xinhui, Guangdong Province, the hometown of overseas Chinese. It is located in Tianma Village, which is 10 km away from the city. With a long history of hundreds of years, it covers an area of 18 mu, and looks like an ancient banyan floating oasis from a distance, which is called the wonder of the south China. And every day, tens of thousands of wild herons inhabit this beautiful tree, and they come back in the morning at dusk, quack and dance, which is even more spectacular. This natural scene appeared in densely populated areas, and it has lasted for 384 years (the old school in the Ming Dynasty 16 18 began in "Quedun"), forming a model of harmonious coexistence between man and nature and common development, which is really rare. Over the years, it has attracted a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists.
A poem "A banyan tree will make heaven" sums up the characteristics of birds of paradise. More than 380 years ago, it used to be a mud mound in the water. After a long period of reproduction, a banyan tree became a "lone forest" covering an area of one hectare, and the mud mound also became a green island. The banyan trees on the island have been inhabited by tens of thousands of birds for a long time, especially egrets and grey herons. Egrets go out at night, grey herons go out at dusk and return in the morning, morning and night, alternating with each other, circling and flying, quacking and singing, which is a spectacle, forming three natural wonders: "One tree becomes an ancient banyan tree, a hundred birds leave their nests, and a hundred birds return to their nests". For more than 380 years, Tianma people have been educating generations of descendants with the ancestral motto of "loving trees and birds, caring for themselves and caring for future generations", and protecting this living environment in various ways, so that this natural wonder has been preserved intact to this day. 1933, the famous writer Ba Jin wrote an essay "Paradise of Birds" after his tour, hence the name "birds of paradise".