1. It is said that there is a hero of Lao Li in Wuzhishan, whose name is Jibei. He often leads his people to defeat foreign invasion. However, in a battle, the old hero was caught because he was betrayed by a traitor. He was tied to a kapok tree by the enemy and tortured, and finally he was brutally killed. According to legend, the old hero later became a tall and straight kapok tree, and people there called it "Northern Hebei" to commemorate the old national hero.

2. There is also a legend in the hero tree: Some people say that Guangzhou is a hero city, and the blood of heroes has dyed cotton red. Therefore, Guangzhou is also called hero flower and hero tree, and the birthplace of modern revolution is also called hero city.

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Morphological characteristics of the kapok tree: the flower of the kapok tree is backward, with long oval capsule, obtuse circle, length of 10 ~ 15 cm, thickness of 4.5 ~ 5 cm, densely covered with gray fluff and stellate fluff; Seeds are numerous, obovate and smooth. When summer is ripe, the pods crack and the cotton wool in the fruit falls with the wind. Blossoms of cotton wool float in the air, like snow in June, and have a special taste.

Wood cotton wadding is soft and can be used as a mattress. It is an important textile material in ancient China. Generally, there is a black seed hidden in the cotton ball. Cotton balls roll with the wind, and when they meet wetlands, they absorb water and take root.

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