Nanjing is a city with unique charm. In other places, willow trees are planted as urban landscape trees, while phoenix trees can be seen everywhere in Nanjing, which is rare in other cities. Why did Nanjing choose buttonwood as a city dress?

One of them is that Song Meiling likes it. It is said that because Song Meiling's favorite tree is buttonwood, Chiang Kai-shek planted buttonwood all over the city in order to win his wife's heart.

And every autumn, you can see that the leaves of buttonwood trees on Huanling Road will turn bright golden yellow. As can be seen from the aerial photos, these beautiful buttonwood trees are like a gold necklace, the buttonwood trees with two circles are like water drops, and the green houses surrounded by them are like gems. Such beauty is beyond words.

There is also a saying that a French missionary planted the first French phoenix tree on Shigu Road in Nanjing. Later, in order to welcome Sun Yat-sen's Feng 'an ceremony, Nanjing Mayor Liu Jiwen presided over the construction of Aying 'an Avenue from Xiaguan Wharf to Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, and planted 20,000 French phoenix trees along Zhongshan South Road, which made Zhongshan Road and other streets tree-lined, and the French phoenix trees continued.

Third, according to legend, Dr. Sun Yat-sen especially likes buttonwood. At that time, Mr. Wang established the Republic of China in Nanjing and preached the Three People's Principles. As it happens, the buttonwood tree is a three-ball sycamore tree, which can symbolize the Three People's Principles. Therefore, Mr. Sun planted a large number of phoenix trees in Nanjing. According to local chronicles of Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Song Meiling plant buttonwood trees in Nanjing to commemorate Sun Yat-sen on Arbor Day on March 12 every year.

Whatever the reason, whatever the explanation, it doesn't seem so important now. If we look at everything in a beautiful way, our life will be better.