The reason why the acacia tree is called a ghost tree is because the acacia tree is a ghost in the wood. Because of its heavy Yin Qi easily attract ghost possession, in Feng Shui forbidden to plant in the vicinity of the house.

The folk saying that the acacia tree should not be cut down. Because the word "acacia" is a combination of wood and ghosts, once the wood is cut down, the only thing left is ghosts.

So there is a "house in front of the acacia, a hundred ghosts walking at night," the acacia tree trunk has a lot of holes, it is said to be the place where the ghosts live, if the tree is cut down, then the ghosts and monsters have no place to go, and will come to torment people.

The acacia tree in ancient times when the significance of the temple, the acacia is the ancient symbol of the position of the three princes of the Zaifu, and each name is not the same, but must be with the word acacia.

For example, "Sophora Ding" represents the three dukes or the three dukes of the throne, that is, the ruling ministers. The word "槐卿" refers to the three principal officials and the nine ministers. In addition, there are many others, such as "槐兖", "槐宸", "槐掖", and so on.

Legend of the acacia tree:

The old acacia tree in the Seven Immortals:

Dong Yong and the Seven Immortals wanted to tie the knot, but there was no matchmaker, and when they went to the acacia tree, the old acacia tree opened its mouth to speak, and wanted to be a matchmaker for them, and so there was a legend of acacia as a matchmaker.

Da Sophora Anguo:

Another allusion is the well-known "Nanko dream", recorded in the Tang Dynasty Li Gongzuo wrote "Nanko Taishou biography".

Legend has it that in the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Chunyu, who was addicted to alcohol, and one day he got drunk and fell asleep under the acacia tree in front of his door. In his dream, he came to the state of Dahuai'an and married Princess Jinzhi, and also served as the governor of Nanke County.

During this time, Chunyu governed Nanke well, and the king admired him.

Later, the Tangluo Kingdom attacked Nanke County, and Chunyu's army lost, and then his wife died of a serious illness. He was sent back to his hometown. As soon as he left the kingdom of Samui On, Chun Yu woke up and realized that it was all a dream.

Chun Yu found an ant hole under the acacia tree in his garden, and in the hole there was a palace and a city made of clay, and so on, and it dawned on him that the state of Sopan, which he had seen in his dream, was the ant hole.

And the highest branch of the acacia tree could be Nanke County, where he was the governor.

"Hangman":

Ancient people also liked to choose the acacia tree when they hanged themselves. It is said that Li Zicheng rate of peasant army attacked Beijing, Chongzhen Emperor fled in a hurry, is in the eastern foot of Coal Mountain, an acacia tree hanged himself.

Symbol of wealth:

Sophora trees are believed to represent the "Loc", the ancient imperial court planted three acacia nine thorns, the Secretary of State sat under it, the face of the three acacias for the three, "Zhou Li? The Zhou Rites? Chaosi" said: "face three locusts, three Gong bit yam".

Guwen Guanzhi has a piece of Mr. Dong Po's "Sanhuetang Inscription", which is about this allusion.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang You, the minister of the Ministry of War, was a very good writer and a very successful official. He believed that the descendants of Wang's family would come out of the palace, so he planted three acacia trees in his yard as a symbol.

Later, his son Wang Dan became a prime minister, and was known as the "Sanhuai Wang Clan", who built a Sanhuai Hall in Kaifeng.

Source:Baidu Encyclopedia - Samuel Tree Worship