Scenic spots

Ancestral Memorial Garden for Descendants under the Giant Locust Tree

The historic site of immigrants of Ming Dynasty - Ancient Giant Locust Tree, which is well-known throughout the country, is located at No. 2 Park Street, Guhuai North Road, Hongdong County. The Ancestral Memorial Garden for Descendants under the Giant Locust Tree has always been a place for ancestor worship by immigrants and descendants of Giant Locust Tree home and abroad for more than 600 years, and there are mainly gatehouse, surrounding level ground, pavilion housing a tablet, ancestor worship hall, immigrant figure, Huai Yin Hall, screen wall, building with Classics engraved on the stone of Jin Dynasty and other ancient and modern buildings. "Ancient Giant Locust Tree" is engraved on the front of the stone tablet in the pavilion in Chancery script, and a brief on immigration in those days is engraved on the back. A memorial archway with four pillars, three doors, and a plaque of a poetic style was built up 30 m in front of the pavilion. The right side of the pavilion is a "Drink from the Source" teahouse which is a place for immigrants and descendants of Giant Locust Tree came from afar to have a leisure talk, have some tea and chat cheerfully about countylife. The building with Classics engraved on the stone of Jin Dynasty, erected high behind the Huai Yin Hall is the only testimony of history for immigrants of Ming Dynasty. The handwriting carved on stone of the building with Classics, which is vigorous, fluent, with stone figures true to life, is a sculpture art-treasure of Jin Dynasty.