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What tree is catalpa?
Catalpa is an arboreal plant with a height of 15m. The crown is obovate or oval, and the bark is brown or grayish yellow. Catalpa bungeana is a kind of tree with straight tree, spreading crown, thick leaves, full of yellow flowers in spring and summer and pods in autumn and winter, which has certain ornamental value. Can be used as street trees and greening trees. Young leaves are edible; Root bark or bark, fruit, wood and leaves can be used as medicine; Wood can also be used as furniture.
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Historical records of catalpa trees
In the Song Dynasty, Lu Dian's Poems of Ya Ya: "Peony is the king of flowers, and catalpa is the king of trees." Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica Muer in Ming Dynasty: "A hippopotamus chef is as long as a hundred trees, so he is called the King of Wood. Gai Mumo Liang Shanzi, so the book is named after the material, the ceremony is named after the name, and the court is named after the coffin. "
Purple tree ranks first among all kinds of trees, so it is called Wang Mu. Because there is no better tree than Zimu, Shangshu uses Zimu as its title, The Book of Rites uses Ziren as its carpenter name, and the court uses Zigong as its coffin name. )
When printing books, the ancients needed to use wood with fine texture, light weight, easy cutting, water resistance, no cracking and no deformation. They think the best choice is catalpa, jujube and pear. Therefore, carving a book board and printing it into a book is called Fu Zi, Zixing or Fuzhi Jujube Pear. Ziren is a kind of ancient carpenter, who was autocratic in musical instrument hanging, wine vessel and arrow target, and later referred to as carpenter or construction worker.
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