? Generally, people who come from afar will have unspeakable feelings when they first see the birch forest in the Great Northern Wilderness. No tree in the world can grow so strangely as birch: its tall and straight posture is unbranched, its high-spirited white skin comes from the infiltration of ice and snow, and it is pure and clean. The most unique thing is that every tree is full of big eyes, and each one is so bright, like a question mark facing the sky. It has become a representative of beauty, romance and sadness in people's minds.
? "How many people seem to worship you when you were young?" Most people will be attracted by the appearance of birch at first, but few people know that it has more unique inner beauty.
? Every early summer, as far away as the north of China, charming spring scenery has just appeared, flowers are in full bloom, butterflies are flying, birds are flying, and the vast Xing 'an Mountains forest is lush and white birch forests are everywhere. Living in the depths of the forest, the Oroqen people share weal and woe with nature, stepping on green grass, crossing the gurgling streams, singing and laughing all the way, marching in droves to the tall and straight birch forest belt, and starting the biggest gathering activity of the year.
This season, the blooming birch trees have accumulated energy for a winter and absorbed the pure landscape of the first snow melting. The body is rich in nutrients and water, the tree juice is rich and sweet, and the bark is easy to peel. It is the golden season for Oroqen people to collect birch juice and peel birch bark.
Oroqen people like to drink birch juice. Every April and May, cut a small mouth at the root of birch, and birch juice will be sprayed out, clear, transparent, sweet and delicious. The Oroqen people also drink a kind of birch pulp called "Dilgu", peel off the bark of birch, and gently scrape off the milky sticky juice on the trunk with a hunting knife, which is sweet and refreshing.
? However, this sweet and refreshing birch juice is not only the patent of Oroqen people, but also the favorite of black bears who wake up from hibernation. After the severe winter, they urgently need to restore their vital functions as soon as possible. The animal instinct and survival wisdom deeply rooted in their genes make them keenly smell the infinite vitality contained in birch trees. They can't wait to tear open the bark of the birch tree and suck the sweet juice that slowly flows out, clumsy and satisfied ...
? Birch has a strong vitality and can thrive in extremely cold places with tens of degrees below zero. Once germinated, it grows rapidly, surpassing other tree species. Spring germinates the earliest and autumn leaves the latest. Birch is usually the longest tree after a forest fire, and it is also the only tree that can flourish after being stripped of its bark.
? The secret of birch's vigorous growth in spring lies in its unique nutrient storage, transportation and circulation system. When the snow melts in early spring, the roots of Betula platyphylla begin to absorb water, which stores nutrients for a winter and forms Betula platyphylla juice through trunk circulation, so that the tree gradually recovers its vitality and germinates new buds.
? Betula platyphylla juice is the "blood" of Betula platyphylla and the source of its magical vitality.
? Birch trees only secrete birch juice before the branches sprout and turn green in spring. The collection period of a year is only 15 days, and each tree can only collect 1- 1.5 kg of raw juice every day, which is the essence of life.
Betula platyphylla juice is very beneficial to our health: in addition to quickly restoring life function, it has special effects on a kind of "Helicobacter pylori" in human body. Most people in life carry this pathogen without knowing it, which is a major concern for human health. Nowadays, people who like birch insist on continuous research and development and find more and more practical value and health care functions of birch.
? Birch is really a "treasure tree", and the more its stories are excavated, the more it is the national tree of Russia and the symbol of the national spirit of this country.
Russians like birch trees and think that birch trees can be kept clean, because they have the custom of steam bath. They first fumigate with hot and humid air, and then beat their bodies with a broom made of birch branches, so as to clean their skin and keep fit. Russian folk songs and literary works are full of beautiful images of birch trees, either melancholy or innocence or strong or upward.
The famous Russian poet Ye Saining wrote a lyric poem for the birch tree:
There is a birch tree.
Standing at my window,
Covered with snow,
Like covered with silver frost.
On the furry branch
The ice is full.
Like a skirt made of snow-
The tassels sparkled.
Birch trees are shrouded in
Dreamy silence,
Golden Mars
Jump on the snowflake.
Sunset lazily
Shining around it,
Put more broken silver.
Spread all over the branches
? The trunk of the birch tree is straight and upright, with a momentum of breaking through the clouds, which often symbolizes the spirit of never giving up and going forward. The white skin and straight trunk of birch also symbolize the purity and firmness of faith. "I have both inner beauty and self-cultivation ability." White birch can obviously rely on its face value in this world, but it has to fight for strength.
? When the vicissitudes of Pu Shu sing again, all the feelings about birch trees, such as birds in the sky, fly on the edge. ...