清洲福德祠 - Yilan County

At the back of Qingzhou Fude Temple, there is a big leaf banyan about 120 years old, which is a tree in Yilan County (Yishan 001) The information obtained from "Yilan County Tree Conservation Information Network" is as follows: According to the elder’s dictation, the banyan tree numbered Yisan 001 was first grown on a mulberry tree. Later, it might be caused by the unique entangling effect of the moraceae ficus, causing the mulberry tree to die. The land is the king slowly growing; originally it used to co-exist with two Chinese tallow trees and one Nine Ding Ficus tree, but now there is only one Chinese tallow tree to accompany it. After more than a hundred years, it has finally grown to its current scale. Before the farmland was redelined, there was this phoenix tree on the field. When the farm was busy, the farmers could take a nap under the tree and eat snacks. Later, some people began to come to worship during the three festivals and the harvesting period of planting rice seedlings. Gradually, some supernatural powers spread out. According to the old memories, a wild dog that loved to chase chickens and ducks came to the village in the early years, causing losses to many households. Although the villagers were actively "hunting the murderers," the wild dogs were often unable to chase after the sly dogs, and the villagers could not do anything. However. However, shortly after the residents reported the matter to the tree-headed man, the dog went into a snare and hit the tree-head cave and died. I don’t know when it started. The habit of worshipping the tree head gradually turned into worshipping the land. The villagers raised money to build a simple temple of the land beside the big tree. Later, it went through the 65, 68, 80, and 95 years of the Republic of China. After the second reconstruction, this small field temple with a tin scaffolding as the shape and characteristic of the field has become the model. This small temple not only has a strong grass root and earth flavor on the outside, but also the way the believers express their pious beliefs. It is said that if someone wants to "send" sesame oil money from a foreign place, he only needs to write "No. 313, Yixing Section, Weikou, Yixing" in the recipient's address field, and the postman from Shumen Shulu will send it to the original donated landlord, Mr. He Maode. Collection. And this kind of folk culture, religious beliefs, and local feelings derived from a tree in the natural environment are gradually disappearing in today's rapidly evolving society. Its preciousness is indeed self-evident. !