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❤Recommended Reason: According to historical records, in the sixth year of Jiayou during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty (1061), Su Shi served as the signing officer of Fengxiang Prefecture. The following year, Su Shi dredged East Lake and planted lotuses and willows. Now, when visiting East Lake, you can see a stone tablet on the southwest side of Bu Xi Zhou, inscribed with 'Dongpo's Willow Planting Place,' which is said to be the site where Su Shi planted willows. Although the willows planted by Su Shi no longer exist, the 'East Lake Willows' have since become a famous story. 👍Most Recommended: Willows, also known as drought willows, river willows, and red-barked willows. The green willows of East Lake in Fengxiang provide ample shade, with swaying shadows. Among the ancient willows, the most famous are the willows planted by Zuo Zongtang and Lin Zexu. ✅Must Experience: The Zuo Gong Willow in East Lake grows beside the Junzi Pavilion in the park. It is 210 years old, 15 meters tall, with a trunk circumference of 275 centimeters, and a crown spread of 13 meters. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, at the age of 65, Zuo Zongtang led an expedition to recover Xinjiang, and upon his triumphant return, he passed through Fengxiang Prefecture and planted several willows in East Lake, in line with the phrase 'newly planted willows for three thousand miles.' Only this tree remains today, making it the only surviving Zuo Gong Willow in Shaanxi. ✅Must Experience: The willow planted by Lin Zexu grows on East Lake's Ring Road in the park. It is 150 years old, 13 meters tall, with a trunk circumference of 250 centimeters, and a crown spread of 8 meters. In the 22nd year of Daoguang (1842), under pressure from Britain, the Qing government exiled the hero Lin Zexu, who had destroyed opium at Humen, to Yili in Xinjiang. On his way to Yili, Lin Zexu personally planted several willows in East Lake. Through the mists of history, only one remains standing by the shore, with a sturdy and vigorous trunk, full of the vicissitudes of time, and its new branches seem to demonstrate an indomitable spirit of resistance.