The origin of Mei Xiang in Waigang Mela Garden

There is a tradition of loving plum, loving plum and planting plum in Qianmen area of Waigang Town. In Qianmen Old Street, Jing Quan Village, Waigang Town, Jiading District, Shanghai, there is a rare ancient Chimonanthus praecox with a history of more than 270 years, which is still flourishing and prosperous. In the 1940s, Zheng Wuchang, a famous painter in China, made a living from this kind of plum and painted with it, which became a much-told story in the painting world. Left dozens of "about 60 years old" wintersweet tree. Because of tradition, almost every local people grow Chimonanthus praecox, and the aroma of Chimonanthus praecox is everywhere in the air.