My hometown is in Xingtai, Hebei Province. It's cold in winter here, and the wild plants are in depression. The only green is cypress and bamboo.
Cypress is hardy and drought resistant, with strong vitality. In our local area, they are generally planted around graves. In recent years, there are also a few green plants along the roads. In our local people's eyes, cypress planting at home is unlucky, so no one grows cypress in the yard.
We found that someone in the village planted bamboo at his own door, although [...]
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