在武汉市以北七十多公里处，有一座方圆３６平方公里的高山———木兰山，它是大别山南麓的高峰之一。木兰山的西磨针涧有一棵枫杨古树，它参天而立，高达３０多米，树干苍老有空洞，该树已有４７０多年的历史了。１９８２年冬的一个夜晚，木兰山林场一位职工经过西磨针涧偶然 More than 70 kilometers north of Wuhan City, there is a radius of 36 square kilometers of the mountains --- Mulan, it is one of the peaks south of the Dabie Mountains. Mulan Mountain West mill needle stream has a maple tree, it stands towering, up to 30 meters, the old and empty trunk, the tree has 470 years of history. One night in the winter of 1982, Mulan Shan forestry workers across the West mill needle stream occasionally