Two years ago, when the gravel road was paved over with asphalt, the soil and then the tree's roots suffered. The pressure of the cement on the ground blocked up the channels that brought water to the roots, and they gradually died off. For a long time this old tree of Wushihkang had no vitality. Though not dead, it hardly counted as living.
兩年前，石子路改成柏油路面時，其實鄰近樹根的土質已遭破壞；水泥硬塊擠壓，阻斷了水路，根系已逐漸乾枯，烏石港老樹長久來已無生命力可言，它只是沒有死而已，卻算不上活著。