In years past, by the end of winter or the beginning of spring, the century old large-leaved fig in the Ssuyuan district of Chinchichieh would have already had shoots sprouting up all over, but this year there wasn't a bud to be found.
冬末春初，往年思源里土地廟旁的百年老樹「大葉雀榕」此時已嫩芽齊發、枝頭紛紛，今年卻仍未抽絮。