People used to say that these were part of the ancient cypress that had once stood by the pavilion in which Yue Fei was executed, and that as soon as Yue Fei was murdered the cypress died too and in some 600 years became fossils.

• 人们说，精忠柏原为南宋大理院狱中风波亭畔的古柏，岳飞在风波亭上被害后，古柏立即枯死，历经600多年，遂成了化石。