第一天2007年9月19日
早晨七点
　　天津郊区的安定庄。
　　大树的枝丫已经被剪掉，树下也已经刨了一个直径两米多的大坑。小的根已经被锯完，只剩下两条大的主根，用来支撑大树。
　　尽管北京这两天落了雨，天津的安定庄这里并没有雨，天空晴朗。工人的挖坑的工作格外吃力。
　　干活的工人说这棵树有百十来年的一棵桑树，每年结很多桑果。挪了以后要缓几年才能再结果。
　　大吊车快来了，胡同里的居民爬到屋檐下把挡路的电话线暂时截断，工人也锯断了一棵挡着大吊车路的小树。
下午两点
　　两辆大吊车和一辆运大树的卡车到了。
　　卡车司机观察了地形，确定了第一辆吊车开进后院，负责将大树从坑里吊出来，放在胡同里。
　　吊车停稳以后，放下大吊钩。工人们在大树的树干上绑上稻草和布，防止划伤树皮。然后在树干上固定好一个吊扣，把吊车的吊钩挂在吊扣上。
　　吊车轻轻吊住大树以防止大树在锯的过程中突然倒下。工人锯断支撑大树的主根，大树倾斜着倒下。
　　很庆幸，大树的最底部没有主根。工人们跳到坑中刨掉底部的土，以减轻树的重量。工人们再次将吊扣与吊车吊钩
下午三点
　　固定。当吊车试着吊起大树的时候，由于绑在大树上的钢丝绳挂扣绑的松了，第一次试吊没有成功。
　　部分工人再次跳进坑中刨掉树根部的土，部分工人重新固定树上的挂扣。
　　吊车将大树吊离大坑，放到狭窄的胡同里。工人给被砍掉的树的枝干的截面涂上红漆，防止虫蛀。
　　下午四点
　　第二辆吊车开进胡同，准备将胡同里的大树吊起放到大卡车上，大卡车停在与胡同垂直交叉的另一条胡同里。在两条胡同的交界点，上空有密密麻麻的电线。
下午五点
　　一位村干部进来干涉，问大树的主人为什么要卖树，村里不允许私自卖树等，最后在众人七嘴八舌中，村干部妥协，并一直站在旁边看。
　　大树再次被吊起，工人在树上绑上绳子，用来帮助吊车固定大树的方向。
　　由于胡同很窄，大树在升起的过程中，蹭到了树的主人的邻居家的院墙，碰掉了几块砖。邻居家的主人不依不饶，最后以赔了两百块钱的方式解决。
　　工人们再次调整绳子用力的方向,大树顺利的升空越过电线.
　　大卡车倒车停在合适的位置，大树被放到卡车上。在吊车的吊钩松开的瞬间，放在卡车上用来支撑树冠那一端的支撑铁架被压断。
　　吊车只好再次将大树吊起，工人把铁架搬走重新焊接。
　　焊好的支架重新装到卡车上，吊车再次轻轻吊起大树上部放在支架上。支架再次被压折。
　　工头放弃了用支架支撑的努力，把卡车车斗的后挡板放了下来，并在关键部位垫上了稻草。
　　大树终于顺利离开安定庄。（运大树的车在夜间进入北京。）
第二天2007年9月20日
早晨九点
　　工人们已经开始忙碌，安放大树的坑已经挖好。
　　百吨大吊车因为道路问题迟迟未到。
下午两点
　　大吊车到了。一辆小轿车停在路边，工人们围着车转。看来看去，试着搬开它，好让大吊车停在合适的位置上。画廊主人去找车的主人未果。工人们推开挡路的轿车。大吊车入位。
下午三点
　　大吊车升起吊臂，轻松的吊起另外的一棵画廊主人自己买的小树，穿过画廊屋顶顺利的放进院子当中。
下午四点
　　吊车试吊大树，吊车队长和工头讨论吊臂跨度过长，按照电脑的计算最多可以吊起六吨，可是试吊结果大树为11吨。
　　吊车轻轻吊起大树，让大树悬在空中。工人刨掉大树根部的土以减轻树的重量。
　　吊车队长决定采取比较保险的手段，不直接跨过屋顶，以免意外毁坏房屋。最后决定将大树轻轻吊起来从胡同进入，然后跨过院子的大门放到坑里。
　　大树顺利的进入胡同，工人们扶着大树的树干。由于胡同狭窄，大树树干碰到了院墙。
　　吊车队长仍然担心超重问题，再次把大树撤出了胡同。
　　工人们再次刨掉大树底部的土。
下午五点半
　　吊车吊起大树，再次进入胡同，然后吊到空中跨过院门。
　　吊车队长在屋顶指挥，工人们用绳子拉住大树，吊车慢慢将大树放入坑中。
　　吊车吊住大树，工人们添坑，并用铁棍支撑大树。
　　晚上六点半
　　画廊开幕，嘉宾欢聚，工人们仍在忙碌。

Hundred-Year-Old Tree Blooms Again——The Record of Transporting the Tree

The first day, September 19, 2007
7:00 a.m.
　　Anding Village,outside Tianjin
　　The branches of the tree have already been cut, and a holewith a diameter of more than two meters has already beendug. Its small roots have also been cut, with only two bigroots left to support the tree.
　　Although it has been raining in Beijing for the past couple ofdays, the Anding Village outside Tianjin has been sunny. Itmakes it particularly difficult for workers to dig the hole.
　　They say that it is a mulberry tree more than a hundred yearsold. Each year, it produces a lot of mulberries. If the treeis moved, it will be several years before mulberries growagain.
　　A crane is coming soon. Residents of the alley climbed tothe roof and temporarily cut the telephone line that wouldotherwise block the road. Others cut down a small tree sothat the big crane can drive into the alley.
2:00 p.m.
　　Two big cranes and a truck for transporting the tree arrived.The truck driver took a good look at the place, and decidedthat the first crane should drive into the courtyard in order topull the tree out of the hole and lower it into the alley.
　　After the crane parked, a big hook was lowered. Workerswrapped the tree trunk with straw and cloth in order toprotect its bark. They then attached a hook to the tree trunkand connected it to the hook on the crane.
　　The crane pulled the tree gently so that it would not fall overwhen its roots were being cut. When the workers cut themain roots, the tree fell to the groundLuckily, the bottom of the tree has no main root. Workersjumped into the hole to remove some earth in order to reducethe weight of the tree. They once again connected the hook onthe tree to the hook on the crane. The crane tried to lift the tree.However, because the iron bands on the tree trunk were nottight enough, the first attempt failed.
　　Some workers jumped into the hole again to dig out moreearth. Others connected the two hooks again.
3:00 p.m.
　　The crane pulled the tree out of the hole and lowered it into thenarrow alley. The workers applied red paint to the surfaces ofthe cut branches in order to prevent them from being eaten byinsects.*4:00 p.m.
　　The second crane drove into the alley, ready to move the treeon to the truck. It stopped at another alley, which is parallel tothe one where the tree was. At the intersection of the two alleysare hundreds of electric power lines.
　　A village official came and asked why the owner had soldthe tree. He said that the village government would not allowselling trees without official permission. After arguing, he gaveup and just stood there and watched.The tree was once again pulled above the ground. Workers tiedsome thick ropes on the tree to help control its position.
　　The alley was very narrow, and during the process ofmoving, the tree touched the walls of the house next to thetree’s owner, and dislodged several bricks. The neighborsdid not want to miss the opportunity, and the owner had togive them two hundred Yuan for compensation.
　　Workers again used the ropes to control the position of thetree, and this time it passed the electric lines successfully.
　　The truck backed up to an appropriate position, and the treewas lowered onto it.
　　At the moment when the hook attached to the crane wasremoved from the tree, the iron frame that had been preparedfor supporting the top of the tree broke.
　　The crane had to lift the tree again, and some workers movedthe frame to fix it.
5:00 p.m.
　　After being repaired the iron frame was put back on thetruck. The crane lifted the tree again and lowered it on theframe. It broke again.
　　The manager of the project gave up the idea of using the ironframe. He asked the driver to lower the rear section of thetruck, and put some straw on its surface.The tree finally left Anding Village safely.(The truck with the tree arrived in Beijing at night.)
The second day, September 20, 2007
9:00 a.m.
　　Workers had already started to work, and had dug the holewhere the tree would be planted.However, the big crane had not yet arrived because of traffic.
2:00 p.m.
　　The crane arrived. A small car was parked on the road. Theworkers surrounded the car and tried to move it away in orderto make some room for the crane to park. The owner of thegallery went to look for the owner of the car but couldn’t findhim. The workers towed the car away and left enough roomfor the crane.
3:00 p.m.
　　The crane was fully extended, easily lifting a small treepurchased by the owner of the gallery, which cleared the roofof the gallery and was lowered into the courtyard.
4:00 p.m.
　　The crane tried to lift the big tree. The crane driver and theproject manager were discussing the fact that the crane wastoo long. According to the computer, the crane can only liftsomething as heavy as six tons, but the tree weighed eleventons.
　　The crane lifted the tree a little, and let it float in the air.Workers tried to remove some earth from the tree root inorder to reduce its weight.
　　The crane driver decided to use a safer way to move the treeinto the courtyard. Instead of having it go over the galleryroof, which ran the risk of damaging it, he decided to move thetree through the alley that leads to the courtyard, through thecourtyard gate, and then lower it into the hole.
　　The tree successfully entered the alley and workers hold on toits trunk. However, because the alley is very narrow, it scrapedagainst the walls.
　　The crane driver was still worried about the tree being overweight,and moved the tree out of the alley again.The workers removed some more earth from the tree root.
5:30 p.m.
　　The crane lifted the tree, entered the alley again, and wentthrough the gate.
　　The manager gave orders from the roof and workers held theropes that were tied to the tree. The crane slowly lowered thetree into the hole.The crane held the tree and the workers began filling the holewith earth. Iron beams were also used to support the tree.
6:30 p.m.
　　The exhibition opened and the guests were enjoyingthemselves. But the workers still continued working.