Henan Zhumadian: Bai Guo Tree in Bai Guo Tree Village

Reporter Gao Linlin intern Guan Mingjie

Located at the east gate of Leshan Scenic Area, the big ginkgo tree, commonly known as the white fruit tree. This place belongs to Chaipo Village, Zhu Gudong Township, Yicheng District. The small village where the Ginkgo tree is located is naturally named because of the tree -Baiguoshu Village.

On the morning of the 27th, as soon as the reporter walked into the village of Baiguoshu, he was attracted by a lush tree in the south of the village. This ancient ginkgo tree that has grown for more than 1,400 years is extremely lush, the tree is strong, the branches and leaves are dense, the sky is covered with the sky, and the vitality is extremely strong.

This white fruity tree is like a giant that rises on the ground -the stout -straight trunk requires a few people to hold hands to be surrounded. The giant branches that are surrounded like opened their arms, as if to embrace the blue sky and white clouds.

When the old man in the village saw the reporter coming, he told the reporter the story of this millennium ginkgo tree: this ginkgo tree has the saying "Sui Fruit Tang Bai". Obviously, its history can be traced back to the Sui and Tang dynasties. For thousands of years, this old tree has not only witnessed the change of dynasties and vicissitudes of the world, but also fights countless brutal natural disasters with tenacious vitality.

"The one next to it is a trunk, which is cut off by the lightning, standing on the ground like a tree." If it wasn't for the old man explained, we thought it was another tree.

Ancient trees, as the name suggests, are big trees that have reached hundreds of years or even hundreds of years. Ancient trees not only witnessed historical changes, but also carried the development of human civilization. It has extremely important historical value, scientific value and ornamental value. It is called living fossils.

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