Ginkgo biloba first appeared in the Carboniferous 345 million years ago and began to decline in the late Cretaceous. By 500,000 years ago, the Quaternary glacier movement occurred, the earth suddenly cooled, and most ginkgo plants were on the verge of extinction. They were extinct in most parts of Europe, North America and Asia, but they were miraculously preserved in China. Therefore, it is called "living fossils" by scientists and "pandas of the plant kingdom." Although ginkgo trees are thousands of years old, there are very few ginkgo trees that are actually thousands of years old. There is a 2500-year-old ginkgo tree in Zhouzhi, Shaanxi.

This is an ancient and vicissitudes tree, next to the Louguantai Zongsheng Palace in Zhouzhi. Legend has it that it was planted by Lao Tzu, the wise wise sage of the East, when he left Hangu to teach scriptures. It has a history of more than 2500 years. At present, this ancient ginkgo tree has a breast diameter of nearly 3 meters and a height of about 15 meters.

When I took a closer look, I found that the trunk of this big tree with a DBH of 3 meters was hollow. It turns out that this is a tree with a bumpy destiny. In the 1970s, there was a fire that burned the tree trunk into a hollow space. It has not germinated and produced leaves for many years. Since then, the tree has only relied on a few thick bark to transport nutrients, and it has come to life tenaciously. Today, it is still lush and has elegant leaf shapes. Looking from a distance, it has a crown like a canopy. The branches are like dragons and are full of vicissitudes, giving people a simple, vigorous and exciting aesthetic feeling, constituting a unique ancient creature wonder.

Every year, when all other ginkgo leaves fall off, the ginkgo trees in Louguan Zongsheng Palace are replaced with new golden clothes, which are dazzling and amazing! Sunlight poured down through the gaps in the leaves, leaving mottled tree shadows on the ground. It was like a dream and fascinated my eyes. When the wind blows, ginkgo trees dance, break away from the tree trunk, and fall down one after another. This scene is very charming.

This is a tree with noble status. This tree, together with the Yellow Emperor's hand-planted cypress in the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum, was included in the Shaanxi Ancient and Famous Tree Restoration Plan. It is also the only ancient tree in Shaanxi that has been rated as the "Top Ten Most Beautiful Ginkgo" by the Chinese Forestry Society.

Under this legendary thousand-year-old tree, perform a Tai Chi with Chinese charm. The ancient ginkgo trees and the profound cultural heritage blend into one, composing an antique autumn song!

The building view in autumn seems to have a fascinating magic. In the Zongsheng Palace of Louguan, the "Ginkgo King" planted by Lao Tzu is also fading green and turning yellow and being put on the most beautiful clothes of the year. It is so beautiful that it reaches the sky!