The ginkgo tree is the national tree of China, it is a rare tree species left over from the Mesozoic Era, which belongs to the Chinese specialty and has the reputation of "living fossil". Also known as the white fruit tree, because the fruit it produces is called white fruit, its fruit and leaves have high medicinal value and edible value.
Ginkgo biloba leaves
There is a 1400-year-old ancient ginkgo tree in Guanyin Zen Temple in LuohanDong Village, Xi'an, which is said to have been planted by Li Shimin himself during the Tang Dynasty and has been listed by the state as an ancient tree and famous tree protection list.
1400-year-old ancient ginkgo tree
This ancient ginkgo tree is like a large umbrella, straight into the sky. The branches are thick and powerful, intertwined, and have experienced thousands of years of snow, rain, wind and frost, and the form is simple and vigorous.
Millennium Ginkgo Biloba
Every autumn the leaves of the ginkgo biloba turn yellow, and the trees are covered with gold leaves, and under the sunlight, the golden light is brilliant and indescribably beautiful.
As soon as you look at it, you will be fascinated by it, it has magical powers. As soon as the autumn wind blows, the ginkgo biloba forest covers the earth again, decorating the earth as a golden carpet.
The screen is full of gold
This ginkgo tree has a thousand years of history, and in this thousand years it has witnessed the change of times, witnessed countless spring, summer, autumn and winter, witnessed how many clouds and clouds are lacking, and witnessed how many sorrows and joys in the world. It is also just a tree, silently watching the people coming and going, every day is changing every day.
A leaf knows autumn
Ginkgo biloba trees were planted in the Guanyin Zen Temple, in the Tang Dynasty, with the strength of the country, Chang'an swept the world, becoming the center of the world, the focus of the world, foreigners from far and wide want to come to the east Chang'an City to live.
The "Silk Road" was unprecedentedly prosperous, and with it came caravan merchants, international students, Christians, Islam, Buddhism, and different religious beliefs. Chang'an City has become the most lively and prosperous city in the world because of its all-encompassing and inclusive nature.
The introduction of Buddhism to China can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, and Han Buddhism formed eight major sects during the Tang Dynasty, of which the ancestral courts of six major sects were located at the foot of the Qinling Mountains. Among them is the Fa Xiang Sect, also known as the Wei Zhi Sect, which is in the ancestral court of the Great Wild Goose Pagoda Great Ci'en Temple.
Vinaya, ancestral court at Jingye Temple. Tantra, ancestral court in Daxingshan Temple. Three Treatises Sect, ancestral court in Huxian Caotang Temple. Huayan Sect, ancestral court in Huayan Temple. Pure Land Sect, ancestral court in Xiangji Temple.
Ancient Guanyin Zen Temple
There are also Wuzhen Temple, Baita Temple, Guanyin Zen Temple and so on under the Qinling Mountains. Coming to Qinling to visit the monasteries can make your heart pure.
The distant bells of the temple and the smell of incense and fire can wash away the troubles of mortal dust, have no worries, and get a moment of inner peace.
In autumn, you can also enjoy the golden ginkgo tree, which is not a kind of Buddha's edge, which makes your heart full. Sigh at the beauty of this world, the care of nature.
The imprint of life
There is so much beauty in life, short and fleeting. May we all cherish every day of our lives. Don't think about the past, the future can be expected. Just like this ginkgo tree day after day, year after year, cycle after cycle, endless life.
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