What are the top ten precious trees in China?

The top ten famous trees in China are Xuanyuan cypress, Phoenix Pine, Yingke Pine, Erjiang Junbai, Alishan Shenmu, Yushu, Zhangtai Gumei, Yufeng Temple Camellia, Tianmahe Ancient Banyan and Shui Sheng Temple Hangui.

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Xuanyuanbai, also known as Xuanyuanbai, is the Huangling Cooper of Xuanyuan Temple in Huangling, Shaanxi. It is said that it was planted by Emperor Xuanyuan himself. Xuanyuanbai stands in Xuanyuan Temple at the foot of Qiaoshan Mountain, belonging to Platycladus orientalis, with a height of more than 20 meters and a bust of 7.8 meters. Although it has experienced more than 5000 years of wind and frost, it has been dry, strong, beautiful and lush. Crown area 1.78 square meters, and the tree circumference is known as "seven hugs and eight and a half, not counting bumps". Because no other cypress in the world is older than it, the British call it "the father of cypress in the world"

Phoenix pine is located in Zhongmin Garden of Jiuhua Mountain, which is a major landscape of Jiuhua Mountain. The pine tree is 7.68 meters high, DBH 1 meter. Its shape is very strange, just like a phoenix spreading its wings, hence its name. The trunk is flat, shaped like a rockhopper, and has two branches, one high and the other low, shaped like a rockhopper. The root is surrounded by green grass, and there is a large round stone under the pine tail, which is called "Phoenix Egg". This kind of Phoenix Gu Song, recorded in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, has a history of 1400 years, and it is still flourishing. With its majestic posture and legendary stories, Phoenix Pine has become the protagonist in the hymns and beautiful frames of many poets, painters and photographers in ancient and modern times, and is known as "the first pine in the world". Belongs to the people's hospital scenic spot.

Welcome pine is the representative of Huangshan pine, just like a hospitable host, waving his arms and warmly welcoming guests at home and abroad to visit Huangshan. These two cypresses are located in front of Guande Temple at the east gate of Jingshan Mountain in Beijing. They are vigorous and tall, and they were planted in Liao and Jin Dynasties. According to legend, after Emperor Kangxi ascended the throne in the Qing Dynasty, in order to make the children of the Eight Banners not forget the riding and shooting tradition of the horseback people, they often tested their riding and shooting in front of the Guande Temple in Jingshan, and often demonstrated it in person. In order to advocate the spirit of loyalty and courage to SHEN WOO, taking righteousness from the heart and taking Ming Festival as benevolence, Emperor Kangxi also inscribed a plaque of "loyalty and righteousness" for Guandi Temple in the east of Guandi Hall, and named the two parallel ancient cypresses in the shooting range "Two Generals".

On the east side of Shenmu Station, the main peak of Alishan Mountain, stands a slightly tilted tree with a broken trunk. But the branches at the top of the tree are green, about 52 meters high and 23 meters in circumference. It needs more than a dozen people to embrace, stand tall and stand upright, and the rainbow is lush, so it is called "the Shenmu of Alishan".

Yushu is located in Tanzhe Temple, Mentougou District, Beijing. It is said that when an emperor dies, a branch of the imperial tree will be broken. When an emperor succeeds to the throne, new branches will grow on the emperor's tree. Therefore, people call this big tree "Imperial Tree". This tree is suitable for all northern monks to represent the Bodhi tree and regard it as the sacred tree of Buddhism. Looking straight into the imperial trees in the sky, you can roughly count them. It is said to be a relic of the Liao Dynasty, which has been around for nearly a thousand years. The emperor has lush foliage. After thousands of years of wind and rain, his style remains the same. He has seen all the vicissitudes of the world and welcomed tourists from all directions. The one in the east is called "Imperial Tree" and the one in the west is called "Wang Pei Tree". These two ancient trees are the living fossils of China-Ginkgo biloba.

Zhangtai Ancient Beauty Zhangtai Ancient Beauty, also known as Chumei, is located on the west side of Daxiong Hall of Zhanghua Temple. According to 1993 professional investigation, this tree is a deciduous shrub of Chimonanthus of Chimonanthaceae, with an irrigation width of 6.48 meters ... Lai wrote in the Records of Jiangling Historic Sites that this plum blossom was planted by King Chu Ling when he was building Zhanghuatai. Then, Yan Yili, a man of the Qing Dynasty, said in the poem "Chu Ci Mei" that "Chu Ci Mei Liu, Zhang Tai is so ancient". According to the inscription of Zhanghua Temple in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, this Chimonanthus praecox should have a history of more than 2,500 years. However, due to the long history, wars and natural disasters, whether this Chimonanthus praecox was planted by King Chu Ling at that time or by later generations remains to be further verified and debated.

Camellia of Yufeng Temple, commonly known as Wanduo Camellia, is located in the side yard of the main hall of Yufeng Temple. Yufeng Temple is a Lama Temple, located at the southern foot of Yulong Snow Mountain, which is about 0/3 km away from Lijiang County. It was built in the 21st year of Qingganlong (1756). There are three courtyards in the temple, and the famous "Wannian Camellia" is planted in the north courtyard. According to legend, this "King of Camellia" was planted in Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty (AD 1465- 1487), with a history of more than 500 years.

Tea tree is made by grafting two different varieties of camellia (one is "Lion Head" and the other is "Zaotaohong"), with a diameter of 34 cm and a height of only 2 meters, but the crown area is 56 square meters. At the beginning of spring every year, when the Jade Dragon Mountain is covered with snow and the red berries are not in bloom, the camellia of Yufeng Temple is already a smiling face of rosy clouds; When peaches and plums are withered and green fruits are covered with branches, they are still in full swing.

The ancient banyan tree in Tianma River is located on the island of Shazhou, Tianma River, Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, which is 0/00 km away from Guangzhou/KLOC-.It has a strange big banyan tree with a history of more than 500 years. This tree is about 15 meters high, and its branches are covered with bearded aerial roots. After landing, it will lignify, branch away and grow into new branches. On the new trunk, new aerial roots have grown and become complex and chaotic banyan trees. In this way, with the passage of time, this big banyan tree turned itself into a forest. Thousands of birds live in the forest. 1933, after visiting this place, the famous writer Ba Jin was deeply touched, and wrote a well-known essay, Bird's Paradise, which was named after it. Now there is a bird-watching pavilion beside the tree, which has become a natural park.

Shui Sheng Temple Hangui is located in Shui Sheng Temple at the foot of Lingquan Mountain in Shui Sheng Town, Nanzheng County. According to legend, it was planted by Xiao He, the minister of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC), so it was called "Han Gui" and was the treasure of the town temple. Shui Sheng Temple was built in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. Because there are five Longquan, namely, green, white, yellow, black and black, which means "five dragons hold the sacred", it is named "Shui Sheng Temple". Shui Sheng Temple is famous for Longquan and Hangui, which complement each other and have witnessed the rise and fall of the ancient temple for a long time.