Ancient 1,400 years old covered the Chinese temple yard

The 1,400-year-old fanless tree at the top of Chung Nam Mountain, Shaanxi, China creates a sea of yellow leaves that surround the tree at the end of each fall.

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The 1,400-year-old fan chestnut tree is located right next to the Old Quan Am Nham Thien Tu temple in Chung Nam mountain, Shaanxi, China.

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In the fall, the leaves turn into bright yellow and begin to fall from mid-November, making the temple grounds turn into a gold leaf, Independent.

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Fanless plants are often referred to as "living fossils" because this tree has not changed over the past 200 million years despite experiencing many waves of climate change.

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This chestnut tree is believed to have been planted by a Tang emperor in the 7th century.

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For centuries, researchers have argued that the plant is extinct in the wild, but in the eastern province of Zhejiang, there is still one surviving tree in the Thien Mau Son reserve.

Fan chestnut trees , also known as ginkgo , belong to the family of large trees, wide canopy and long branches, at least 20 - 35m high.The leaves are used as a medicine for disease in Oriental medicine, improving memory and antioxidant free radicals.