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An Old Chinese Ginkgo Tree Drops a Magnificient Ocean of Golden Leaves

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Written by Flynn Matthews

2015-11-26

This magnificent ginkgo tree settled within the walls of the Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple in the Zhongnan Mountains in China. Each autumn the green leaves on the 1,400-year-old tree turn bright yellow and fall into a golden heap on the temple grounds attracting tourists from the neighboring area. Check out more photos here.

via Colossal

 

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