Hubei Suizhou: the Ancient Ginkgo Valley

Ginkgo biloba is the oldest relict plants of the existing seed plants. Known as a living fossil, it was born hundreds of millions years ago, with species of the same contemporaries has been extinct. So far the living ginkgo is scarce and dispersed in the world. In Luoyang Town, Suizhou in the world. However, in Luoyang Town, Suizhou City, Hubei Province, there is a most intact and the the most well-preserved thousand years old Ginkgo tree group across the country and even in the world.

The Ginkgo Valley stretches for 12 kilometers with 308 Millennium ginkgo trees, and 17,000 over100-year-old ginkgo trees more than 17,000 trees. The ancient ginkgo trees in the region forms a community which has become one of the four largest assembling ginkgo community.

When autumn falls, the ginkgo valley is covered with golden leave, presenting a spectacular scenery, which attracts numerous visitors from surrounding areas.