2,700-year-old tree blooms in Sichuan

Updated: Jun 18, 2024 By HUANG ZHILING and PENG CHAO chinadaily.com.cn Print

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A 2,700-year-old ormosia hosiei tree is in full bloom in the ancient village of Houyan in the Yucheng district of Ya'an, Southwest China's Sichuan province. [Photo by Shu Yue / For chinadaily.com.cn]

Peng Yong, Party branch secretary of Houyan village, said villagers show great respect for the tree as it embodies generations of people's memories of their hometown.

In the 1970s, when the village experienced a rare drought and many trees in the village died, the villagers carried water from the mountain foot miles away to irrigate the tree, so as to keep it alive, he said.

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