Best places in Tai'an to enjoy beauty of ginkgo trees

2. Culai Mountain

Culai Mountain, referred to as a sister mountain of Mount Tai, is a national forest park with a forest coverage rate of 87.8 percent and a vegetation coverage rate of 92.4 percent. It is has a reputation for having clean and crisp air.

It grows as many as 1,110 species of plants and has more than 800 varieties of animals. The thousand-year-old ginkgo tree on the mountain, with a height of 23 meters and a diameter at breast height of 1.14 meters, is a hot spot at the Culai Mountain scenic area.

Address: Culai town, Daiyue district, Tai'an, Shandong

Opening hour: 8:00 – 17:00

Ticket price: 50 yuan

Culai Mountain. [Photo/VCG]