A photo taken on May 16 shows golden nanmu trees in the Nanmu Bay scenic spot of Youyang county, Chongqing. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Deep in the mountains of Youyang county in Chongqing, there is a small village famous for having the largest group of 1,000-year-old golden nanmu trees in China. Nearly 10,000 golden nanmu trees of various sizes can be found here, with eight of them being over a thousand years old. The largest one is 3,000 years old, and it takes about 8 people to wrap their arms together around its trunk.
Nanmu is a national second-level key protected plant and golden nanmu tree is one kind of this precious plant.
A photo taken on May 16 shows the largest golden nanmu tree in the Nanmu Bay scenic spot of Youyang county, Chongqing. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]
A photo taken on May 16 shows golden nanmu trees in the Nanmu Bay scenic spot of Youyang county, Chongqing. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]
A photo taken on May 16 shows golden nanmu trees in the Nanmu Bay scenic spot of Youyang county, Chongqing. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]
A photo taken on May 16 shows golden nanmu trees in the Nanmu Bay scenic spot of Youyang county, Chongqing. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]
An ariel drone photo shows the golden nanmu trees in the Nanmu Bay scenic spot of Youyang county, Chongqing, May 16, 2024. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]