The ten oldest trees in China are more expensive than golden nanmu, and one of them has a lifespan of over 5,000 years.

1. How to determine approximate age of a large tree?

Speaking of big trees, big trees with history are definitely not usual big trees that ordinary people see. Whether it's shape of a big tree or inside of a big tree's roots, they hold incredible secrets. So, for a large tree, how do we usually estimate how long it has survived? That is, how to judge his age?

Generally speaking, we estimate how long a large tree has survived. The most intuitive judgment is watching trunk of a large tree. Judging by trunk of a large tree, it can probably be judged by branches that it grows every year. In addition, we can determine this from annual rings of large trees. Unsurprisingly, if it is not influenced by another nature, year-round it is most correct standard of assessment. This type of circle line represents old, new, young and ancient trees.

Secondly, world's top ten trees with a sense of age are extremely old and can be called priceless treasures. Let's get to know them together

For a large tree of a certain age, this is actually very valuable and rare. After all, large trees grow outdoors and are exposed to all sorts of winds and rain every day. Unless it is a large tree with best quality roots, it will be difficult for it to stand test of nature.

Then follow in footsteps of editor below and let editor tell you about ten oldest trees in world. It can be said that they are extremely old and can be called priceless treasures.

1, Phoenix Pine

Phoenix Pine is essentially a pine tree. It was first discovered near ancient city of Fenghuang in Hunan province, which is why it is also called Phoenix Pine. It is a large tree almost 8 meters long and almost 1.1 meters wide.

Tall and graceful pine trees on Jiuhua Mountain, and their outstretched branches look like phoenix wings, very stylish. According to relevant records, this magical pine tree lasted 1410 years.

2, Xuanyuanbai

Xuanyuan Cypress is basically a cypress tree. This cypress grows in Xuanyuan Temple. Therefore, we named this cypress tree Xuanyuan Cypress. The tree is almost 21 meters long and almost 8 meters wide. Such a large tree is indeed a rare large tree in world.

According to records, this cypress has been around for nearly 5,000 years. Many foreigners came here admiring this cypress, calling it "the creator of cypress".

3, welcome pine

Hospitable pine, in fact, is also a kind of pine. Speaking of hospitable pine, I think everyone is well acquainted with it. Especially in China, in rural areas, many people have large murals depicting a welcoming pine tree hanging on walls of their houses. For us Chinese, friendly pine symbolizes hospitality, perseverance, wealth and fame. The hospitable pine grows on Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province, and it is highest point on summit of Huangshan Mountain, also called Yuping Tower.

The hospitable pine has a length of 10 meters and a width of more than 2 meters. According to records, hospitable pine tree existed for about 800 years. The elegant pose of a hospitable pine tree shocked world. This is a typical representative tree in China, Anhui and Huangshan.

4, General Erbay

General Erbay is, in fact, a cypress tree. From name, we can clearly understand that these are two cypresses. General Erbai grew up side by side at Songyang Academy in Henan Province. What is size of General Erbay?

There were 30 tourists who held hands and tried to hug a large tree, but could not reach length. According to records, this general Erbay lasted almost 4600 years. With such a long history, large tree now looks alive and grows in corner of academy, which can be called gospel academy tree.

5, Alishan Big Tree

The Alishan tree is, in fact, a rare sacred tree. As soon as we hear name, we probably all know that this sacred tree grew in Taiwan. Taiwan has Alishan, and Alishan has a sacred tree, which it is. If you look at it now, big tree no longer stands straight, but stands a little to right.

It is said that this was caused by overloading the trunk. The leaves of Shenmu are mostly emerald green all year round and they look very bright. According to records, Shenmu has been in existence for over 2,000 years.

6, Imperial Ginkgo Tree

The Imperial ginkgo tree is essentially a type of apricot tree. The apricot tree is remarkably old, over 1500 years old. He always stood proudly in a temple in Beijing Province, namely Tangzhe Temple.

That's why locals call it Imperial Ginkgo Tree. The length of ginkgo tree reached about 41 meters, and width reached more than 10 meters. In category of apricot trees, this is a rare large tree.

7, Zhangtai Ancient Plum

An ancient plum tree in Zhangtai is actually a plum tree. This plum grows in Zhanghua Temple in Hubei Province. Because this large tree has been preserved for a long time and is also very large, it is called ancient plum tree.

In our country, there are not many real ancient plum trees, there are only 5 of them, and ancient Zhangtai plum tree is one of them. If a person really stood under an ancient plum tree, human beings would be extremely insignificant.

8, Ancient Dinglin Trees

Ancient trees in Dingling were accidentally discovered by tourists from Shandong Province. What kind of book this is is still unknown.

The tree is 28 meters long and 16 meters wide. Golden leaves all year round are also very romantic.

9, Ancient Banyan, Tianma River

Ancient Tianma River Banyan tree is actually a type of banyan tree. As a Cantonese, everyone should be familiar with this banyan tree. It grows on a sandy island in middle of a river in Guangzhou.

According to records, it is over 500 years old. It grows in water and reaches a length of more than 16 meters.

10, Ancient Tibetan Cypress

Tibetan ancient cypress is essentially a type of cypress. It is over 51m long and 6m wide. It is also a rare and real big cypress in world. According to records, it existed for 2700 years. The branches of this cypress grow amazingly, it is branches that grow upwards. It takes forty people to reach out and join hands before they can hug.

Writing to end: Sometimes I see very huge trees, and people standing under trees seem extremely small. It's hard for us to imagine how much wind, sun, rain and wind a tree has experienced over hundreds or even thousands of years to make it look strong today. Every plant and tree in world is a precious gift of nature to people!