Stunning, A Sea Of Gold,

are just two of the many things you can say about this tree,

the Gu Guanyin Buddhist temple in the Zhongnan Mountains of China’s Shaanxi Province is home to a 1,400-year-old gingko biloba tree that some say was planted for the Tang dynasty (618–907) emperor Li Shimin, one of the greatest rulers in Chinese history, and here is the problem, you have to book to see it! back in 2017, Chinese media reported that an estimated 60,000 people came to visit the golden tree of Gu Guanyin Buddhist temple over a period of 20 days, from the end of October, through early December. During this period, the temple lets in around 3,000 visitors a day, and demand is so high that in order to guarantee entry, people are advised to make online reservations. The elderly may be allowed in, but all other visitors should make reservations in order to be allowed in. Even so, tourists queue for three to four hours to get in,

thankfully the Gu Guanyin temple has reportedly increased daily visitor capacity to around 7,200, between 8 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon, ever since the tree went viral online back in 2016, the 1,400-year-old gingko biloba and its “sea of gold” have become the protagonists of some of the most iconic images doing the rounds on social media, what a stunning tree.