Ginkgo King "Ginkgo King" in Tongbai, Henan and huaiyuan town.

According to 18 (A.D. 1753), Tongbai County records, "Qingquan Temple is in the north of Baicaopu, surrounded by clear springs, followed by ancient ginkgo trees, soaring into the sky without remembering the calendar. In ancient Qingquan Temple, there were pavilions, elegant and unique, brick-clearing and Tang-based, solemn icons, and the name of Qingquan was all due to Ginkgo biloba. When it is in full bloom, pilgrims weave and stretch for miles. " Qingquan Temple and Guginkgo are now provincial cultural protection units.

Ginkgo tree is on the left side of qingquan, surrounded by three mountains, towering bamboo and ancient trees, which is a rare Shenmu. This tree is 27.5 meters high, with a base circumference of 1 1.2 meters, a waist circumference of 7.20 meters and a crown width of nearly 500 square meters. Someone inquired online that this tree is the first ginkgo tree in China. According to legend, this tree was planted in the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years. There is a clear spring on the left side of the tree, which keeps flowing down from the mountain all the year round. As for ginkgo trees, they converge into a clear pool, their roots extend into the pool, and they are nourished by mountain springs, and they flourish and achieve fruitful results every year. In summer, the cool breeze gathers around the trees, and it's dark and brooding.

According to the local old man, there is a beautiful legend about this Millennium Ginkgo King. According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, a county king came here to play. Seeing the beautiful scenery and clear springs, he ordered people to build temples and plant hundreds of ginkgo trees. Later, the county king was busy with political affairs and forgot to go to the temple to make pilgrimages, which angered the jade emperor. The Jade Emperor ordered Lei Gong and Dian Mu to destroy the ginkgo forest. When the forest was about to burn down, in order to speed up the progress, Lei Gong and Dian Mu fired lightning at the temple on a whim. At the critical moment, the Jade Emperor was very moved when he learned about it. In order to reward the meritorious service of Ginkgo Tree Sanatorium, he named it "Ginkgo Daxian" to protect Qingquan Temple forever. Up to now, people can still find traces of burned trunks.

More than 50 meters away from the "Ginkgo King", there is also a holly tree, which is also hundreds of years old. Legend has it that the Jade Emperor betrothed the Holly Fairy to the Ginkgo King as his wife in order to reward him for his meritorious service in the hospital, and asked them to love each other until death do us part. The holly fairy has already fallen in love with each other after hearing the touching story of the celestial Ginkgo King. Under the matchmaking of the Jade Emperor, the two made a thousand-year marriage contract, vowing to be together and never betray each other. Today, there are many young men and women in Tongbai and its surrounding areas. As soon as they reached the age of marriage, they met their friends under the ginkgo tree and prayed silently to meet their lovers.

Behind the "Ginkgo King" is a piece of bamboo. There are mountains, springs, bamboos and temples, and the "Millennium Ginkgo King" stands tall. At present, there are more than 30 laymen and pilgrims in Qingquan Temple, mostly from Hubei, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and other places.