Chinese New Year and Ginkgo leaf

新年快乐
Happy Chinese New Year - Year Of The Dragon.

Photo taken in Chengdu by 半潭秋水 on POCO.cn. More photos with Ginkgo leaves here.

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Old Ginkgo with chichi in Nagano pref., Japan

HD-video of an 800-year-old Ginkgo tree in Ikusaka, Nagano prefecture, Japan.
This Ginkgo is a natural monument and has many chichi. The chichi (= mothers's breasts) are seen as a sign of motherhood and a pregnant woman or a mother can pray here to let her have milk for her baby.
Location and more info on this Japanese website.
Video by sio2ki on YouTube.

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Butterflies and Ginkgo leaves - 2

Handmade butterfly created by 81-year-old Gu Houxin with a leaf of a Ginkgo tree in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. Gu has so far made over 700 such butterflies by painting coloured patterns on Ginkgo leaves.
Update of my blog post of July 20, 2007.

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1,200 -year-old Ginkgo in Takayama, Japan

This HD-video shows a huge Ginkgo tree of over 1,200 years old.
Location: Kokubunji Temple in Hida Takayama City, Japan.
Video by Takayamajapan on YouTube.

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Archaeopteryx and Ginkgo

Late Jurassic period, c. 150 million years ago: drawing of Archaeopteryx , the oldest bird (or is it a dinosaur closely related to the origin of birds?), sitting on a Ginkgo tree branch (leaf form not correct, read my Fossils-page). Click on picture to see an enlargement.
Drawing from DinoGoss website.


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Detective Conan manga and Ginkgo leaves

Japanese Detective Conan manga. See many Ginkgo leaves in this video scene about a first love symbolized by the Ginkgo leaf.
Video by Theranlove2 on YouTube.

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Japanese print: Beetle on Ginkgo leaf

Japanese print: Beetle on Ginkgo leaf, c. 1920.
Brush painting on paper.
Visit Ronin Gallery, New York to see an enlargement.

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Ginkgo in Showa Memorial Park, Tokyo

Ginkgo trees in fall in Showa Memorial Park, Tokyo - Tachikawa, Japan.
HD-Video by hanazakurasakura on YouTube.

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Germinating Ginkgo seeds experiences

Johnny Ginkgoseed tells his story of germinating Ginkgo seeds on his blog. He illustrates his experiences with many photos.

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Ginkgo Christmas: Midosuji illuminations, Osaka

Osaka in Japan: “Midosuji Illuminations” , Ginkgo trees along Midosuji Street with bright LED lights. This longest street in Japan stretches approx. 1.9 km.
Illuminations: Dec 14, 2011-Jan 22, 2012, c. 17:00-23:00.

Video by markbasser on YouTube.

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Merry Christmas - Happy 2012

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Ginkgo Avenue, Hokkaido University, Japan

Ginkgo Avenue: 70 Ginkgo trees in fall on the campus of Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan, attract many interested people.
Video by jg8gwx on YouTube.

Ginkgo forest in South Korea

"The 43,000 sq. m ginkgo forest in the foothills of Mt. Odae has been opened to the public for the first time in 20 years. The forest is about the size of a baseball stadium, and many of the trees are over 30 years old.
The healthy trees are planted in a straight row 5 m apart. The owner, Yoo Ki-chun, bought the abandoned land 20 years ago and planted ginkgo trees. He opted for the trees because the soil was wrong for cultivation as an orchard. He recently decided to open it to the public. The forest draws a string of visitors who can't resist walking along them to soak in the essence of fall."

Cited from: Arirang, Korea's global tv website: on their website you can watch a video of this forest.
Photo Chosun.com.

Gedicht Vertelboom en Ginkgo - Poem and Ginkgo

In Antwerpen (Belgie) werd een stadsgedicht - de Vertelboom en de 10 takken der verwondering - ingehuldigd, onderdeel van het stadsdichtersproject 'Bomenstad'.

Het kunstwerk 'Cornerstone' van Roel Jacobs zorgde voor inspiratie. Zijn levend Ginkgo boompje dat in 2010 in de collectie van het openluchtmuseum Middelheim werd opgenomen was dan net 1 jaar.
Roel Jacobs vertelde inspirerende boomverhalen en rond de Ginkgo kwamen de woorden van de 10 deelnemers, immigranten uit alle delen van de wereld. Peter Holvoet-Hanssen maakte er een stadsgedicht van dat in september werd onthuld in het Paleis op de Meir.
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In Antwerp (Belgium) a city poem - de Vertelboom en de 10 takken der verwondering - was inaugurated. It is part of the project 'City of trees'.
The artwork 'Cornerstone' (in open-air museum Middelheim) by Roel Jacobs provided inspiration by a living Ginkgo tree.
Roel Jacobs told inspiring stories and standing by the Ginkgo tree 10 participants (immigrants from all parts of the world) spoke their words. Peter Holvoet-Hanssen made ​​the city poem from their contributions.
More info here.