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The sound of falling Ginkgo leaves at Unmunsa Temple (557 AD), Cheongdo-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea.
This Ginkgo tree is about 500 years old.
It is a Buddhist temple and has a training center for nuns.
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Video by Missing Hertz on YouTube.
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Ginkgo leaf sea "Maiden Voyage"
Origami objects by South Korean artist JeeYoung Lee.
The objects draw on her childhood observing the autumn Ginkgo
leaves in the streets of Korea. Also known as “living fossils” ginkgo
leaves date back over 270 million years and was a way for Lee to convey
the passage of time: "I compare life to a voyage".
Read more about the exhibition at Now Gallery, London (with videos).
Photo: Now Gallery.
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* Update Awards-page with El País - el periódico global en Español: July 2022 Article "El ginkgo, el árbol que sobrevivió a los dinosaurios y a la bomba atómica" with mentioning of my website The Ginkgo Pages.
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Confuciusornis birds sitting on Ginkgo tree branches. It was a feathered small dinosaur and could have eaten Ginkgo seeds.
Early Cretaceous Period; many fossils have been found in the rocks of Liaoning, China.
Confuciusornis is considered to be both the oldest beaked as well as the most primitive bird after Archaeopteryx.
Its name is a combination of the Chinese philosopher Confucius and the Greek word for bird.
Picture: Sogou.com
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1,400-year-old Ginkgo tree on the grounds of the Guanyin Temple in Luohandong village in the city of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
This ancient Ginkgo tree is thought to be planted for Emperor Li Shimin, founding father of the Tang Dynasty, ruling from 629 to 649.
It has become a tourist attraction because of its many golden leaves. The video also gives an impression of a visit to the temple.
Bus: Take the No. 916 bus in Xi’an, get off at Nanshicun Station, go straight to Sanchakou for about 10 minutes (walking), “Guanyin Temple” is on the left.
Video by going走走looking看看 on YouTube.
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Old Ginkgo tree is dropping its leaves all at once.
This great tree is located in a historic place: Gregg Park (1931), Vincennes, Knox County in Indiana, U.S.
Video on YouTube by John Stangle.
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Ginkgorain: leaves all fall at the same time.
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The Ginkgo leaf is a symbol of love in this Chinese song.
Singers Cao Fu Jia, Tang Zi Xing.
The Ginkgo is the national tree of China.
Below you can see a girls group dance performance on this song (followed by a dance lesson):
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Ginkgo seed with and without its fleshy coat.
Cleaning of the seed: video on my YouTube channel:
More info on my website: Propagation-page.
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Tweets about the Ginkgo tree - info, photos and more from around the world.
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Color mezzotint
Michel Estèbe is one of the few modern masters of the mezzotint.
More info about the artist and mezzotint here.
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