This season happens to be the best time to view ginkgo trees in Shanghai. After autumn, you can still see the golden ginkgo orchards in winter. So where is the most beautiful ginkgo in Shanghai? Where are they viewed? What's the best way to clock in? Let’s start our apricot viewing journey together.

At this time, the beautiful fan-shaped ginkgo leaves in Shanghai turned into lemon yellow. Under the sunlight, they turned golden, making the magical city look particularly gorgeous. When the golden leaves were flying all over the city, the photographers set up their long-range lenses and pressed the shutter without hesitation to record the early winter in the Magic City in their eyes, which is the color painted in people's hearts.

In the breeze, these spiritual leaves are like the wings of a king gently flapping. Like a ray of sunset, the golden butterfly is even more brilliant and extremely beautiful. Suddenly, the entire ginkgo tree seemed to turn into a thousand hands, shining with magical light.

A guide to the nine hundred-year-old ginkgo trees in Shanghai

The No.1 ancient ginkgo | "King of Trees" has reached its best viewing period again.

At the end of each year, many tourists come to the Ancient Tree Park in Anting, Jiading to take a look at the ancient ginkgo tree "Shanghai 0001". In the past few days, this "King of Trees" has had its best viewing period. The trees are full of color and gold, and the trees are full of visitors, so beautiful.

When you walk into the Ancient Tree Park, you can see this ancient tree with a history of more than 1,200 years in the distance. Its leaves have basically turned golden yellow.

Through aerial photography, we can see the "King of Trees" standing proudly in the garden, and the surrounding trees seem to be "little brothers" compared to it. The sun shines through the treetops, scattering mottled light and shadow, like a little lingering crystal in the eyes, and like a huge tree crown, like an open umbrella.

Address: No. 230, Taihai Road, Guangming Village, Anting Town, Jiading District

Tickets: Free

No.2 Ancient Ginkgo | "Behind the Tree" is tenacious and green Rebirth

Ancient Ginkgo No. 2 is located at Fuquan Temple (formerly in front of Nanhui Pavilion), Huinan Town, Pudong New District. The tree is 20 meters tall and nearly 2 meters in diameter at breast height. It takes five people to hold it up. Its trunk is tall and straight, and its shade is like a canopy.

According to legend, it was planted during the Chun Dynasty of the Southern Song Dynasty, about 750 years ago. It is the second ancient tree in Shanghai. The tree is 18 meters high and 6.5 meters in circumference. The trunk is tall and straight, and the shade is like a canopy. Although it has gone through several generations of vicissitudes, it still produces countless fruits every year.

The leaves of the ginkgo tree turned yellow, and a breeze blew by, shaking the golden tree. Looking up, it was like nature lifted a big paintbrush dipped in gold oil to paint the blue sky. The most beautiful picture scroll makes people feel refreshed in the autumn of "the sadness of autumn and the loneliness of autumn since ancient times".

Address: Wenti Road, Huinan Town, Pudong New District

Opening hours: 05:00-17:00

No. 3 Ancient Ginkgo | Legend has it that Chen and Han The "Fairy Bridge" planted by our ancestors.

The thousand-year-old ginkgo tree is located on the south side of Yushan Road in Pudong New Area. It is the "third largest ancient tree" in Shanghai. It is said that it was planted by Chen Han's ancestors and has a history of more than a thousand years. The ancient ginkgo tree is majestic and full of flowers. It is connected to the northwest by thick branches, which is called Xianren Bridge. This thousand-year-old ginkgo tree is 21 meters high, with a maximum crown diameter of 15 meters wide, and is so thick that four people cannot hold it.

According to legend, the two branches of this ancient tree have a naturally formed "H" shape, which symbolizes a pair of lovers holding hands and standing in the world. This branch is also called "Tianqiao" and "Xianqiao".

Address: Jingnan Park, Pudong New Area

No. 4 Ancient Ginkgo | A natural navigation beacon by Dianshan Lake

In the deep and quiet Guobao Temple, surrounded by water, As soon as you enter the "only way", you will be shocked by the golden light of a tree and the golden ground. The thousand-year-old ginkgo trees in the ancient temple are welcoming devout pilgrims with their most brilliant colors. The ancient ginkgo tree has a thick body and luxuriant branches. Its fan-shaped leaves have been covered with golden windbreakers, shining brightly in the sunlight. On the ground of ginkgo and yellow leaves, solemn Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and peaceful monks form the composition.

On the east bank of Tongbo Pond at the northern foot of Fenghuang Mountain in Sheshan Town, two trees, a male and a female, grow quietly. Ancient ginkgo tree. This thousand-year-old "couple" is the only "couple" among the eight thousand-year-old ginkgo trees in Shanghai. Ancient and valuable trees are numbered “0005” and “0009” respectively. They are separated by vast oceans, but have lived together like a couple of gods and gods for thousands of years, and have been dependent on each other ever since.

Two ancient ginkgo trees are relics of the Tang Dynasty. There is a tree next to Tongbo Pond, which is only a stone's throw away from Tongbo Pond. It is a majestic tree with a thick waist, strong arms, and vigorous branches and leaves. It is a towering tree and covers an area of ??more than 100 acres. It can be called the best among Shanghai's ancient trees.

Address: Sheshan Town, Songjiang District

No. 6 Ancient Ginkgo | A "tenacious" ancient tree that has come back to life.

The ancient ginkgo tree located in Xiaokunshan Town, with the ancient and valuable tree number "0006", is a "tenacious" old tree that has come back to life. According to records, this ancient ginkgo tree was burned, but miraculously, new branches grew on the burned bark, and a small ginkgo tree grew out of the empty shell. The old tree is growing well, like "father-in-law holding his grandson", and has become a wonderful tree stump bonsai.

In order to protect this thousand-year-old tree, the district greening management department opened a quiet garden for it. It was planted with sweet-scented osmanthus, rhododendron, lawn and other plants around it, and a cobblestone path was paved in the middle. Give it its own home.

Address: Xiaokunshan Town, Songjiang District

No. 7 ancient ginkgo | unique landscape of thousand-year-old tree

No. 7 ancient tree is located in Xintang, Tuolin Town, Feng County village. This ancient ginkgo tree has grown for thousands of years, is 18 meters tall, and has a chest circumference of 9.35 meters. It has a huge tree shape that casts an acre of shade.

According to legend, this ancient ginkgo tree was planted in the early Song Dynasty. It has a tall trunk and is surrounded by open space. The tree was struck by lightning, splitting its trunk into three, creating a unique landscape.

Standing under the ginkgo tree, the golden leaves rustle, the breeze blows, and the leaves dance like butterflies, spinning and falling~

No. 8 Ancient Ginkgo | The oldest witness in the history of Shanghai's city building.

The oldest ancient ginkgo tree in Shanghai (No. 0043) is located on Qiaojia Road, Yongtai Street, Huangpu District. It is an ancient ginkgo tree with a history of 700 years. This ancient ginkgo tree has a DBH of 1 meter, a height of 13 meters, and a crown diameter of 9 meters. It stands tall in the center of Shanghai, where land is precious. It is also the oldest witness in the history of Shanghai’s urban construction.