A tourist visits an ancient courtyard at Tianhe Village, Jialing Town of Huixian County, northwest China's Gansu Province, on July 15, 2025. Located on the banks of Jialing River, Tianhe Village of Huixian County is home to 153 thousand-year-old ginkgo trees, thanks to its warm and humid weather that provides excellent conditions for the growth and reproduction of the trees.
Boasting a rare ancient ginkgo tree community, Tianhe Village was selected into the fourth batch of traditional Chinese Villages in 2016.
The village in recent years has endeavored to develop tourism industry taking advantages of its ginkgo tree resources, trying to explore an integrated development mode of agriculture, culture and tourism. Activities such as intangible cultural heritage inheritance experiencing, ginkgo picking and study tours launched by the village have enriched tourists' experience. (Xinhua/Ma Ning)