Picturesque tourist boulevard at the Gujian Scenic Area. (Photographed by Chen Xingyu / Qijiang Converged Media Center) Metasequoia trees having quietly donned their gorgeous “winter clothes".
The metasequoia, also known as “a living fossil,” was named 80 years ago by botanist Shigeru Miki (1901-1974), who taught at Kyoto Imperial University, present-day Kyoto University.