Tourists nearly ruined thousand-year pine
The most famous tree in China rescued from tourists.
Unique pine, which reaches back thousands of years, grows in the mountains of Huangshan in China.
The most famous tree in the country carefully guarded. To him the charge of a special guard — he’s already the nineteenth in his post. The Minister oversees the pine all year round, checking it every two hours, record data about the tree’s condition takes samples for signs of disease and monitors changes in the environment.
The task of the guard is also included to protect the branches of thousand-year “old lady” from squirrels and monkeys, and in winter — to see that she did not suffer from snow and wind.
But the biggest problem in the tree are not animals or disease, and restless tourists.