Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Sihan photo report

At the treatment site of ancient trees in Xinyuan Village, Changjiang Town, Hengshan County, Hengyang City, Hunan Province, Wu Lei (front) applied wound healing agents to ancient trees.

Wu Lei records the state of the bark of an ancient tree in Xinyuan Village.

In Xinyuan Village, Wu Lei (right) measures soil parameters with workers rejuvenating ancient trees.

Wu Lei is the deputy director of the Engineering Research Center for the Protection of Ancient and Famous Trees at Central South University of Forestry and Technology. In his eyes, ancient and famous trees are not only "living fossils", but also "green cultural relics" that carry nostalgia and civilization, "every ring is a dialogue between nature and history, and ancient trees are not only a natural treasure house of ecological genes, but also carry the local feelings inherited from generation to generation." ”

As an "ancient tree doctor", Wu Lei has always adhered to a concept: to treat ancient trees, we must start from the "feeling" of the tree and prescribe the right medicine.

中南林業科技大學古樹名木保護工程研究中心成立於2022年，最重要的工作內容就是治療、照顧好湖南全省24萬棵古樹，讓瀕危古樹“病有所醫”。2024年，該中心參與審核了湖南各市州向湖南省林業局申報的1157株古樹名木搶救的復壯方案，提出指導建議，並直接參與對近百株古樹的搶救工作。

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