CCTV news 4月15日淩晨，江西南昌一棵承載著1500年歷史的古銀杏樹遭遇意外，在搶救過程中被風吹倒，當地迅速展開行動，爭分奪秒進行搶救。

This ancient ginkgo tree is located in Taiping Village, Taiping Town, Nanchang City. On the afternoon of the 12th, the reporter arrived at the scene and saw that in order to facilitate straightening, the excess branches had been sawn off, leaving only the roots and 0 meters above the roots. With the assistance of a crane, the rescuers replanted it back to its original plot and built scaffolding around it to fix it. There are also huge boulders piled up on the side, which seem to tell the tenacity of the ancient tree.

According to Li Konggui, a villager in Taiping Village, "In the past two years, the tree has been tilted so badly that the trunk cracked two fingers wide a few days ago, and the wind blew the night before yesterday, and the roots broke and fell yesterday morning, which is a pity." ”

This thousand-year-old ginkgo tree, originally more than 5 meters high, needs 0 people to hug, as a national first-class ancient tree, it is a witness to the changes of Taiping Village, but also an important ecological business card of the village. 0 years ago, the ginkgo tree showed symptoms of small leaves and immortality, and the local government began to treat it. However, not long after the root system problem was discovered and fixed protection measures were taken, the ancient tree was still blown down by the wind.

　　江西省林業科學院森林保護研究所所長喻愛林表示：“根系受損，枝葉不能留太多，否則蒸發量大難存活。我們盡量保留能保留的部分。目前存活幾率較大，若後續養護到位，成活率可達百分之七八十。”

During the rescue, the staff also found that the ancient tree grew on two large stones, the soil layer was shallow, and the taproot was rotten, and finally it was defeated by strong winds. Yu Ailin also mentioned, "Before the project was completed, the crack of the tree increased, and I bought an iron pipe overnight on the 14th to support it, but the tree was too heavy." ”

Next, the staff will focus on measures such as water retention, shading, and rooting to ensure that the ancient trees sprout and survive. (Reporter Yang Ping, Du Xichen, Liu Yang)

Source: CCTV