Kuaijishan ancient Chinese torreya community in E China's Zhejiang
Xinhua, July 20, 2022 Adjust font size:
A farmer picks Chinese torreya nuts in Longxi Village of Jidong Township in Shaoxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 27, 2019.
Zhejiang Province is a major production area of Chinese torreya nuts. The Kuaijishan ancient Chinese torreya community in Zhejiang was named a pilot site of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) program in 2013.
The planting of Kuaijishan ancient torreya can be dated back to more than 2,000 years. It is a "living fossil" marking China's height in plant breeding and grafting. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)