银杏是世界上现存的种子植物中最古老的植物,也是我国特产的珍贵树种,向有“金色的活化石”之称。郭沫若曾说:“银杏应为中国的国树。”因自古我国的僧人用银杏来代替佛门圣树“菩提树”,所以我国的古银杏大多都在寺庙中。北京作为古都,向有“寺庙之多甲天下”之说。而在这些寺庙中,大多都有古银杏相伴。在北京的古银杏中,最著名的一棵是京西古刹潭柘 Ginkgo is the oldest existing plant in the world of plants, but also our precious specialty species, to the “golden living fossil,” said. Guo Moruo once said: “Ginkgo should be the national tree of China.” Since ancient China’s monks used ginkgo to replace the sacred tree of Buddhism, “Linden”, most of the ancient ginkgo in our country were in temples. As the ancient capital of Beijing, it is said that there are many temples in the world. In these temples, most of them are accompanied by ancient ginkgo. In the ancient ginkgo in Beijing, the most famous one is the ancient capital of West Lake Tan Tan