The Cuiyun Corridor Ancient Shu Road (the ancient road system to today's Sichuan province) stretches across Jiange county in Guangyuan and Zitong county in Mianyang, Sichuan province, with the Jiange section forming its principal route. Extending for 151 kilometers, the road is lined with thousands of ancient cypress trees, some dating back to the Qin (221-206 BC) and Han (206 BC-AD 220) dynasties. After more than two millennia, many still stand tall with dense, evergreen foliage. Paved with stone slabs and shaded by towering cypresses, the road winds through tranquil forests. It is home to the world's oldest, largest, and best-preserved avenue of planted roadside trees, with more than 7,000 ancient cypresses over 1,000 years old. The oldest is more than 2,300 years old, nicknamed "a wonder of the Ancient Shu Roads" and "a living fossil forest".
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