Every year, at the end of October, tens of thousands of people flock to a Buddhist temple in China to see a huge gingko biloba tree (银杏树) drop its foliage (枝叶) and turn temple from green to gold. The Gu Guanyin Buddhist temple, (locate) in the Zhongnan Mountains of China's Shaanxi Province is home a 1,400-year-old gingko biloba tree. It was planted for the Tang dynasty (618-907) emperor Li Shimin, is one of the (great) rulers in Chinese history. It towers superbly over the temple, for a few days every autumn, it rains down a gold carpet of (leaf) that stands out against the muted tones of the season. Because of its (amaze) appearance, it has been called the world's most beautiful gingko biloba tree, and (become) a tourist attraction in its own right.
Due to the increasing (popular) of its ancient gingko biloba tree, the Gu Guanyin Buddhist temple has reportedly increased daily visitor capacity to around 7,200, between 8 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon.
