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At Jinci Temple in Taiyuan, I touched a 3,000-year-old Western Zhou cypress tree

A shrine holds half of the Spring and Autumn Annals Unlike visiting museums before, at Jinci Temple, every time you stand in front of a building, you feel a sense of historical involvement. This cypress tree planted during the Western Zhou period moved me the most. I used to not quite understand the description of the weight of life, but touching a moment of life from 3,000 years ago made me truly feel the depth of life.
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