King Cypress is a giant cypress

Cypress

Cypress is the name applied to many plants in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is a conifer of northern temperate regions. Most cypress species are trees, while a few are shrubs...

 tree (Cupressus gigantea

Cupressus gigantea

Cupressus gigantea, the Tibetan cypress, is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family in Asia.-King Cypress:The biggest known specimen is famous King Cypress, about 50 meters high, 5.8 meters in diameter, of crown-projection-area; and calculated age of 2,600 years.-Source:* Conifer...

) in Tibet

Tibet

Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...

 (about 50 meters high, 5.8 meters in diameter, 0.165 acre

Acre

The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...

 of crown-projection-area and calculated age of 2,600 years). King Cypress is located near the village of Bajie, about 7 kilometers from the town of Bayi

Bayi

-Chinese:*Bāyī , referring to the anniversary of the Nanchang Uprising, which is considered as the founding of the People's Liberation Army, and thus a common name used by entities in the People's Republic of China:...

, Nyingchi

Nyingchi

Nyingchi may refer to:*Nyingchi Prefecture, prefecture in Tibet*Nyingchi County, county in Tibet...

. King Cypress is surrounded by at least 0.1 km² of ancient cypress-trees with an average height of 44 meters. King Cypress is said to be the "life tree" of Tönpa Shenrab Miwoche

Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche

Tonpa Shenrab or Shenrab Miwo —also called Buddha Shenrab, Guru Shenrab, Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, Lord Shenrab Miwo, and known by a number of other titles—is the founder of the Bon religious tradition of Tibet.According to Samten G. Karmey:gShen-rab mi-bo is the founder of the Bon...

, founder of the Bön tradition of Tibet

Tibet

Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...

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