A 450-year-old couple tree was torn apart overnight by the wind, never to be seen again

We love flowers and grow flowers, toiling for a pot of flowers, rejoicing when a single flower blooms. Plants are different from people - who says they have no feelings?

A 450-year-old couple tree, torn apart overnight

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The couple tree in the picture below is already 450 years old. It was originally the Spirit Snake ancient tree of Qingshui Miao Township. The ancient tree splits in two, making it impossible to tell whether it is one tree divided into two branches, or two trees growing together as one

This tree is actually a Bashan pine (Pinus tabuliformis). At 450 years old, it is already 1.5 m thick and over 30 m tall

And such an intertwined, romantic ancient tree was actually snapped in half at the trunk by a single night of wind and rain! Truly a pity...

In fact, there are many other trees in nature with a similar couple's bond. Whether or not it is emotion that humans project onto plants, when you see them with your own eyes, you are still awestruck

Two trees in Koktokay, Xinjiang. In the middle of an open expanse, two trees grow leaning on each other. In autumn one is emerald green, the other golden yellow, like two people with utterly different personalities who can still keep each other company for a long time

The couple tree in Xizhou, Dali, is also one of the must-visit sights for many tourists. The two trees each grow on one side, together forming a single complete towering giant tree

The two trees below did not originally share the same root, yet their branches and trunks have grown tightly together...

The two willow trees by the lake in my hometown also look like a couple tree. This year a small tree even grew between the two trees - a family of three, perfect~

As a child I never felt these two trees were so intimate. Now they tower into the clouds, and have slowly merged together

This pair of "couple" trees below seems to grow facing each other, and has already been fenced off for protection

The moon has risen. In a desolate landscape, I see the couple tree. Unfortunately I am a single dog, wiping away tears, woof...

One tree bearing two kinds of flowers - this really is a couple tree in the truest sense. So beautiful~

There is an 800-year-old couple tree. Although the two are different in size, it feels as warm and tender as a little bird nestled close to someone

These two in the field also count as a "couple tree." In the past, those working the fields were couples in pairs, resting in the shade under the trees - what a carefree life

Nature is truly astonishing

Animals have flesh-and-blood emotions

Surely flowers and plants have their own inner worlds too