A Single Tree Becomes a Forest in Yingjiang

　　 Yingjiang County is located in the western part of Yunnan Province, in the northwest of the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, about 836 kilometers from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. The King of Chinese Banyans is situated in the subtropical rainforest near Laodaonong Village at Tongbiguan in Yingjiang County, approximately 30 kilometers from the county seat. The tree stands about 40 meters tall, and its canopy, formed by over 100 aerial roots that have developed into new trunks, covers an area of 5.5 acres. With more than 10 new aerial roots forming each year, the expansive tree looks like a small forest from afar—hence the name "A Single Tree Becomes a Forest." According to experts, this banyan tree is around 300 years old and is currently the largest and has the most aerial roots of any banyan tree discovered in China.