2,700-year-old tree blooms in Sichuan

Peng Yong, Party branch secretary of Houyan village, said villagers show great respect for the tree as it embodies generations of people's memories of their hometown.

In the 1970s, when the village experienced a rare drought and many trees in the village died, the villagers carried water from the mountain foot miles away to irrigate the tree, so as to keep it alive, he said.