The Bayi Town, located 406 kilometers east of Lhasa, is the seat of the administrative office of Nyingchi. Around the town are many sites of interest. Among the most famous are the "Waterfall in Summer and Ice in Winter," "Rijimuco Lake," and "Bayi Forest of Great Cypresses." The most impressive is the forest of Tibetan cypresses of about 10 hectares at the Bagyai Village in Nyingchi County at 3,040 meters above sea level. The average height of these cypresses is 30 meters, about one meter wide, with a canopy density of 50 percent. The largest, called "the greatest cypress in China," is over 50 meters tall, 5.8 meters wide and about 2,500 years old. In the Bamna Village stands an old mulberry tree of over 1,600 years old. Being 7.04 meters high and over 13 meters wide, it is called the "King of Mulberries." |
