Aculture of protecting ancient trees is deeply rooted among the residents of Chengkou county in Southwest China's Chongqing.

The official largest camphor tree in Japan is at Kamou Hachiman ... The tree had stood there being worshipped as a sacred tree from well before then. It’s estimated to be about 1,500 years ...

They believed that mistletoe represented the essence of the sun god Taranis and that any tree with mistletoe growing amongst its branches was therefore sacred. The winter solstice was the time ...

Lindera megaphylla and camphor trees for generations, the local people treat them with the same love and care as they would a family member. One such tree, a 30-meter-tall, 1,900-year-old ginkgo ...

Trees have been worshipped for millennia. Take a tour of the world’s most sacred and iconic trees—from Abraham’s oak in the West Bank to California’s Lone Cypress.

The dark pink flower emerged on a nearly 3-meter-tall tree, the biggest of five clones of the sacred ume tree that stands outside the main shrine, shrine officials said March 4. “I am happy ...

Now it was his father's desire -- as well as his entire clan's -- that the 83-year-old take his last breath in Varanasi, known in ancient times as Kashi, the most sacred place for devout Hindus.

The festival renews the contract between humans and the divine: Osun offers grace to the community; in return, it vows to honor her Sacred Grove. This ceremony is part of a rich indigenous Yoruba ...

Camphor, also known as Kapur has been an essential part of the Indian cuisine as well as traditional philosophy of medicine ...

Dandruff is a prevalent scalp condition featuring flaking, itching, and irritation. The combination of camphor and coconut oil is often recommended as a remedy. Coconut oil provides moisturization ...

scribing a line between sacred and profane, life and death. We are doused, dunked, dipped, sprinkled—and blessings flow, deep and wide as the River Jordan of Scripture, wondrous as the spring at ...