This ginkgo tree is estimated to be about 1,000 years old; it is 23m in height, and its trunk is 8.62m in circumference at breast height. There is a legend that a certain Maeng planted this tree in the 16th year the reign of King Seong(523-554) of Baekje, at the time that the kingdom moved its capital to Sabi. It is said that when epidemics were rampant, only this village was free from disease; hence the village regarded this tree as a source of divine protection.