Looks a lot like the metasequoia, which are native to one valley in China. My grandfather, in the nursery business, got a seedling somewhere before the communists took over in 1949 and grew it to a 60 footer in Maryland. It’s still there.
Metasequoia is the genus, the name of the tree you’re referring to is the Dawn Redwood, discovered 1941, and planted in many public gardens and parks.
All those really old tree types have those unusual “swirling” branches that actually look prehistoric.