【整理】2008-07-16 Wild China 美丽中国-13
ON lisagao118
Smarty college like this is what enables China to be largely self-sufficient in food even today.
Back in the village, Yang has his own smoke house, where he preserves his fish ready for market. LongShan carp of unusually soft scales and the very delicate flavor, perhaps as a result of the local water.
Meanwhile, outside the smoke house, there are something fish going on.
To mark the harvest, the village is staging a party. Children from Longshan School have spent weeks preparing for the big moment. Everyone from the community is here to support them. The rice growing cycle is complete.
By November, northern China is becoming distinctly chilly, but the south is still relatively warm and welcoming.
Across the vast spans of Poyang Lake, the birds are gathering. Hundreds of swans are long distance migrants from northern Siberian. To the Chinese, they symbolize the essence of natural beauty.
The Poyang Lake Nature Reserve offers winter refuge to more than a quarter of a million birds for more than 100 species, creating one of the southern China's finest wildlife experiences. The last birds to arrive at Poyang are those which have made the longest journey to get here. All the way from the Arctic coast of Siberian. The Siberian crane, known in China as a white crane, is seen as a symbol of good luck. Each year, almost entire world population of these critically endangered birds / 9000 kilometers round trip to spend the winter at Poyang. Like the white cranes, many of south China's unique animals face pressure from exploitation and competition with people over space and resources. But if China is leaving proof of anything, it is that wildlife is surprisingly resilient.
Given the right help, even the rarest creatures can return from the brink. If we show the will, nature will find a way.