As autumn deepens in Puzhehei, a karst lake district in Yunnan's Wenshan prefecture, migratory birds arrive over the hundred-li landscape of peaks and water. Local tourism authorities are promoting the quiet seasonal scenery as a slower alternative to the region's summer crowds.
Harbin's Jinhewan Wetland Park has turned gold, red and silver as reeds bloom and migratory birds skim the water. It is a quiet, free autumn spectacle in China's coldest major city.
Every autumn, flocks of white egrets descend on Gaozhou in Guangdong, turning city rivers and wetlands into a public wildlife spectacle. The birds have become a marker of cleaner water and a small lesson in how tourism and conservation can share a landscape.
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