There are two cities where red-crowned cranes live, one in the north and one in the south.

Red-crowned Crane Girl Xu Xiujuan

Every time I listen to "The Story of the Red-crowned Crane", the image of a beautiful girl saving the injured red-crowned crane comes to mind, and I can't help but shed tears. His eyes were spinning with admiration and regret for this beautiful girl Xu Xiujuan.

Red-crowned cranes breed in Zhalong Reserve in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, and fly to Yancheng Red-crowned Crane Nature Reserve in Jiangsu Province every winter. Xu Xiujuan also travels from Zhalong Reserve in Qiqihar to Yancheng Red-crowned Crane Nature Reserve. Work, from north to south.

One is in the north, Qiqihar

Qiqihar Railway Station

Qiqihar, also known as Hecheng and Bukui, is a provincial sub-central city in Heilongjiang Province. Qiqihar is a central city in the northwest region of Northeast China, one of the thirteen largest cities in China, a city with independent legislative power approved by the State Council, and a national historical and cultural city in China.

Zhalong Nature Reserve

Qiqihar Tourism: Qiqihar is known as "the world's largest wetland, the hometown of Chinese cranes" and is a unique and desirable eco-tourism resort. The city currently has 14 scenic spots above Grade A, including 2 at 4A level and 3 at 3A level. There is Zhalong Nature Reserve, which is famous both at home and abroad as the home of the world's rare red-crowned cranes; there are Mingyue Island, Longsha Park, Angang River Cultural Site, Mahayana Temple, Mosque, Guandi Temple, Shibei Mountain, Tazi City and other historical relics. The unique winter ice sculptures and snow scenery are even more spectacular and are praised by Chinese and foreign tourists.

Unique dumplings

Qiqihar specialties: chicken heads, chicken skeletons, beef skewers from Bukui Flavor Bianyifang, Gulanxuan’s pie and mutton soup, Xijuzhai casserole Diaolu cakes, Xue Laowu and Twelve Zhong’s hand-pulled noodles, braised shredded tofu, Yang Xuan pot roast, Duyichu dumplings, Cong’s and Shuangshuang’s big bones, Afanti’s bag cakes and Xinjiang fried noodles, Korean Tun dog meat, rice wine, Liu’s braised potatoes, dog meat and tofu, Seoul’s cold noodles, Shan Niu’s mushroom soup, Guo’s live fish, etc.

One in the south, Yancheng

Yancheng New Fourth Army Memorial Hall

Yancheng, part of Jiangsu Province, is located on the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and is the largest in Jiangsu Province. It is a prefecture-level city with an area of ??17,000 square kilometers and a permanent population of 7.2106 million. Yancheng has the longest coastline, the largest coastal tidal flat, and the widest sea area in Jiangsu Province. It is also the home of red-crowned cranes and the hometown of elk. There are two national nature reserves for elk and red-crowned crane on the coastal tidal flats, which are known as "The Capital of Oriental Wetlands, the World of Cranes and Sacred Deer".

Jiangsu Dafeng Elk National Nature Reserve

Yancheng Tourism: Yancheng 4A-level scenic spots include the Chinese Elk Park (Jiangsu Dafeng Elk National Nature Reserve); 3A-level scenic spots include Yancheng Natural Circle (National Rare Bird Nature Reserve in Yancheng, Jiangsu), Yancheng Haiyan Historical and Cultural Scenic Area, Dazong Lake Tourist Resort, Yancheng New Fourth Army Memorial Hall, Funing County Jinsha Lake Scenic Area.

Wuyou drunk snails

Yancheng specialties: Dongtai fish soup noodles, Jianhu lotus root rice dumplings, raw shrimps, braised mullet, braised vegetarian fish skin, Yancheng Qiyuan crab roe Bao, Shouwu cake, four-gill seabass, Yancheng sugar twist, Yangwu sausage, Funing cake, Wuyou drunken snail, Dazong Lake drunken crab, Longgang pear, young ginger slices, Dazong Lake hairy crab, Dongtai watermelon , Sheyang lobster.

The red-crowned crane connects the north and south of the city.

The soaring red-crowned crane