每年秋天香山的数万株连片生长的黄栌树林一片火红，构成香山的特色景观, 不过寻访散落在香山林间的亭台楼阁则别有一番情趣。


北京 香山 秋 Autumn on Fragrant Hills, Beijing
Nature is very much in Chinese philosophies, religions and literature, in Chinese life and culture. Chinese have special words for enjoying and appreciating different seasons. For example, 踏青， meaning stepping on tender grasses in early spring; 赏秋， meaning appreciating autumn etc., enjoying nature is also often accompanied by ancient poems or stories.

Since many ancient religious temples were built in beautiful seclusive mountains or areas, some have become cultural heritage sites, visiting these sites is often part of enjoying nature. Imagine yourself in the picture above, how beautiful and humble you would feel when quietly walking up the steps under the old trees. Chinese often call nature 大自然， meaning GREAT NATURE, reminding us that nature is much larger than the lives of human being.

卜算子·咏梅

毛泽东

读陆游咏梅词，反其义而用之。

风雨送春归，
飞雪迎春到，
已是悬崖百丈冰，
犹有花枝俏。

俏也不争春，
只把春来报。
待到山花烂漫时，
她在丛中笑。

一九六一年十二月



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This is Tibet, the song is called "Antelope Crossing The Ridge"

Photo source: Leo's post.

那一天羚羊过山岗, 回头望, 清晰的身影, 很苍凉, 天那么低, 草那么亮, 亚克摇摇藏红花, 想留住羚羊
那一天羚羊过山岗, 回头望, 清晰的身影, 很苍凉, 天那么低, 草那么亮, 低头远去的羚羊, 过了那山岗

Tibetan antelope is dubbed as “Fairy on the Plateau”, a rare species of wild animals exclusively existing on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. The main cluster area for the species, Kekexili (可可西里) in Qinghai Province, is deemed to be a “Forbidden Zone for Living Creatures”. The plateau is 4000-5000m above sea level, featuring rarefied air and sparse plants and is hard for human and many sorts of animals to survive, the Tibetan antelope not only can survive the harsh condition but also is able to scamper without stop for 20-30 kilometers at 60km/h under this anoxic environment... However, the population of the wild animals have reduced by 2/3 in recently years since 1984 due to poachers' large scale illegal hunting, the local people tried so hard to fight against the poachers under extremely difficult conditions, no funding and human resources, some of them sacrificed lives to protect the animals. It's documented in this short film Kekexili 可可西里, once the film was aired it moved many people and drew enormous response from around China, which is embodied by the establishment of Tibetan antelope salvation fund directing at raising money for the protection zone. Finally in 2000, Tibetan antelope became Grade I animal under state protection and was listed as an endangered species.

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