Staff at a nature reserve in Longling county, southwest China’s Yunnan province discovered several tiny yellow flowers in the shape of five-pointed stars when they were patrolling through a forest on Sept. 4.
Local residents in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region have made persistent efforts in protecting wild animals for several years, increasing their populations and contributing to biological diversity in the region. Airbin, 69, has been providing water for blue sheep living in the valley of the Arbas Mountain in Qipanjing town, Otog Banner of the region’s Ordos city for 11 years.
Near a racecourse that is not far away from the downtown of Litang county, southwest China's Sichuan Province, one can embrace a sea of galsang flowers. The word "galsang" means "happiness" in Tibetan and the flowers represent Tibetans' aspiration for a better life.
With generous sunshine and abundant rainfall, southwest China’s Yunnan province is endowed with rich varieties of precious flowers and plants, being home to more than 2,100 decorative plants, among which at least 1,500 are flowering plants. Camellia, magnolia, lily, azalea, fairy primrose, orchid, herba meconopsis, and radix gentianae are eight of the best-known flowers of Yunnan.
