Current location:style >>
Caring for Cranes Meticulously
style3People have gathered around
IntroductionContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
- Home
- News
- People
- In-depth
- ACWF
Caring for Cranes Meticulously
March 17, 2023[Xinhua/Cao Mengyao] |
Chen Guanghui is a resident of Zhaoyang, a district in Zhaotong, a city in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. Given her meticulous care of the cranes during the past two decades, Chen has established close relations with black-necked cranes, in Dashanbao Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve (in Zhaoyang).
Dashanbao has the largest number of black-necked cranes per unit area among China's nature reserves. Dashanbao provides a wintering home and a migration stop for the cranes on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The black-necked crane, a species of wildlife under special State protection, is referred to as the "bird as precious as the giant panda." The crane is also an endangered species in the world.
"During the early 1990s, my mother-in-law began feeding black-necked cranes in Dashanbao. In 2003, I picked up the 'baton' (of taking care of the cranes) from her," recalls Chen.
Despite the passage of time, she remembers how she eagerly explored ways to get close to the cranes, especially when she began feeding the birds. At first, the "canny" animals kept her at a distance, and they did not eat the food she offered them. "I tried to interact with the cranes by singing folk songs and speaking our local dialect to them, but all my efforts were in vain. Eventually, I found the key to the problem — I whistled to imitate crane's cries, and I fed them at regular hours. Gradually, the cranes grew intimate with me," recalls Chen.
During the cranes' wintering season, Chen counts the number of the birds (in the reserve), and she feeds them every day, regardless if it is rainy, windy or snowy. She is a doctor, who treats sick and/or injured cranes. She is also a guard, who dissuades tourists from "breaking into" the cranes' habitat. "As I treat the cranes as if they were members of my family, I feel empty every time the birds fly away from the reserve," says Chen. "When I'm too old to take care of the cranes, I will pass on my voluntary work (of caring for the birds) to my son."
As Dashanbao has established a food base (for the cranes), and has adopted effective measures to enhance wetland conservation and restoration, the number of cranes wintering on the reserve has increased, year by year, over the past few years. As of November 27, 2022, some 2,260 black-necked cranes had arrived in the reserve for winter, setting a record (in terms of the number of yearly wintering cranes on the reserve) since Dashanbao was established in 1990. The reserve has become the ideal home for wintering black-necked cranes.
(Source: Xinhua/Women of China English Monthly February 2023 issue)
32.3KPlease understand that womenofchina.cn,a non-profit, information-communication website, cannot reach every writer before using articles and images. For copyright issues, please contact us by emailing: [email protected]. The articles published and opinions expressed on this website represent the opinions of writers and are not necessarily shared by womenofchina.cn.
Comments
Magazines
Projects
- 2023 Women Science and Technology Innovation Pioneer...
Photos
- People Enjoy Blooming Tulips in Jinan, East...
- Flowers Bloom Across China in Spring
Special Coverage
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“International Insight news portal”。http://northkorea.whetstonetavern.com/article-89e199899.html
Related articles
Scientists are learning the basic building blocks of sperm whale language after years of effort
styleROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island o ...
【style】
Read moreChinese State Councilor Meets Thai Princess Sirindhorn
styleContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【style】
Read moreChinese Women's Federation Issues Evidence Guide on Domestic Violence
styleContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【style】
Read more
Popular articles
- The Titans bolster wide receiving group by adding Tyler Boyd, AP source says
- Huang Addresses Sixth China
- CCTF, Sinopec Launch 'Spring Bud Gas Station' in Beijing
- ACWF Holds Conference to Study, Implement Spirit of 20th CPC National Congress
- North Macedonia elections: What is at stake? Who are contesting? All you need to know
- ACWF Honors Role Model Families and Outstanding Groups, Individuals in Family Work
Latest articles
Thiago Silva to return to Brazilian club Fluminense after leaving Chelsea at the end of the season
Top Chinese diplomat stresses China
China greets green tomb
ACWF Holds Gathering to Celebrate CPC Centenary
New York governor regrets saying Black kids in the Bronx don't know what a computer is
China Launches Women Volunteers' Service Campaign
LINKS
- Multinational firms swear by Shanghai on support plan for foreign R&D centers
- Healthcare MNCs upbeat on nation
- Xi Meets Greek Prime Minister
- China announces discovery of major oilfield in Bohai Sea
- Creations of Fendi Autumn/Winter 18/19 women collection presented in Milan
- China unveils plan to promote trade
- Marintec China 2023 opens in Shanghai
- Economic blueprint enthuses MNC execs
- Kunqu operas performed in Japan's Waseda University
- CNOOC's major deepwater jacket platform completed