White crane paradise

Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023 shows Nanchang Five Stars Siberian Cranes Sanctuary in Gaoxin District of Nanchang City, east China’s Jiangxi Province, where hundreds and thousands of white cranes are feeding and roosting in a lotus pond. According to reports, at present, the Five Stars Siberian Cranes Sanctuary has about 2,300 white cranes, accounting for about half of the global number, and is known as “China’s white crane protection reserve” and “the world's closest place to the white cranes”. (Ma Yue/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023 shows Nanchang Five Stars Siberian Cranes Sanctuary in Gaoxin District of Nanchang City, east China’s Jiangxi Province, where hundreds and thousands of white cranes are feeding and roosting in a lotus pond. According to reports, at present, the Five Stars Siberian Cranes Sanctuary has about 2,300 white cranes, accounting for about half of the global number, and is known as “China’s white crane protection reserve” and “the world's closest place to the white cranes”. (Ma Yue/Guangming Picture)