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Friday, March 18 2022 - 19:59
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Welcome to Changjiang: the Attraction of China's Kapok Town Extends across Seasons
HAIKOU, China, March 18, 2022 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

The 2021-2022 golden tourism season of Changjiang Li Autonomous County is in 
full swing and will conclude at the end of March. The tourism season consists 
of a series of tourism and cultural activities themed "climbing mountains in 
winter and appreciating flowers in spring". 

Changjiang County is located in the west of China's Hainan Free Trade Port and 
is known as "China's Kapok town". It has become a popular springtime 
destination on Hainan Island for its gorgeous Kapok. Also, Changjiang County 
has recently been awarded the title of "Hainan Forest City", according to The 
Convergent Media Center of Changjiang County. 

In Changjiang, visitors can appreciating the kapok flowers next to the Changhua 
River and visiting the Bawangling Forest are musts, as well as mountain 
climbing at the Nature Reserve. The series of attractions has become a 
signature experience for those traveling in Changjiang in winter and spring.

Every Year from February to March, the picturesque scenery of mountains and 
kapok woods along the Changhua River form what's called "The Ten-Mile Natural 
Gallery". The Changhua River banks are transformed by a gorgeous kapok red. The 
well-known Bawangling Forest Nature Reserve also adds brilliance to the 
Changjiang scenery. Here, visitors can not only climb cliffs, trek in jungles, 
trace the river's source and explore caves, but also appreciate the Hainan 
gibbon, rarer even than the giant panda. Even 40 years ago, according to the 
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, it was rated as "critically endangered", 
and is thus nationally protected. Meanwhile, the beauty of Changjiang is 
further reflected in its Blue Coastline, natural bathing beach, diverse 
sea-erosion landforms, and special rock landscapes.

In addition to the unique beautiful natural scenery, Changjiang also boasts the 
rich customs of Li villages. The Hongshui Village of Wangxia Town is a Li 
ethnic group village which still retains the ancient boat house, known as the 
"living fossil of Li culture". Its inhabitants weave Li brocades and make Li 
pottery, both of which belong to the national intangible cultural heritage.

Li villages lay among the mountains and waters. Changjiang offers pure beauty, 
as always. In recent years, relying on its abundant natural attractions and 
cultural resources, Changjiang has created a full-region, all-season tourism 
brand of "appreciating kapok flowers in spring, enjoying mango fragrance in 
summer, visiting Chess Bay in autumn, and climbing Bawangling mountains in 
winter", a slogan drawing more tourists to visit and explore Changjiang.

Source: The Convergent Media Center of Changjiang Li Autonomous County

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