NARRATOR: From the eastern end of the Great Wall,
China's coast spans 14,500 kilometres
and more than 5,000 years of history.
This is the area which shows the greatest contrast
between China's past and its future.
Today China's eastern aboard
is home to 700 million people,
packed into some of the most dazzling hi-tech cities on earth.
蔷薇是什么意思Yet the crowded shores remain hugely important for a wealth of wildlife.
Now, as ancient traditions mingle with new aspirations,
is there any room at all for wildlife on China's crowded shores?
In northern China's Zhalong Nature Rerve,
a pair of red-crowned cranes have staked out their nesting territory
in the stubble of a commercially managed reed bed.
For centuries, cranes have been revered in China
as symbols of longevity.
Their statues were placed next to the Emperor's throne.
The cranes have cau to celebrate.
This chick is a sign of hope in difficult times.
Red-crowned cranes are one of the world's most endangered species.
Over the last century,
China has lost nearly half of its coastal wetlands
and most of what remains is managed for the benefit of people, not wildlife.
A few months from now,
this chick and its parents will face a long migration south
to escape the harsh northern winter.
Their route will take them along a coast
which has been greatly affected by human activity.
Along their journey, the cranes will be joined
by many thousands of other migrating birds.
All heading south across the Bohai Gulf
狮子生活在哪里and along the shores of the Yellow and East China Seas,
some even reaching as far as the South China Sea
烤箱烤翅
in arch of a safe winter haven.
The annual bird migration has been going on for thousands of years.
Here at Mount Jinping on China's northeast coast,
there is surprising evidence
that people have lived here almost as long.
Seven thousand years ago,
members of the Shao Hao tribe carved magical symbols
reprenting significant elements of their daily lives.
The petroglyphs show wheat sheaves connected by lines to human figures,
the first known recordings of cultivation in China.
Familiar with the spectacle of yearly bird migrations,
the Shao Hao people cho a symbol of a bird as their totem.
Mount Jinping lies near the Shandong peninsula,
an important wintering site for migrant birds,
and even today there are still communities along this coastline
who retain a special affinity with their local birdlife.
Yandun Jiao village,
on the north-eastern shore of the peninsula,
is famous for its traditional aweed-thatched cottages.
On a chilly morning in early spring,
Mr and Mrs Qu venture out at first light
armed with the traditional aside accessories of bucket and spade.
As the Qus head down into the harbour,
a flock of whooper swans,
known affectionately here as "winter angels",
are waking out in the bay.
The Qus and their neighbours arch for tube holes
in the mud at low tide,
the sign of cockles and razor shells hidden deep below.
梦见丢东西是什么意思
While gathering shellfish is a popular pastime,
the main business of Yandun Jiao happens further out at a.
As the boats t out, with Mr Qu on board,
the swans t a parallel cour.
春风化雨润物无声
恐龙怎么画简笔画The whole of the bay is a gigantic aweed farm.
The men work all day cleaning and tending the kelp fronds
that are grown on ropes linked to a vast armada of buoys.
The swans eat native aweeds growing on the surface ropes
rather than the valuable crop of kelp,
so they do no harm to the commercial operation.
人民的名义林华华
In the afternoon, as the wind picks up out at a,
the workers and swans return to shore.
While the culture of eking balance with nature
goes back a long way in China,
it is rare to e such harmonious relationships on China's crowded coast.
As evening draws on,
the Qu family prepare their evening meal of cockles,
steamed bread and aweed.
(KIDS CHATTERING)
Leftovers are given to the village children to feed the swans.
It's fun for the kids and provides
an extra energy boost for the birds as they face another cold night.
The swans have been using this sheltered bay
at as a winter refuge for many generations.
As long as the tradition of respect for nature persists,
员工自评this remarkable association between the Yandun Jiao community
