Red Beach (), located in

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, China, is famous for its landscape featuring the red plant of ''

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Formation

The ''Sueda'' is one of the few species of plant that can live in highly

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soil. Its growth cycle starts in April when it is colored light red, while the color of the mature species is deep red.

The nature protection area

Panjin Shuangtaizi River mouth state-level nature protection area () preserves a very large, ecologically intact wetland. More than 260 kinds of birds and 399 kinds of wild animals live in it. It was promoted to the state-level nature protection area in 1988 and has applied to join the International person and biosphere protectorate network.

Surrounding area

The largest reed marsh in Asia is also located here, attracting many tourists. The reeds are used to make paper. The

red-crowned crane The red-crowned crane (''Grus japonensis''), also called the Manchurian crane (; the Chinese character '丹' means 'red', '頂/顶' means 'crown (anatomy), crown' and '鶴/鹤' means 'crane'), is a large East Asian Crane (bird), crane among the ...

(''Grus japonensis'') also reproduces here and it is also the endangered black-mouth gull's largest breeding area.

References

External links

Sightseeing in Panjin City
(in Chinese) {{Coord, 40, 54, 11.23, N, 121, 49, 25.45, E, region:CN-LN_type:landmark_dim:20, display=title Beaches of China Landforms of Liaoning Tourist attractions in Liaoning