'Winter swimming' in Jilin
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The Songhua River, flowing through the city of Jilin in Northeast China's Jilin province, has recently gathered flocks of 'swimmers' from the Siberia Region of Russia.
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Hunderds of wild ducks inhabit Changbai Island in the Songhua River and will spend the whole winter seaon there. [Photo by Zhu Jianlun/For ejilin.gov.cn] |
These wild ducks usually migrate to Jilin around the beginning of the Start of Winter, the first solar term for winter on the Chinese lunar calendar, and stay over in Jilin until flowers blossom in the spring.
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Wild ducks swim and float on the clear Songhua River depsite tempertures reaching minus 15 C or lower in recent days. [Photo by Zhu Jianlun/For ejilin.gov.cn] |
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Hunderds of wild ducks inhabit Changbai Island in the Songhua River and will spend the whole winter seaon there. [Photo by Zhu Jianlun/For ejilin.gov.cn] |
