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Source: CCTV.com
08-28-2008 14:03
The yaks are creatures of the plateau. They come to the meadow in autumn to dispute the remaining food with the red deer. In two months’ time the meadow will be covered with thick snow.
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The Xi’s flecks change with the color of the grass. Now they are yellow.
It’s several months since the Xi was found by his mother and brought back to the deer family.
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The Xi is growing. He’s now strong enough to go with his mother in search of food. However, his mother’s milk remains his favourite.
The harts are very careful to look after their antlers. They use them as weapons when they are fighting for a mate. It’s mating season for the red deer.
After mating with a doe, a hart will shed its antlers naturally.
The hart can judge a rival’s strength by its bellow. The more frequently they bellow, the stronger their chest muscles will be. The method is far more reliable than judging the antlers’ length.
The argali live among the mountains at an altitude of 5000-meters. They have come down to watch the battle.
The Xia is also looking forward to finding a mate.
The spruces have dropped their cones. Soon, the hulls will split and the seeds will come out. With the first rain of the coming spring, the next generation of the Cang Qiong will sprout.
The westerly wind draws a white hada over Najiabawa, formed of the waterfall’s cloud.
The wind blows across the forest. The branch of an old spruce is broken off, opening up a skylight above the Cang Qiong.
The golden eagle is gliding against the wind, saving energy.
The meadow is calmer.
The Xi wants some milk, but again and again his mother refuses him. The Xia is pregnant once more.
Thus weaned, the Xi starts an independent life in the deer family.
It’s getting cold. Some of the red deer have already reached the forest edge. They will spend the whole winter in the forest.
The sunshine guarantees that the Cang Qiong will bud.
The branches of the old spruce are broken one by one. It’s nearing the end of its life. This is how the cycle of life turns in the forest.
The white mist over Nanjiabawa’s peak is actually blown snow. Another air current has arrived from along the Brahmaputra valley.
Winter arrives at the beginning of November. The rapid fall in temperature and the thinner oxygen make survival much harder. The red deer begin moving down from the meadow. The forest is about to become their home again. The snow falls quietly on the forest.
Resting on the spruces’ luxuriant branches, the snow is like a quilt, covering the Cang Qiong and helping him to resist the minus-10-degree temperature. The forest’s metabolism slows. The Cang Qiong is now growing more slowly, too.
In spring, when the Cang Qiong emerges again, he will have a fourth branch. Given time, the little Cang Qiong spruce will be reaching up to the sky. But that will take 200 years.
Editor:Yang
