September
Altay, Xinjiang
Sept 15-25: taiga forests ignite gold! Hike Moon Bay plank roads as pine needles rain into mist. **🌅Magic:** Dawn fog tears open at Shenxian Bay—sunlight spills like liquid amber!
Erguna, Inner Mongolia
Birch forests “hanged” by autumn gold! Raft through Genhe wetlands, spot reindeer startling geese. **🦌Ritual:** Drink raw reindeer milk vodka with Ewenki hunters!
Yichun, Heilongjiang · Epic Collapse of the Red Pine Dynasty
Late Sept: red pine needles drown disused rails 30cm deep. Summit Xuanyang Peak for sea of clouds, touch lichens fading to ocher. **📸Spot:** Capture blueberry bushes’ last violet flames at Maolangou!
Arxan, Inner Mongolia · Chromatic Equation of Volcanic Lava
Craters erupt vertical rainbows: indigo water → chrome shorelines → gilded birches. Hike volcanic cinder at dawn, watch sunlight cauterize lava columns. **🌋Fact:** Basalt boulders formed 1 million years ago!
Jiucaiping, Guizhou · Finale of Purple Waves on Cloud Peaks
Sept: Allium hookeri floods summits with violet madness. Trek cloud-drenched “poison swamps”, stir-fry flower seeds with bacon. **☁️Rule:** Retreat when SpO₂≤85%—hiker fainted in 2018!
Jiabang Terraces, Guizhou · Code of the Miao Sun-Drying Harvest
Late Sept: rice terraces fade jade to gold. String chili garlands on stilt houses, barter grain-threshing for fish soup. **🌾Sacred:** Win century-old drying racks at September’s “New Rice Festival”!
