Ruddy shelducks fly in a national nature reserve in Weining, Bijie, southwest China's Guizhou province, Dec. 9. (People's Daily Online/Qiao Qiming)

Photo taken on Nov. 30 shows Guangde Temple in Xiangyang, central China's Hubei province, covered by golden leaves falling from ginkgo trees that are over a thousand years old. (People's Daily Online/Yang Dong)

Visitors pose for pictures in a dawn redwood forest in Sihong Hongze Lake Wetland Scenic Area in Suqian, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 6. (People's Daily Online/Zhang Lianhua)