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Shaanxi - Yangxian Nature Reserve 37 images Created 19 Mar 2018

The Taibaishan area, of almost 1000 sq km, is number 11 of the original “Minor Dongtian’s” from 400-500 AD, all then officially protected by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in 725 AD. Dongtians, or “Cave Heavens”, are de facto nature reserves from early Taoist times, and this has been a protected area since almost 1600 years. The Dongtian system of ancient nature reserves, with in all 157 "Cave Heavens" is one of the main reasons that wonderful animals like the Great panda and the Golden snub-nosed monkey survived into our times and were not all killed hundreds of years ago. This is the by far oldest of all protected area networks in the world. The Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is now increasing in numbers in large part of its distribution area, thanks to modern Chinese nature conservation actions. One of Chinas wildlife comeback species!
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  • Portrait of a Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana, a mother and her baby, at the Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, displaying to female pheasants at Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Five Crested ibis birds, Nipponia nippon, sitting by a river, earlier believed extinct, but now coming back, Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China.
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  • Portrait of a male Golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, standing and displaying in grass in Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • A vertical portrait of a male Golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, standing and displaying in grass in Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Close up portrait of a Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana, at the Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • A vertical portrait of a Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana, is showing his teeth while screaming at the Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Crested ibis, Nipponia nippon, earlier believed extinct, but now coming back. It is flying towards at the Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana, climbing on trees in Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China. He is screaming to impress and show authority.
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  • A Baby Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana,in the arms of its mother at the Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • This is the Hand of a Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana, Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Some baby Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys, Rhinopithecus roxellana, are playing in the trees at Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China.
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  • Giant Panda Bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, walking towards us in bush, Shaanxi, China
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  • Crested ibis bird, Nipponia nippon, earlier believed extinct, but now coming back. It is flying at the Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Plumbeous water redstart bird, male, Phoenicurus fuliginosus, sitting on a stone at Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Crested ibis, Nipponia nippon, earlier believed extinct, but now coming back, flying in the air at sunset time in Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China.
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  • Crested ibis, Nipponia nippon, earlier believed extinct, but now coming back, Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Giant Panda Bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, walking towards us in bush, Shaanxi, China
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  • A male Golden pheasant bird, Chrysolophus pictus, walking on grass in China
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  • Sunset over Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Taoist Nun, 96 years old, Manager of the Temple Qingniu Dongtian "green Buffalo Cave Heaven", Taibaishan nature reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • A Chinese Larch, Larix chinensis, in the afternoon mist at Mount Taibaishan Nature reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • A Portrait of a Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana, is showing his teeth while screaming at the Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • An Ibisbill in winter plumage, Ibidorhyncha struthersii, fishing in a river, Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • An Ibisbill in winter plumage, Ibidorhyncha struthersii, fishing in a river, Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Portrait of a Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana, at the Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Giant Panda Bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, walking towards us in bush, Shaanxi, China
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  • Newly harvested red chillies, laid out to dry in Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Grey-headed lapwing, Vanellus cinereus, winter plumage, flying in the air of Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Giant Panda Bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, walking towards us in bush, Shaanxi, China
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  • Grey-headed lapwing, Vanellus cinereus, winter plumage, flying in the air of Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Newly harvested corn cobs, hung up to dry, Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Newly harvested corn cobs, hung up to dry, Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Portrait of a Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana, at the Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Qingniu Dongtian "Green Buffalo Cave Heaven" Taoist Temple, Taibaishan nature reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • At the Crested ibis guesthouse in Yangxian, guesthouse owner Hau Ying on the right and wildlife guide Kevin Zhong to the left. Staffan Widstrand, center. Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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  • Qingniu Dongtian "Green Buffalo Cave Heaven" Taoist Temple, Taibaishan nature reserve, Shaanxi, China
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