Capture Shandong's seasonal surprise of nature
(chinadaily.com.cn)| Updated : 2025-11-05
Print PrintThe prime meridian divides time into today and yesterday, while the ridge of Xiezi Mountain in Jinan divides green and red, as if a road separates summer and autumn.

A breathtaking autumn scene of Jinan's Xiezi Mountain captured by Chinese National Geography. [Photo/WeChat account: sdswltwx]
Xiezi Mountain in Jinan, East China's Shandong province, is divided by its ridge, with the northern slope covered with pine and cypress trees, and the southern slope with cotinus coggygria. As autumn progresses, the leaves of the cotinus coggygria transform from green to red, creating a unique landscape of two colors on one mountain.
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