Every spring, red-crowned cranes fly back to the wetlands of Northeast China to breed.
Tips
memory
丹 is cinnabar red and 顶 the crown of the head: the name describes the patch of bare red skin on top of the bird's head.
culture
In paintings it is the 仙鹤 ("immortal crane") standing under a pine in 松鹤延年, a birthday wish for long life. It breeds in the wetlands of 黑龙江 and spends the winter on the coast of 江苏.
