AUTUMN is the season of gifts. While fresh fruits are ripe to make your mouth water, the leaves turn red and gold - a feast (盛宴) for the eyes. So, travel with Teens to see nature at its most beautiful time.
The red leaves in the Fragrant Hills (香山) provide the most beautiful autumn scenery in Beijing. The best time to visit the hills is in late autumn when red leaves blanket the whole mountain and the sunlight adds an extra special glow (发亮).
It's an amazing sight: The mountain looks like a picture postcard of red leaves, green pines, yellow ginkgo (银杏树) trees and orange persimmon (柿子) trees.
The park's name comes from the shape of the hills. It is said the highest peak (山顶) looks like an incense burner (香炉). First developed in 1186 during the Jin Dynasty, the Fragrant Hills is home to many temples and ancient buildings.
Autumn is also the time when the whole valley in Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan Province, turns into a huge palette (调色板) of colour. The trees flame (燃烧) with the colours of crimson (深红色) and yellow.
The magic of Jiuzhaigou lies in its waters - the lakes and waterfalls. Pure and clear as they are, the lakes of Jiuzhaigou also have gorgeous colours. The reflection (倒影) of the colourful forest in the water is so beautiful that it makes people believe they are walking through a fairytale world.
Our last stop is Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, Hunan. You may have already got to know the beauty of the red leaves here through the Tang Dynasty poet, Du Mu. He wrote: Stopping in my sedan chair in the evening, I sit admiring the maple grove; The frost-covered leaves are redder than the flowers of spring (停车坐爱枫林晚，霜叶红于二月花). The place where Du stayed was named after his poem and called the\"Aiwan Pavilion\"(爱晚亭).
At the foot of the mountain lies Yuelu Academy (岳麓书院), one of the four famous academies in China. Established in the Song Dynasty, Yuelu Academy was a school for traditional Confucian (儒家) learning. Many great thinkers, including Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming, gave lectures there.
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