Mountains ablaze with red leaves

Mountains ablaze with red leaves

Mountains ablaze with red leaves

The red leaves on Chicken Comb Mountain are mainly from Mongolian oaks and five-lobed maples. When autumn comes and the frost arrives, the leaves first turn from green to yellow, then from yellow to orange, and finally from orange to red. Sometimes they also display hues such as light crimson, golden yellow, orange-yellow, and orange-red, covering the mountains in brilliant splendor, creating a scene like “Red maples in full glory dress the hills, vying in brilliance with spring blossoms.” Every late autumn, the maple leaves blaze red, occasionally dotted among the woods by a few green pines and cypresses. When an autumn breeze sweeps through, the interplay of red, yellow, and green leaves sways like dancing clouds of color, offering immense aesthetic appeal and attraction. The red leaf landscape spans an area of 1,348.0 hectares.

Chicken Comb Mountain National Forest Park

Rhododendron seas

Tree embracing rock

Birch and poplar forest

Chicken Comb Rock

Sea of mist landscape

Flying snow landscape

Cluster of thick elm trees

Mongolian oak forest

Mixed coniferous and broadleaf forest