Egret Island

　　    About 18 kilometers southeast of Quzhou City lies a village called Hengxi Village. The scenery here boasts fresh air, pleasant landscapes, and towering ancient trees. In front of the village there is a river beach spanning several hundred acres, backed by densely forested mountains where sunlight filters through, and clear streams trickle through the woods. Behind the village stand ancient pines hundreds of years old and camphor and maple trees that are thousands of years old. This area is home to tens of thousands of egrets year-round, as well as precious bird species such as thrushes, kingfishers, orioles, owls, and woodpeckers—hence the name Egret Island.