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Jiangxi · 婺源

Wuyuan

White-walled villages sit among terraces, hills and fields.

Colorful trays of drying autumn produce surround dark tile roofs in Huangling.
WuyuanAutumn produce drying on rooftops in Huangling, Wuyuan County.

Jiangling’s terraces and the village lanes of northern Jiangxi.

Wuyuan through the year

March–May

Spring

Rapeseed terraces in Wuyuan

Look for rapeseed terraces around the villages in March. Check local bloom reports before fixing your dates.

Bright yellow rapeseed terraces surround white-walled houses below a wooded ridge in Wuyuan.
Rapeseed terraces in WuyuanMarch rapeseed flowers run in bands around white-walled houses in the Wuyuan hills.

June–August

Summer

Wuyuan’s rice fields and villages

In summer, rice paddies turn the countryside green. Look for the patchwork of fields and ponds between Wuyuan’s villages.

A diagonal railway cuts across green fields, irrigation ponds and clusters of village houses in Wuyuan.
Wuyuan’s rice fields and villagesA railway cuts diagonally between rice paddies, ponds and villages in Wuyuan in June.

September–November

Autumn

Harvest drying at Huangling

Look from the raised lanes of Huangling for the harvest trays laid out above the roofs.

Round trays of colourful produce sit above the white walls and dark roofs of Huangling.
Harvest drying at HuanglingRound trays of red, orange and yellow produce dry above Huangling’s tiled roofs.

December–February

Winter

Wuyuan rooftops from above

Look for the repeating patterns of tiled roofs and white walls from a higher viewpoint in early winter.

Dark roof tiles, white walls and scattered drying racks seen straight down over Wuyuan.
Wuyuan rooftops from aboveA straight-down view of Wuyuan’s tiled roofs on the first day of December.