Cranes with their chicks at the Zhalong Nature Preserve.[Photo provided to China Daily]

The season's sweltering weather coaxes Chinese to northeastern destinations like Heilongjiang. Yang Feiyue reports.

Xiang Shuangshuang believes China's northernmost province, Heilongjiang, is a cool place to beat the heat of Beijing's hottest months.

In every sense.

Her upcoming trip will be time spent in greener pastures.

In every sense.

"I look forward to exploring verdant forests and wetlands," she says.

"But the main reason I'm going is cooler weather."

"It was a cool place to hike," she says.

"You need a quilt at night."