This place in China is making a big hit because of its color

For those who live far from the coast, there is nothing more invigorating than, in midsummer, bathe in a sea of ​​crystal clear water and set the umbrella on the soft white sand of a beach. This kind of paradise that we are used to enjoying here in Brazil is nothing like Praia Vermelha, one of Panjin's postcards in northeastern China.

Even without a strip of sand, waves breaking on the seashore and vacationers parading along the shore in their bathing suits, the site - which is near the Yellow Sea - is the scene of a phenomenon that happens only in the fall. It is at this time of year that weeds, called sueda, that grow on salt-rich soils, turn reddish and make the landscape look like an endless scarlet rug. In warmer months, they are green in color and do not attract the same crowd of onlookers.

In order to protect this fragile ecosystem from the environmental impacts of the dizzying Chinese urbanization process, most of the area is kept inaccessible to the general public. However, despite the efforts of conservationists, in recent years, innumerable hotel business ventures around the nature reserve have been emerging, interested in taking advantage of the tourist potential of Praia Vermelha.

If, on the one hand, ecotourism endangers specimens that only exist around there, on the other, it has become one of the main sources of income for this coastal city. Once remote and distant, it now even has a railway line from the country's capital, Beijing, which is more than 600 kilometers away and travels for about 3 hours.