1964 10, Xu Xiujuan was born in a crane family in Zhalongtun, Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province. Her father is a crane protection engineer in Zhalong Nature Reserve, and her mother raised cranes in Zhalong Nature Reserve for 10 years. When Xu Xiujuan was a child, he often helped his parents feed the little cranes, and he fell in love with the red-crowned cranes imperceptibly.
198 1 year, due to the closure of local high schools, 17-year-old Xu Xiujuan went to Zhalong Nature Reserve with her father to raise cranes, becoming the first crane girl in China. She quickly mastered the whole set of techniques for raising, grazing, breeding, hatching and brooding rare birds such as red-crowned cranes, white-naped cranes and decaying-feather cranes, and the survival rate of her young cranes reached 100%. Her outstanding work was praised by Dr. Archie Polder, President of the International Crane Foundation.
1March, 985, Xu Xiujuan went to the department of wildlife of Northeast Forestry University for further study at his own expense. Although the school considered her practical difficulties and reduced her tuition by half, she still couldn't afford a meal of 60 cents a day, and she persisted in studying hard with steamed bread and pickles every day. In the second semester, because she couldn't afford the tuition, her life was unsustainable. She once gave blood several times behind her teacher's back and got some money to support her studies. Later, she decided to reduce her two-year study to one and a half years. After hard work, in the final exam, 1 1 scored "excellent" or above 85 points. During this period, she also taught herself English. It was not until her death that people found out in her diary written in English that she exchanged blood for money.
1986, Xu Xiujuan went to the wintering ground of Jiangsu Red-crowned Crane and Yancheng Nature Reserve under construction, and took three crane eggs with him. This is a gift from Xiujuan to Yancheng Nature Reserve. Three crane eggs are three future cranes to her. Xu Xiujuan took care of the three crane eggs with an artificial leather bag, a warm water bag, half a catty of absorbent cotton and a thermometer. Eggs are packed in artificial leather bags, and cranes will not hatch if the temperature and humidity change slightly. If the boiling water is cut off on the train, she still has to hold the crane eggs in her arms, because the body temperature is about 37 degrees. In this way, the train and the car went all the way, and the little crane finally hatched. The three little cranes are called Longlong, Dandan and Sasha by Xiujuan respectively.
No one knows how Sanhe Egg Xiujuan has been taken care of; But people know that in the most advanced incubator imported from the United States, Xiaohe also died.
After 83 days and nights of careful care, the three little cranes finally spread their wings and flew into the blue sky.
Xu Xiujuan loves these creatures deeply, and cranes have become an inseparable part of her life.
1June, 987, Xu Xiujuan arrived in Yancheng from home with two swans brought from Inner Mongolia. She called them Dawn and Mu Ren. When she got off the train, she was greeted by the news of Dandan's death. This is one of her favorite cranes. Danny has something wrong with his leg. He walks like a high jumper. When Xiujuan took it to catch insects in the wild, it was very close to Xiujuan.
No one knows how many tears Xiujuan shed in that situation.
Xiujuan stayed in the dormitory for 8 days because Dawn was ill. Dawn recovered, but she fell ill. Before she recovered from her illness, she experienced another blow. She never imagined that Longlong would vomit blood and die during the injection.
Xiujuan wept bitterly. She said in her diary: I have never cried like this in front of people. Dandan went, so did Longlong. Poor Sasha turned and ran away in fear. I couldn't calm down.
After dawn, she and Mu Ren bathed and played in the opposite river together. Because she was so happy, two swans forgot to go home. Xiujuan looked for them for two days and two nights. On September 16, Xiujuan was found across the river. Her body curled up, as if she was still guilty of losing the swan and blaming herself for the deaths of Dandan and Longlong.
On September 18, White Swan Dawn and Mu Ren flew back, but they never saw Xiujuan, who saved their lives. They saw more than 1000 people get together to hold a ceremony. On that day, a total solar eclipse appeared in the sky.
Xu Xiujuan was only 22 when he died.