Seasonal livestock transfer starts in Xinjiang(1/9)

Livestock are on their journey to a spring pasture at Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xingjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Gan Minglian)

A total of 1.016-million livestock have been moved from winter pastures to spring pastures, marking the official start of annual spring migration.

Livestock are on their journey to a spring pasture at Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xingjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Gan Minglian)

Herdsmen unload livestock on to a truck on the journey to spring pastures at Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xingjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Gan Minglian)

Herdsmen drive trucks on the journey to spring pastures at Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xingjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Gan Minglian)

Livestock are on their journey to a spring pasture at Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xingjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Gan Minglian)

Livestock are on their journey to a spring pasture at Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xingjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Gan Minglian)

Herdsmen set up a tent on the journey to spring pastures at Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xingjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Gan Minglian)

Livestock are on their journey to a spring pasture at Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xingjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Gan Minglian)

Livestock are on their journey to a spring pasture at Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xingjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Gan Minglian)