Wingspan: Grus Japonensis Promo Card (2019)

Overview

This Promo comes with the 1st edition of Wingspan's Chinese edition. Represented the Chinese national bird, the red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis).

Illustration by 沈銓(Shen Quan) in Autumn 1757. Shen Quan is known as the most famous painter of the red-crowned crane in Chinese Qing Dynasty.

Card information Name: 丹頂鶴(Red-crowned crane) Scientific name: Grus japonensis Habitat: Wetland Food: Invertebrate + Seed + Fish Point value: 7 Nest type: Ground Eggs: 1 Wingspan: 235cm Power: WHEN PLAYED: Draw 3 bonus cards, keep one, and discard the other two. Flavor text: 在東亞地區的文化中，丹頂鶴象徵著幸福、吉祥、長壽和忠貞。然而這並未能讓它們擺脫瀕臨滅絕的殘酷命運。(In East Asian cultures, the red-crowned crane symbolizes happiness, auspiciousness, longevity and loyalty. However, this did not save them from the cruel fate of near extinction.)