There’s a new trend among China’s older generation. /CFP Photo

Senior citizens are increasingly taking flight from chilly hometowns in the north to Hainan, the country’s southernmost province. /CFP Photo

More than one million elderly, mainly from Beijing, Heilongjiang, Henan and Hebei provinces, choose to spend their winter time on the island province every year, according to Hainan provincial government data. /CFP Photo

And since the world’s first island-looping high-speed train went into service in 2015, these “migratory birds” have been heading to beachside towns and counties as well as the city of Sanya. /CFP Photo