Cold front coats Guizhou mountains in rime

A fresh cold front swept the south in recent days, coating the terraced fields of Qianxi, Guizhou province, with white rime.

The verdant distant peaks are wrapped in a pale mist that drifts slowly above the fields.

Steep terrain limits farmland in Guizhou, so residents have long reclaimed and cultivated the small plots on the hillsides that circle their villages.