Snow, ice cover China
By Xinhua, Published: 2016-01-24 16:51:22
Wires are covered with snow and ice in Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, January 23, 2016. Cold chill mixed with sleet and freezing rain hit Guizhou on Saturday.
Editor's Note:
China has geared up to cope with the winter's coldest weekend as the worst cold front in decades sweeps across the country.Photos: Xinhua
An aerial photo taken on January 23, 2016 shows a tea garden covered by snow in Wujiatai Village of Xuan'en County, central China's Hubei Province. 
A teacher draws a monkey on snow-covered ground at the No. 2 Middle School of Xuyi County, east China's Jiangsu Province, January 21, 2016. 
A panda rests in the sunshine in the Beijing Zoo in Beijing, capital of China, January 23, 2016. The highest temperature in Beijing dropped to minus 10 degrees Celsius on Friday and hit a 30-year low record of minus 17 degrees Celsius from Saturday through Sunday, the Beijing meteorological station said. The zoo protected its animals from the cold wave in various ways. 
Ring-tailed lemurs get warm by an electric radiator at Chengdu Zoo in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, January 22, 2016. Chengdu Zoo recently started heating systems to shelter animals from cold weather. 
A man swims in the Haihe River in Tianjin, north China, January 22, 2016. A strong cold front hit China since Thursday night, bringing temperature drops and strong wind to the country's northern, central and eastern regions. 
A boat is trapped by sea ice in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, January 23, 2016. Sea ice along Bohai Sea and northern Huanghai Sea continued to expand due to a strong cold front. The North China Sea Marine Forecasting Center of State Oceanic Administration issued a blue alert for sea ice in Liaodong Gulf for three consecutive days since January 21. 
Photo taken on January 19, 2016 shows the scenery of mirabilite rime on the Salt Lake in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province. Mirabilite rime is formed when mirabilite crystalizes at a low temperature. The Salt Lake of Yuncheng, a typical inland saltwater lake, is the world's third largest sodium sulphate inland lake. Due to its high saltness, it is also called the "Dead Sea" of China. 
An electrician of local power grid tries to restore power supply in Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, January 21, 2016. Cold chill mixed with sleet and freezing rain hit Guizhou on Saturday. 
Swans live through winter on the Swan Lake in Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, January 18, 2016. 
Photo taken on January 23, 2016 shows the Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum after a snowfall in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. 
Local fishermen walk on sea covered by ice in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, January 19, 2016.