A Long March-5 rocket moves to the launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in South China's Hainan province on Dec 21, 2019. It will blast off this month. [Photo by Su Dong/For China Daily]
Women of the Miao ethnic group participate in a basketball game to celebrate the new year in Rongshui Miao autonomous county of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Dec 21, 2019.
Ships participate in a fire drill in the Qiongzhou Strait off Haikou, South China's Hainan province, on Dec 23, 2019. The drill simulated an accident where a passenger ship collides with a cargo ship, leaving hundreds of people onboard in need of rescue. More than 200 people participated in the drill, along with 23 ships and boats, one helicopter, and two emergency vehicles from 15 departments. [Photo by Song Guoqiang/For China Daily] [Photo/Xinhua]
Icy frost blankets the city of Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province, on the morning of Dec 24, 2019. The phenomenon, known as rime, occurs when water vapor in clouds or fog rapidly freezes and sticks to cold objects such as tree branches. [Photo by Wang Wiang/For China Daily]
An ice and snow castle stands at the 21st edition of the Ice-Snow World in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Dec 23, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
