The annual Laba Festival (the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month), which fell on January 7 this year, heralded the beginning of the festive season. In this season when everything is supposed to be quiet, flowers are blooming in southern China, adding warmth and vitality to winter.

▲The bald cypresses in the Zhongshun Embankment in Gangkou Town change into bright red winter clothes. (Photo by Yu Zhaoyu)

▲Tourists take photos in the Galsang flower fields in Yakou Village. (Photo by Miao Xiaojian)

▲In a farm in Wangwu Village, Nanlang Sub-district, sunflowers with golden flower beds stand tall and straight, attracting a large number of tourists. (Photo by Yu Zhaoyu)

▲At the Zhaoyu Family Farm in West District, purple trumpet trees are in full bloom. (Photo by Yu Zhaoyu)