In the Hengyang Ecological Park, a chickadee flies over plum blossoms. (ZHANG JINGMING / CHINA DAILY)

NO WINTER IS INSURMOUNTABLE. 

Then comes the spring, with the explosiveness of longer days and songbirds returning to the willows along the river banks. The silent ground wakes from cold winter, everything is at its best.

More than 200 cherry trees blossom in Changsha's Wangyue Park, forming a scenery with the intersected lake. (XU XING / CHINA DAILY)

As the spring comes, trees take on the green color, and the smell of the grass is flowing in the air.

Farmers are busy ploughing in Mangtouzhai village, Daoxian county. (HE HONGFU / CHINA DAILY)

In the heartland of Hunan province, the spring breeze comes through the fields and hills like a beating paintbrush. Wherever it dances, it paints in lush color. The birds fly out from home in a sunny blue sky.

The plum trees bloom against a backdrop of green grass in the Orange Isle, a scenic spot in Changsha. (LI JIAN / CHINA DAILY)

Farmers dig lotus roots in Siping village, Longshan county. (ZENG XIANGHUI / CHINA DAILY)

In Liaoshi village, Liaojiang town, Zixing, Hunan province, 10,000 acres of rapeseed flowers are in bloom, and the villagers plant the words "spring" in the fields. (ZHU XIAORONG / CHINA DAILY)

Workers are busy picking sunflowers in a greenhouse at Longhualing village, Ansha town, Changsha. (GUO LILIANG / CHINA DAILY)