A farmer shows the ice that she pulled from a frozen leaf at her farm in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, on January 28, 2008. The city has experienced low temperatures and suffered from freezing rain.

A vegetable wracked by snow and ice in Nanchang of Jiangxi Province is seen in this photo taken January 29, 2008. More than 8 million mu of crop was affected across the province by the recent freezing temperatures.

A farmer works in his snow and ice-wracked vegetable plot in Nanchang of Jiangxi Province January 29, 2008. More than 8 million mu of crop was affected across the province by the recent freezing temperatures.

(Xinhua News Agency January 30, 2008)