Cold snap brings joy and beauty to south China

Updated: 2016-01-26 08:18

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Flowers with icicles above the frozen West Lake in Hangzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, Jan 25, 2016. [Photo/CFP]

A weather monitoring tower coated with frost on Jiuxian Mountain in southeast China's Fujian Province attracted visitors, with admirers calling it a "tower of ice magic."

Wu Weiqiang, a professor at the college of public administration at Zhejiang University, saw people's excitement over the freezing weather as a good thing. "We need optimism in our lives, especially when faced with frustration and difficulties."