Icy Splendor: China's Rime Scenery

In winter, China is home to a unique and fascinating natural phenomenon: rime. This natural ice sculpture is a work of art, with its delicate, transparent, and dazzling appearance, it presents a stunning beauty in the cold. The characteristics of rime can be described as "ice skin and jade bone". Its texture is pure and transparent, the surface is smooth as a mirror, and it shines like a crystal with a cold light. It usually forms when supercooled precipitation encounters a surface with a temperature equal to or below zero degrees Celsius. These raindrops quickly freeze into ice layers, accumulate layer by layer, and form a thick and spectacular rime. From a distance, the mountains and trees seem to be wearing a layer of crystal armor, which is silver and beautiful. In Lushan, the rime landscape is often breathtaking. "I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain." In winter, Lushan, under the decoration of rime, is like an ice and snow kingdom. The peaks are steep, the trees are lined, the rime is full of branches, like jade branches and jade leaves, which are beautiful. The steep peaks under the cover of rime are even more majestic and spectacular, as if they were carefully carved by nature with an ice knife. Walking in the mountain path, under your feet is the creaking ice and snow, and beside you is the crystal clear rime, as if you are in a dreamlike world. The rime of Hengshan is also fascinating. "Hengshan is gray and purple, and the old man star is seen below." When rime comes to Hengshan, the entire mountain range seems to be magical. The ancient temples are more solemn and solemn under the rime. The pines in the mountains are bent by the rime, but they still stand upright, showing a tenacious vitality. Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, the mountains are undulating, and the rime is dotted in it, like a magnificent landscape painting. The rime of Emei Mountain adds a bit of mystery. "There are many fairy mountains in Shu, and Emei is hard to match." On Emei Mountain in winter, rime and sea of clouds are intertwined. In the misty clouds, the rime is looming, like jade trees and jade flowers in the fairyland. The eaves of the temple are full of rime, shining with golden light in the sun, adding a sacred atmosphere to this famous Buddhist mountain. The rime of Huangshan has a different charm. "Huangshan is four thousand feet, thirty-two lotus peaks." In winter, Huangshan, rime adds a bit of cold beauty to it. The strange pines and strange stones are even more peculiar under the rime. The tall guest pine, the branches are full of rime, like a silver-armored guard, welcoming guests from all directions. The lotus peak under the decoration of rime is like a blooming snow lotus, holy and beautiful. The rime landscape of Taishan is also not inferior. "I will be on the top, and I will see all the mountains." In winter, Taishan, rime covers the ancient temples and winding mountain roads. Climbing to the top of Taishan, looking around, the whole world is dyed white by rime, giving people a sense of unparalleled shock and tranquility. The rime of Changbai Mountain is a must. "Thousands of years of snow and ten thousand years of pine, straight up to the first peak in the world." In Changbai Mountain, the vast forest is decorated with rime like a dream. The tall trees are full of crystal rime, like an ice sculpture forest. Tianchi is more mysterious under the rime, like a gem inlaid in ice and snow. The rime of Shennongjia has a different style. "Shennong's scenery is beautiful for a thousand years, and the rime style is strange for ten thousand years." In winter, Shennongjia, the peaks are wrapped in rime, showing various forms. The stream in the valley, accompanied by rime, seems to have turned into a silver ribbon. The rime here complements the original ecological environment and shows the most authentic charm of nature.