Winter scenery across China in eleventh lunar month

A drone photo taken on Jan. 7, 2026 shows a worker covering greenhouses with films to keep them warm at a vegetable planting base in Lidian Town, Nanyang City of central China's Henan province.

China enters its coldest season in the eleventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Urbanization and modern agriculture have weakened the impact of solar terms on daily life, but cultural and dietary habits have been passed down from generation to generation. (Photo by Gao Song/Xinhua)