Peach Trees in Blossom in Winter寒冬里盛开的桃花

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Workers at the experimental（试验）garden in Yinchuan are working among the blooming flowers on Monday, January 7, 2008. [Photo:xinhuanet]

Over five hectares（公顷）of peach trees in an experimental garden in Yinchuan, capital city of north-western China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region（自治区）, are seeing the full bloom in January, the coldest month in most of China's northern cities.

The nectarine（油桃）trees, one member of the peach family, are contra-seasonal（反季节）, the Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.

The pink flowers have drawn large numbers of local citizens to visit and feel a sense of spring.