On Feb. 24th, after several successive rounds of snowfall and cooling in the previous period, it became sunny, and more than a thousand plum blossoms of more than a dozen varieties were flourishing in the Plum Garden of Xialaoxi in the narrow of Xiling Gorge, forming a beautiful scenery of sea of flowers along the Xilingxia River and welcoming many tourists. (Reporter of the Three Gorges Daily; Photographer: Huang Xiang )