Plastic sheets plaster Hechi fields

An aerial photo taken on Feb 15 shows fields in the rural Luocheng Mulao autonomous county, Hechi, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Covered in plastic sheeting as protection from the weather, the technology is widely-used in Hechi during the spring plowing season. [Photo by Meng Zengshi/new.cn]

The plastic sheets help to protect the crops from frost in the cold evening while magnifying the sun's rays during the day. [Photo by Meng Zengshi/new.cn]

Bantuan village in Luocheng Mulao autonomous county is surrounded by a jigsaw of geometric shapes created by rows of protective plastic sheets. [Photo by Meng Zengshi/new.cn]