Video: Hot and cold, but mostly cool

Wintertime in Guizhou is a time and place where people move to the silent "song of ice and fire".

Bing yu huo zhi ge is a local saying that refers not to literal music but rather to the practice of skiing down slopes followed by soaking in springs. Steam seeps from hot pools to infuse the mist that wreathes mountains in these unique landscapes of limestone pits and peaks.