Intoxicating scenery of Sayram Lake in winter(1/6)

Sayram Lake surrounded by snow-covered Tianshan Mountains stretching far into the distance forms a fairyland-like scenery in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Because Sayram Lake is the last place that the warm and humid air current of the Atlantic Ocean reaches, it is also known as the “Atlantic Ocean’s last teardrop.”

Swans swim in Sayram Lake in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Horses graze on the lakeshore in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo provided to China News Service)

A fox stands on the frozen surface of Sayram Lake in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Sayram Lake surrounded by snow-covered Tianshan Mountains stretching far into the distance forms a fairyland-like scenery in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo provided to China News Service)