A college student wanted to confess something to his girlfriend for Valentine's Day, and he decided to avoid the old, conventional approach of a bouquet of flowers or box of chocolate, and came up with something unusual.

He got the big idea after visiting Chagan Lake, a scenic spot in Jilin province that is a famous winter fishing spot -- "drawing" or "painting" a large portrait of his girlfriend.

Bird's eye view of the portrait on snowy Chagan Lake. [Photo/news.xwh.cn]

To carry out his ambitious project, he used two cars out on the snow-covered lake so that their tire marks left a portrait of the lovely girl, from the bottom of his heart so to speak. And, to make sure that he got the message across he added the words "Love you" alongside it.

Fortunately, local media picked up the young lad's story and it got a lot of comments from people, with some saying that the young boy was so brave for going out on Changan Lake to do it and called it "the best Valentine gift ever" while others concentrated on his driving skills, calling them "extraordinary".