Through the lens: Beijing covered in snow

Snow blankets the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing, March 4, 2007. [Photo/VCG]

Visitors ride sleighs at the Shichahai Skating Rink in Beijing, Jan 2, 2010. [Photo/VCG]

The Summer Palace receives a heavy snow in Beijing, March 20, 2013. [Photo/VCG]

Clear sky and water at Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace after a spring snow in Beijing, March 20, 2013. [Photo/VCG]

Snowflakes cover tree branches and limbs in Beijing, March 20, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

Heavy snow blankets folk houses in a "hutong" neighbourhood in Beijing, Dec 31, 2006. [Photo/VCG]