Spring snow blankets Beijing

A citizen takes photos of a snow scenery with a cell phone on a road in Beijing, capital of China, March 20, 2013. Beijing witnessed a snowfall with a depth reaching 10-17 centimeters overnight. The snowfall happened to hit the city on the Chinese traditional calendar date of Chunfen, which heralds the beginning of the spring season. Chunfen, which literally means Spring Equinox or Vernal Equinox, falls on the day when the sun is exactly at the celestial latitude of zero degrees. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)