Snow in Beijing.

[randomness]

A video from Janek Zdzarski:

and a gallery of photos from Huang Jiwei:

Thanks to Jeremy Goldkorn and to Joel Martinsen, both at danwei.org. Mr. Martensen mentions that Mr. Huang 'prefaced [his photos with] a quote from the poet Yin Lichuan, "When it snows, the northern capital becomes northern peace," a line that plays on the capital's current and former names: Beijing (北京) vs. Beiping (北平).'

"一下雪，北京就成了北平"——尹丽川