Visitors play in the ancient royal Mountain Resort after the first early winter snowfall this year in Chengde, north China's Hebei Province on October 28, 2007.

A man rides a motorcycle amid the first snowfall this year in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, on October 28, 2007. As winter is approaching, several cities in northern China saw their first snowfall this year on Sunday.

A woman rides a bicycle in the first snowfall this year in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, on October 28, 2007.

Passersby walk in the first snowfall this year in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province on October 28, 2007.

(Chinanews.com October 30, 2007)