Location:
BEIJING, , CHINA
Post Date:
Mar 19, 2013 10:21 PM
TAG ID:
xnaphotos224279
(RM)
Credit:
Lai Xiangdong / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom
Format:
2592 x 1552 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Lai Xiangdong
Keywords:
ce
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
(130320) -- BEIJING, March 20, 2013 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken with a cell phone on March 20, 2013 shows tree branches covered with snow on Dongdan North Street in Beijing, capital of China. 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/Lai Xiangdong) (lfj)