Houses covered with snow in Xuexiang village. [Photo provided to China Daily]

1 Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Heilongjiang province

2 Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Heilongjiang province

3 Daqing snowfield hot spring festival in Heilongjiang province

4 Yichun forest ice and snow festival in Heilongjiang province

5 Winter nadam in Inner Mongolia autonomous region

6 Winter fishing festival at Chagan Lake in Jilin province

7 Jilin international rime festival

8 Snow and ice festival at Bird's Nest in Beijing

9 Hebei Chongli international ski festival

10 Hot spring in Liaoning province