Snow coats the rooftops of the Palace Museum in Beijing on Monday after the city received its first major snowfall of the winter overnight. Photo: VCG

Visitors cross a bridge on a lake at the Summer Palace, in the wake of the city’s first snow of the season Monday. Photo: VCG

A giant panda named Menglan climbs a tree at the Beijing Zoo. Photo: IC Photo

Municipal workers clear the snow from an overpass in Beijing. Photo: VCG

Bundled-up students lie on their backs in the snow. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

Pedestrians wander through the snow in one of Beijing’s famed “hutong” neighborhoods featuring traditional courtyard residences. Photo: IC Photo

Snow covers the top of the archway on Guozijian Street in Beijing. Photo: VCG

A snow-covered Great Wall stretches into the distance on Monday. Photo: VCG