A cartoon dragon on a commercial building in Beijing signals best wishes for the upcoming Chinese New Year. [Photo provided to China Daily]
As the Spring Festival season approaches, the capital city is primed for New Year's coming with a recent blanket of snow.
Children skate on an ice rink in front of a shopping mall in Beijing's Shijingshan district. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Beijing residents have fun at the Bell and Drum Towers Square after a snow in mid-December. [Photo by DU JIANPO/FOR CHINA DAILY]
The Palace Museum, a World Heritage Site in Beijing, is blanketed in snow. [Photo/Xinhua]
Taikoo Li Sanlitun, a popular lifestyle hub in Beijing's Chaoyang district, is lit up during the 2023 Beijing Chaoyang International Light Festival, running from Nov 18 to Dec 9. [Photo provided to China Daily]
A couple take pictures on the Great Wall on Dec 14. [Photo by ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY]
Meng Lan, a giant panda at Beijing Zoo, rests on a tree after a heavy snow in Beijing earlier this month. [Photo by FAN JIASHAN/FOR CHINA DAILY]
The Seventeen-Arch Bridge at the Summer Palace is known for the phenomenon of the setting sun shining through the arches that occurs around the winter solstice every year and lasts for about 20 minutes. [Photo provided to China Daily]
