Residents walk beside a snow-covered frozen river on Sunday in Northeast China’s Jilin province. The chill brought the second snowfall of the season to the province. Photo: VCG

A resident walks past a snow-covered road Monday in Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. The city shuttered kindergartens, elementary and middle schools on Monday due to the snow. Photo: IC Photo

A resident walks in the snow on Sunday in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province. Photo: VCG

A man walks through snow on Monday in Shenyang. The local weather agency expects that the city's temperature will drop more than 6 degrees after the snowfall. Photo: VCG

Cleaners shovel snow on a road in Harbin on Monday. Photo: VCG

A city employee sprays de-icing salt on a road in Shenyang on Monday. Photo: VCG

Snow removal trucks drive on Harbin’s streets on Monday. Photo: VCG

Residents don blankets to ride their scooters on Monday in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu province. The weather agency of the city issued an orange alert for cold weather, the second-highest level, on Sunday, forecasting that temperature will drop to around -3 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

The cold wave brought the first snow of the winter to Bijie, Southwest China’s Guizhou province, on Monday. Photo: VCG