People visit the Badaling section of the Great Wall Sunday in Beijing. Heavy snow hit the city that morning during the Winter Olympics, forcing some events to be postponed. Photo: VCG

A resident wearing clothing reminiscent of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) visits the Forbidden City. The Beijing Meteorological Observatory upgraded an alert at 12:55 p.m. Sunday because the average snowfall had exceeded 4 millimeters. Photo: Shen Jiapeng/China News Service, VCG

Tourists visit the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the central pavilion of the Forbidden City on Sunday. Photo: VCG

A worker salts the sidewalk at the Summer Palace in Beijing. Photo: VCG

A worker throws salt on the ground to help melt the ice on a path outside the main Olympics media center. Photo: VCG

Marco Odermatt of Switzerland, who won the gold in the men’s giant slalom, competes in the finals at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Beijing. Photo: VCG

Course workers blow snow from the men’s giant slalom course at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre. The second run of the race was postponed due to heavy snowfall. Photo: VCG

Workers clear snow at the Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre in North China’s Hebei province, where qualifications for the slopestyle event were delayed due to high winds and heavy snow. Photo: VCG

Snow covers the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at the Universal Beijing Resort on Sunday. Photo: VCG