Baotou in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region is a picture of white. It received its first snowfall of this winter season on Nov 29. With the arrival of winter, the heavy snow has helped ease a water shortage in the area. [Photo/Baotou Evening News]

A snowman greets visitors to Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology on Nov 29. [Photo/Baotou Evening News]

Students from Baotou Teachers’ College dance on ground blanketed by white snow, after Baotou city was covered by its first snow on Nov 29. [Photo/Baotou Evening News]