Farmhouses and fodders are covered with snow in Holonbuyr, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Oct. 11, 2013. Parts of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have greeted the first snowfall of this autumn. (Xinhua/Ji Songtao)

Bikes are covered with snow in a residential area in Daxing'anling, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 11, 2013. Parts of Heilongjiang and north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have greeted the first snowfall of this autumn. (Xinhua/Wang Qisheng) 

 Soldiers clean snow in the yard in Daxing'anling, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 11, 2013. Parts of Heilongjiang and north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have greeted the first snowfall of this autumn. (Xinhua/Wang Qisheng)

Soldiers clean snow in the yard in Daxing'anling, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 11, 2013. Parts of Heilongjiang and north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have greeted the first snowfall of this autumn. (Xinhua/Wang Qisheng)