Chengde City, Hebei Province, north China - May 2, 2016
1. Various of trees covered with snow
2. SOUNGBITE(Chinese) Wang Jihui, staff member of Wulingshan National Nature Reserve:
"It is quite rare to see such snow and it really came all of a sudden."
3. Various of tree branches covered with snow

Beijing, China - May 2, 2016
4. Various of Lesser Haituo Mountain covered with snow
5. Amateur photographer
6. Various of Lesser Haituo Mountain covered with snow
7. Various of photos of trees covered with snow

Unusual snow in May blanketed the suburb of Beijing and the mountainous region in Chengde City, north China's Hebei Province on Monday, forming an amazingly gorgeous scenery.

Thunder shower hit the Yanqing District of Beijing at dusk on Sunday, with average precipitation reaching 19.1 millimeters from 17:00 on Sunday to 14:00 on Monday. Because of the high altitude of the Haituo Mountain, where the temperature was minus 0 degree Celsius, the rainwater turned to snow.

Elsewhere, the lowest temperature in Wulingshan National Nature Reserve in Chengde City dipped to minus 15 degrees Celsius and the depth of snow was estimated at 18 centimeters.

The current snowfall in May marks the second one in Chengde since 1991, according to local meteorological department.

"It is quite rare to see such snow and it really came all of a sudden," said Wang Jihui, staff member of Wulingshan National Nature Reserve.