Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China - Jan 13-14, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of trees, plants covered with snow, rime ice
2. Various of tourists enjoying, taking photos of rime scenes
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Zhengtao, tourist, Shandong province, east China:
"I am very excited and happy to see the scenic rime-covered populus diversifolia trees because I can come here to record this wonderful and rare natural phenomenon."
4. Various of trees covered with rime, Wang Zhengtao taking photos

Wuxiang County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, north China - Jan 13-14, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Aerial shots of peaks, trees, houses wrapped in snow, rime ice

A recent temperature drop and snowy weather have created layers of snow and rime on urban areas, tree branches and mountains in some areas of north China, turning those areas into a scenic world of ice and snow.

Among the areas is Ejina Banner of Inner Mongolia which has recently experienced the first snow in 2020. The urban areas and populus diversifolia trees of Ejina Banner have presented amazing scenes brought by snow and rime since Monday.

The rare and wonderful rime scenes have attracted some locals and tourists to enjoy them.

"I am very excited and happy to see the scenic rime-covered populus diversifolia trees because I can come here to record this wonderful and rare natural phenomenon," said Wang Zhengtao, a tourist from east China's Shandong province.

Rime ice, a rare natural wonder, forms when supercooled water liquid droplets freeze onto surfaces.

Ejina Banner reportedly has not seen rime ice for four years.

Pine trees on Ban Mountains in Wuxiang County in north China's Shanxi Province on Monday also saw rime scenes due to the snowy weather on Monday.

Located in the foothills of Taihang Mountains in the southeast of Shanxi Province, Ban Mountains stands at an average altitude of over 1800 meters, and its highest peak is up to 2008 meters. Ban Mountains is well-known for its board-shaped appearance and "the most beautiful mountains of Taihang Mountains".