A strong cold wave, the first of this winter, has frozen many parts of China since Wednesday. (Photos: VCG)

According to a projection by the National Meteorological Center, a temperature drop of 10 Celsius degrees will be seen in many area and more than 30 cities will embrace a record-low daily highest air temperature of this winter.

Some 101 flights were canceled due to snowfall, leaving 5,000 passengers stranded at Xinjiang’s Urumqi International Airport on Tuesday. Highways in the region have also been affected.

A Weihai citizen pedaled in snow with extra effort in Weihai, Shandong Province, on Thursday.

Coldness does not cool down the enthusiasm for sightseeing. A tourist wraps up well while visiting Tiananmen in Beijing on Friday.

Pedestrians were seen walking in the snow on the streets of Yantai City in Shandong Province on Thursday.

Affected by the cold wave, rime ice appeared on a mountain in Qianjiang district of Chongqing on Thursday.

Persimmon were covered by snow in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, on Thursday. Farmers deliberately left them on branches to feed wild birds.

A swimmer showed no fear of the cold when swimming in the biting water in Changling Park in Shenyang city, Liaoning Province, on Thursday.