Aerial photo taken on Dec. 27, 2020 shows the snow-covered Taklimakan Desert in Yopurga County in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photos: Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on Dec. 27, 2020 shows the snow-covered Taklimakan Desert in Yopurga County in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Aerial photo taken on Dec. 27, 2020 shows animal footprints on the snow-covered Taklimakan Desert in Yopurga County in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Aerial photo taken on Dec. 27, 2020 shows the snow-covered Taklimakan Desert in Yopurga County in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Aerial photo taken on Dec. 27, 2020 shows the snow-covered Taklimakan Desert in Yopurga County in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.