Cold snap brings joy and beauty to south China

Updated: 2016-01-26 08:18

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Two children pose with long and strong icicles at Youlong village, Xiuning county, Huangshan city, East China's Anhui province, Jan 25, 2016. [Photo/CFP]

Winter weather enthusiasts documented the snow on messaging app Wechat, with one caption describing it as "a snow that previously existed only in textbooks."

"Historical moment," the post said.

Pictures circulating on Chinese social media showed citizens crowded around small snowmen, taking photos with their mobile phones.