Early snowfall envelops China's Great Wall - CNN.com cnn.com/2015/11/25/travel/gallery/beijing-great-wall-snow/index.html?sr=fbCNN112615beijing-great-wall-snow0820AMGalLink&linkId=19069759 This November, unexpectedly early snowfalls coated Beijing and other northern parts of China. Flights were delayed and canceled while residents had to endure the biting cold air. But the Great Wall offered tourists a breathtaking, fairytale-like view -- even if the slippery snow didn't exactly make the ancient monuments steep steps any easier to climb.