Is It Real Snow in China?

Beijing sees real snow for first time since the start of Winter Olympics. Well, it's got Sochi beat, at least. Beijing awoke to snow covering the ground Sunday, the first time the Chinese capital has received a dusting since the beginning of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Does China have natural snow?

While artificial snow has blanketed Olympic slopes since the 1980s, supplementing natural snowfall, the sheer magnitude of China's efforts to create wintry conditions for these games is unprecedented.

What is the fake snow in China?

Artificial v natural snow

Both are made of frozen water - but under the microscope the differences in their structure is clearly apparent. Natural snow starts as crystals in cold clouds, forming elegant six-sided symmetrical snowflakes that grow as they fall to the ground.