The Palace Museum in Beijing took on a magnificent look after a swirling snow over the weekend.
The rare snowfall cast an enchanting glow over the palace, making it a captivating sight for visitors from across the country to immerse themselves in the majestic beauty.
"It's like watching a scene from a TV drama. We can see the red walls, yellow tiles and white snow. It's a poetic scene," said a tourist from south China's Guangdong Province.
"It's different from what I saw in photos. It's truly a snowy and pristine landscape described in books, especially illuminated by the sunshine, making everything look golden and radiant," said a local resident.
"What struck me most is how beautiful the artful design of the ancient buildings is. It's incredible that our ancestors combined art and wisdom to create such masterpieces," said a tourist from east China's Fujian Province.
The Palace Museum was established in 1925 on the base of the Forbidden City, which was constructed between 1406 and 1420 and served as the imperial palaces of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912) dynasties. It is a UNESCO inscribed World Cultural Heritage and has one of the world's largest and most intact ancient wooden structures.
Snow-covered Palace Museum stuns tourists with enchanting winter splendor
At least 40 people were confirmed dead, while dozens of others remained hospitalized after two high-speed trains collided near the city of Cordoba in southern Spain on Sunday.
The accident occurred at around 19:45 local time (1845 GMT) when a train carrying 317 passengers on the Malaga-Madrid route derailed for reasons still unknown near Amaduz, about 20 km from Cordoba, Spanish authorities said.
The derailed train struck another high-speed train traveling on an adjacent track from Madrid to Huelva, causing the latter to derail.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday announced three days of official mourning for the train accident.
Sanchez canceled his scheduled agenda and traveled to the crash site, where he addressed the media and announced that the national mourning period would begin at midnight on Monday. He pledged a full investigation into the cause of the accident, describing it as a "painful day" for the country.
Juanma Moreno, president of the Andalusian regional government, said the impact of the derailment was "extremely violent," noting that some bodies had been found hundreds of meters from the crash site, suggesting that passengers had been thrown from the train.
He warned that more victims could be discovered as rescue operations continue.
Spain's Transport Minister Oscar Puente said earlier that it was "strange" for such an accident to occur on a straight section of track that had only been laid in May 2025. He added that the Malaga-Madrid service, operated by private company Iryo, was using relatively new rolling stock built in 2022.
Alvaro Fernandez Heredia, president of Spain's state-owned rail operator Renfe, told Spanish state radio network RNE that human error had "been practically ruled out," suggesting the cause was more likely related to Iryo's rolling stock or an infrastructure failure.
Spanish media also reported that in August 2025, the national train drivers' union had raised concerns with infrastructure operator ADIF over defects on the same section of track, including surface damage, unevenness and problems with overhead power lines.
40 confirmed dead after high-speed train collision in Spain
