IT snowed heavily last week in northern China. Big snows fell on Beijing Hebei Shanxi Ningxia and Xinjiang. For many cities it was the biggest snowfall in 50 years. 

Thesnowmadetravelinghard.Manyschoolshadtoclosefordays.JiaAizhen14livesinTaiyuanShanxi.Sheshouldhaveamid-term(期中的)testonWednesday.BecauseofthesnowtheyhadthetestonSundayinstead."Itwasgoodbecausewehadmoretimetoreview(复习)ourlessons"saidJia.Sheenjoyedthesnow.Itwasasdeepas15cmandcametohalfwayupherleg."Ifeltpeaceful(平和的)andrelaxed(放松的)toseethewhitesnowyworld."KangXinyi13andWangDanyang13areclassmatesatShijiazhuangNo43MiddleSchoolinHebei.

TheirschoolstoppedonWednesday.Kangsaidthesnowintheyardwasasdeepas40cm."Itwassogoodwedidn’thavetogotoschool!"saidKang.KangWangandanotherfriendhadasnowballfight(打雪仗)andmadesnowmen.Theyalsohelpedclearsnowofftheroads."Ineversawsuchabigsnow"saidWang."Lastyearweonlymadeasmallsnowpandabutthisyearoursnowmanisastallas1meter!""

Ifthesnowdidn\'tmaketroublefortraffic(交通)wewouldhopeitwouldneverstop!"saidthegirls.