First Snow Storm

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.  Last week Xi'an officially turned into a winter wonderland. In the past twenty four hours we have gotten about three inches of snow.
Like anywhere else, traffic crawls to a snail pace, people are bundled up and kids play in the snow. But unlike anywhere I have lived, there are no snowplows. Instead people shovel the walks completely by hand as shown in this video.

They use brooms and shovels to move the snow off the street. To top it off, many of them are wearing little more than garbage bags for coats and grocery sacks for hats.

Many of these men and women are poor migrant workers. They work for next to nothing.

I am grateful for their hard work and in complete awe of their work ethic and commitment.