Instead of a snowman with a corncob pipe, Li Wei decided to use the snow pileup around the museum where he works to build an elegant lady from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). /VCG Photo

Li, director of the exhibition department at Xi’an Museum, decorated the lady with hair ornaments and red lips, which are characteristic of female fashion about 1,500 years ago in China. /VCG Photo

Terracotta ladies from the Tang Dynasty are exhibited in the museum located in Xi’an, capital of central China’s Shaanxi Province. /VCG Photo

“It’s easy to figure out the 'snow-woman' is in Xi’an,” a visitor told the Shaanxi-based news website Hsw.cn. Xi’an, which was then called Chang’an, capital of Tang Dynasty. /VCG Photo