For the people of northeastern China, winter only really begins when the snow starts and that means the beginning of the fun and, in the city of Changchun, capital of Jilin province, it may be freezing outside, at minus 15 C, but people don't stay inside, they like to get out instead to enjoy the winter world.

Zhou having a try at it to check the slipperiness. [Bai Shi/asianewsphoto.com]

For example, there's Zhou Changchun, in a Santa Claus costume doing a few stunts out on frozen Nanhu Lake, on Dec 15, riding a bike out on the ice while holding up another bike with one of his hands.

Zhou Changchun warming up before getting out on the ice. [Bai Shi/asianewsphoto.com]

Zhou is fond of cycling and he came up with the idea of doing it out on the lake in the dead of winter and, after lot of practice he found he could perform his stunts.

Zhou concentrating on his performance to check his balance. [Bai Shi/asianewsphoto.com]