BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- A cold front will bring dropping temperatures to much of China in the next three days, the national observatory forecast on Sunday.

Snow will hit Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, Guizhou and the western parts of northeast China on Sunday, the National Meteorological Center said.

Blizzards hit parts of Tibet on Saturday and will continue on Sunday.

Temperatures will drop up to 10 degrees Celsius in parts of northwest China, Inner Mongolia, northeast China and regions along the Yangtze and Yellow rivers.

Temperatures in these regions will be up to 3 degrees Celsius lower than the average for the same period in previous years.