This is the moment a man shovelling snow rescued his little daughter when a massive snowslide fell from their family home.

In the CCTV recording, the father can be seen shoveling snow in front of the family home in the city of Luoyang, in Henan Province, central China, as the toddler and his wife holding a newborn stand on the side and watch on the morning of December 11.

But just seconds later a huge pile of heavy snow fell from the roof, and ended up trapping the child at knee-length as the worried dad rushed to her rescue.

The mum moved from where she was standing to protect the baby.

The incident was reportedly caused after the snow slid down the solar panels' slippery glass.

Local media reported that nobody was injured during the event.