The World’s Largest Ice Festival Takes Place In China

More than 100 sculptures from ice and snow made the event in Harbin attracting millions of visitors.
The world's largest ice festival takes place in China
Tourists visit works at the park "World of ice and snow". This is the world's largest ice and snow festival with millions of visitors, held in Harbin city, the capital of Heilongjiang province, northern China. Photo: Tyrone Siu.
Ice cubes to create the works during the festival were taken from the Tung Hoa River near the venue

. In the photo, Chinese workers are cutting ice on the river surface on December 20, 2018. Photo: Kevin Frayer.
The group of workers transported the tape to the exhibition venue According to CNN, nearly 110,000 cubic meters of ice and 120,000 cubic meters of snow were used to construct the structures.



Photo: Kevin Frayer.
The 35th Harbin Post Festival runs from January 5 to February 5. This year's event is held on an area of 600,000 square meters with more than 100 projects. Photo: Tyrone Siu.
Workers carve the main work of the exhibition, 33 meters high and more than 100 meters long. Photo: VCG.
The festival will display the number of snowmen corresponding to the number of years This year there are 2,019 snowmen of different shapes and sizes located along the Tung Hoa River.



Photo: Tao Zhang.
Female tourists participated in the winter swimming competition on January 5. Located in the north, every year Harbin experiences cold winds blowing in from Siberia. In summer, the weather here is cool with an average temperature of about 21 degrees Celsius. But in winter, the temperature drops to minus 17 degrees Celsius, sometimes reaching minus 38 degrees C. Photo: Tao Zhang.
The inside of an ice castle is ready to welcome visitors. Although the event has opened, a few items have not yet opened to customers due to the time consuming process of crafting.



Photo: Tyrone Siu.
Tourists go by sled to visit the ice sculptures. This year, the slides with the Northern Light theme are 340 meters long. Chinahighlights page advises visitors when coming here to wear sunglasses or snow glasses to prevent snow blindness. Photo: Tyrone Siu.
The bridge in the photo is made entirely of ice cubes. First held in 1985, the Harbin ribbon display festival is inspired by the traditional lanterns of Heilongjiang region. Artists then carved lanterns on ice and illuminated the works with candles.



Photo: Tao Zhang.
The whole scene of the park opening day with a fireworks display on the brightly lit campus. Currently, "World of ice and snow" is considered one of the leading winter festivals in the world, along with events held in Sapporo (Japan), Quebec (Canada) and Holmenkollen (Norway). Admission to the park in Harbin is 330 yuan (more than 1 million). Photo: VCG.
According to Kieu Duong / VNexpress
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