Admire the world's largest ice festival at Harbin

The festival has more than 100 buildings, made from 120,000 m3 of snow and 110,000 m3 of ice pulled up from the Tung Hoa River. Attract thousands of tourists from around the world to visit.

Harbin Ice Lantern Festival is the annual festival held in Harbin city, one of the four biggest snow festivals in the world along with Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, Carnival Quebec City Winter Canada and Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Norway.

Here are a bunch of pictures of the monumental buildings reported by the Russian newspaper Izvestia:

The festival was first held in 1963 and was interrupted for several years during the Cultural Revolution, which was later restored in 1985.
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This year, this famous winter festival celebrates the 36th anniversary and officially opens on January 5 to February 5.
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Harbin City is the capital of Heilongjiang Province, China. This is one of the famous ice and snow culture in the world. Geographically, the city in northeastern China is directly affected by the cold winter breeze blowing from Siberia.
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The average temperature in summer is 21.2 ° C, winter is -16.8 ° C. Winter even down to -38.1 ° C
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The center of the festival is an "ice kingdom" of 600,000 m2, consisting of 21 groups of monumental ice sculptures. Typical works of this wonderland this year is a skyscraper of ice and snow "crown", consisting of two interlaced towers, with a height of 40 m.
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There are more than 100 buildings, made of 120,000 cubic meters of snow and 110,000 cubic meters of ice pulled up from the nearby Tung Hoa river.
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In addition, visitors also have the opportunity to visit and admire the ice sculpture competitions from 12 different countries. This contest is held annually, within the framework of the festival.
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Technology for decorating ice sculptures ranges from modern methods (using laser lights) to traditional (ice lanterns)
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China is increasingly promoting the promotion of ice and snow tourism ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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