Snow and ice amusements in Harbin

[Yizhi]

Tourists pose for photos in front of a snow sculpture at the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 31, 2015. More tourists visit the snow and ice amusements in Heilongjiang Province this year.(Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 5, 2015. More tourists visit the snow and ice amusements in Heilongjiang Province this year.(Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

A tourist looks at a gigantic snow sculpture of Newton at the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 6, 2015. More tourists visit the snow and ice amusements in Heilongjiang Province this year.(Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2015, the 31st Harbin Ice Snow Festival opened on Jan. 5 and was themed "Ice Snow Harbin, Charming China Dream" with opening ceremony, firework show, ice lanterns, snow sculpture competitions and expos, as well as winter swimming, winter fishing, group wedding ceremony, fashion shows, concerts, ice sport games lasting from 22 December 2014 to early March 2015.

Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival 2015 - Telegraph
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some tourism tips for Spring Festival holidays. lots of fun in Northeast China right now.

 

[WAJsal]

Wow,the detail are quite astonishing.This one

Bravo.How much time did it take to all this ?

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

Wow,the detail are quite astonishing.This one

Bravo.How much time did it take to all this ?

Skill level: Asian.

 

[WAJsal]

Skill level: Asian.

That figures.

 

[Yizhi]

Wow,the detail are quite astonishing.This one

Bravo.How much time did it take to all this ?

don't know exactly how long. but the project is definitely profitable by attracting tourists from all over the world.
from Baidu: 'Harbin ice making technology in Heilongjiang province is the traditional manual Han art', and apparently 'Manufacturing Skills of Ice Lanterns and Ice Sculptures of Harbin' is an 'Intangible Cultural Heritage' of Harbin.
it's an industry now.

people working on the sculpture.

 

[magic-007]

wow ,so beautiful,i love Harbin and its carvings of snow

 

[DoTell]

Wow,the detail are quite astonishing.This one

Bravo.How much time did it take to all this ?

Not sure if there is any official information about this. But I read somewhere that it takes about 15,000 artists and volunteers half a month. Anyway, time is not a problem when the sculpturing process itself is part of the show.

 

[TaiShang]

Amazing!

 

[Yizhi]

27th Sun Island Snow Sculpture Expo held in NE China's Harbin
2015-02-06

Tourists visit the 27th Sun Island Snow Sculpture Expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 5, 2015. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

Workers repair snow sculptures at Sun Island Park in China's Harbin
2015-02-05

A worker creats a snow sculpture at the Sun Island Park in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 5, 2015. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

 

[BoQ77]

They are really beautiful works.

 

[biendong]

I don't seen Mao and Deng statues.

 

[AndrewJin]

so beautiful!!
and so many banned above

 

[onebyone]

so beautiful!!

 

[Edison Chen]

Nice, northeast China is beautiful.

 

[Aepsilons]

Definitely beautiful! Definitely have to visit next winter break!

@Yizhi ,

You're also a Northerner eh? Buddy I bet you have to put sun block in SHZ eh? We northerners burn when in hot locations! I don't even "tan", I literally get red and bad sunburns... ...that's why I have to buy lots of sun block if ever I visit GZ, HK, Manila, or even here during summers. Are you the same?