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Building and sculptures of Ice and Snow. Open until March. More than 1 million visitors

A big city all made of ice, this year even more amazing. Buildings of ice every year bigger and bigger, more and more beautiful, which attracts crowds of tourists , despite the fact that here the temperature hovers around -30 degrees. The Festival oftarts from January 5 , but the sculptures and buildings of ice are exposed to until late March , as long as the weather permits . At the event this year is expected to Harbin more than one million tourists.

10000 ice sculptors worked here
Before the Festival an army of nearly 10,000 ice sculptors worked hard, accelerating sharply in recent weeks to be ready for the inauguration date. The Ice and Snow Festival is now in its 30th edition, in recent years, in particular, the event has had big growth, both in terms of quantity and quality of the exhibits, both in terms of visitors.

From the Songhuajiang River, block ice of "pure clear crystal"
Being the 2014 the year of the horse, at the entrance of the exhibition was a huge and beautiful horse set of ice. The statue was inspired by a painting of Chinese artist Xu Beihong, famous for his portraits of horses. One of the secrets of the Harbin Festival is revealed by Sun Xitong, the engineering manager of this year, "the time we had available was very little, only 15 days. But here in Harbin we have a great fortune: the ice blocks that are extracted from the Songhuajiang River seem to be made of pure clear crystal. "

Buildings of Ice
Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang Province, located in the northeast of China. Ice sculptures and buildings can be found in these places: Ice and Snow World, Ice Lantern Garden Party, Sun Island Scenic Area, Yabuli International Ski Resort, Zhaolin Park. Visitors are surprised to find themselves in front of beautiful palaces of ice, or ice bar, or ice maze, even an hotel all made of ice .

Ice Sport and Amusement
In addition to ice sculptures and snow, in Harbin you can find numerous forms of leisure and entertainment. For those who love winter sports, there is a chance to practice skiing, sliding, snow fights, ice golf, ice rock -climbing, ice skating and archery. In addition, for the duration of the festival, there are many shows and entertainment for the most part related to the main theme of the event.