Harbin Ice and Snow Festival

Posted by Editor on Friday, January 22, 2010 · 4 Comments 

Established in 1985, the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival is held annually and lasts from January 5th to February.  The capital city of the Heilongjiang Province of China, Harbin holds the greatest ice artwork festival,  attracting hundreds of thousands of local people and visitors from around the world.

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4 Responses to “Harbin Ice and Snow Festival”
  1. Charles - Чарльз says:
    January 29, 2010 at 5:50 pm

    WOW, I first learned of this in the 90′s, it was impressive then, but now its mind boggling!

    Its an entire city of Ice and snow!

  2. Canadian says:
    March 28, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    Absolutely GORGEOUS I have never heard of this or seen anything like it
    thanks for all pics

  3. Joanna says:
    June 11, 2010 at 6:59 pm

    I’ve been fascinated by this fabulous-but-temporary outdoor display of artistic talent for years. Alas, owing to the fact that I HATE bone-chilling cold and Harbin is sub-frigid for the duration, no amount of bundling up would allow me to fully enjoy it in person.

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