The main festival covers 1 square kilometer (.6 square miles) of the city, with the sculptures using 13,000 cubic meters (460,000 cubic feet) of ice blocks cut mainly from the adjacent Songhua River.

Visitors visit the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Jan. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei) A total of 100,000 cubic meters of ice blocks harvested from the ...

Brave the sub-zero temperatures at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China. ... sapphire, and lime green blaze forth from the translucent ice blocks.

Workers float blocks of ice on the Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. Photo: AFP Workers separate the ice blocks from the frozen surface of the river.

The ice blocks are harvested from the frozen Songhua River and will be used to make crystal palaces and sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. Zelensky will resign if it brings peace to ...

This year's theme is from the Disney Christmas film, and will include nine scenes and 2 million pounds of ice, which comes in 6,000, 300-pound "blocks and will be shaped in 12,000 working hours.

Visitors line-up to ride a giant ice block slides at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, China’s Heilongjiang province on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Show Caption ...

Sculptors have finely chiseled ice into elaborate structures resembling landmark castles and temples, and visitors are appreciating the artwork and the excitement of ice slides and other attraction… ...

A total of 100,000 cubic meters of ice blocks harvested from the Songhua River last winter have been prepared for the ongoing construction of the 25th Harbin Ice and Snow World, which is expected ...

The main festival covers 1 square kilometer (.6 square miles) of the city, with the sculptures using 13,000 cubic meters (460,000 cubic feet) of ice blocks cut mainly from the adjacent Songhua River.