For those of you who want to vacation while enjoying the giant ice sculptures are amazing, just come to Harbin. Harbin is a sub-provincial city located on the south bank of the Songhua river. The place known as the ‘City of Ice’ because of the long winter and this winter is the capital of Heilongjiang province, China.
International Snow and Ice Festival Harbin (Harbin International Snow and Ice Festival) is an annual event in the city of Harbin, held since 1995. The festival is officially on January 5, and lasts for a month. But sometimes the festival was opened early in November, and the festival has been extended for ice and snow has not melted. The festival is followed by ice and snow sculptors from various countries.
The exhibition is held in 3 main locations, the Sun Island Park (Taiyang Dao Gongyuan) for ice and snow sculptures, Snow and Ice World (Bingxue Gong) to replicas of buildings from blocks of ice and snow, and Zhaolin Park for ice lanterns.
During the festival you can see the beauty of more than 2000 snow and ice sculptures are fascinating look complete with a touch of colorful lights, music and fireworks. During the festival you will also be presented with other interesting events, such as swimming in the Songhua River, ice hockey games, football games in the field of ice, as well tournament invitation Yabuli Alpine skiing, ice carving competitions, film festivals, exhibitions and wedding ceremonies on ice.
Beautiful ice sculpture not only can you enjoy the exhibition arena. Even along the road, in front of every major building, and the field was lined colorful ice sculpture. The size of the snow sculptures were diverse, there is great like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the poles are lined up. And some are smaller and shaped like flowers and sculptures with a layer of chocolate cake. Perhaps, after the festival period, ice sculptures will be destroyed with dynamite.
Sculptures are displayed at the Sun Island Park (Taiyang Dao Gongyuan) are not just carvings made of clear ice blocks alone. There are also sculptures made of several tons of snow piles shaped like castles, dragons, traditional house, and head of the royal army. Replication of other magnificent buildings ever built from blocks of ice and snow of them are Great Wall of China, Tian’anmen, pagodas, and Niagara Falls. No wonder if the festival held in the city that has a nickname ‘Pearl on the swan neck’ because Heilongjiang shape that resembles a goose, it could break the record and entered the Guinness Book with the criteria of ice lantern exhibition open space the biggest, longest, and most wide-ranging.
While visiting this place during the day, you can take pictures and enjoy the sweet delicacy that is served complete with boiled his tea to keep warm in the middle of the cold temperature of the ‘City of Ice’ is.
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