| Even though China is well known for its historical, | | | | showcase large buildings and structures but ice |
| cultural and architectural heritage, tourists still get to | | | | carvings like life-sized horses are sometimes displayed. |
| enjoy the best of China even in winter. A number of | | | | A typical ice carving of a life sized horse is carved out |
| tourist operators in China organize winter tours for | | | | from a single block of ice, which is a fusion of many |
| tourists who love experiencing the ice and snow | | | | ice blocks. These structures when sculptured are lit by |
| festival which China celebrates. Harbin’s Ice and | | | | exterior spotlights below the sculptures. |
| Snow festival is one of the greatest tourist attractions | | | | Attending the ice festival on its opening night is an |
| in northern China as the multicolored lanterns and snow | | | | event to remember because the explosion of the |
| carvings and sculptures are a major sight to see during | | | | fireworks over the ice sculptures is a wonderful sight |
| a typical Ice festival in Harbin. Harbin, the capital of | | | | to see. An interesting thing about the fireworks in the |
| Heilongjiang Province is a quiet village in the North of | | | | ice festival is that unlike most fireworks which rise to a |
| China, which is popular for celebrating the Ice and | | | | climax, the fireworks is displayed on a foreground with |
| Snow festival. Walking on the streets of Harbin gives | | | | four flights of ice stairs leading to another ice stairs of |
| you a warm feeling because the people love talking | | | | about ten to twelve meters high serving as the |
| about the chilliness of city. | | | | centerpiece to the festival grounds. |
| The Ice Lantern festival normally takes place between | | | | Some previous key attractions of the ice festival in |
| early January and mid February. If you plan to tour | | | | Harbin was an ice sculpture of the Great Wall of China |
| China during this time of the year, this is a great time to | | | | which doubled as a long ice slide. As the event |
| take pleasure in great fruits and wisdom. The city | | | | progressed from year to year, the tourists and |
| exhibits its neat ice and snow sculptures and carvings | | | | enthusiasts developed and created more enormous |
| on the frozen rivers. During the festival, famous | | | | ice sculptures of popular landmarks and monuments in |
| monuments like cathedrals, pyramids, legendary figures | | | | China. |
| and animals are carved out of ice in enormous sizes. | | | | One of the public attractions during the Harbin Ice |
| The cold yet warm festival is a grand celebration of | | | | festival is the wall of ice that people try to climb during |
| Peace and Friendship. The festival is described as | | | | the events but as years go by, the number of people |
| warm even in the cold because its natives say the | | | | who were able to perform this activity decreased as |
| colder it gets, the happier they become. | | | | the sculpted wall of ice became steeper. |
| Ice Lantern Park touring activities includes the ice | | | | This winter season will be something to look forward |
| lantern exhibition held in Zhaolin Park, the Yabuli alpine | | | | to, as Harbin welcomes tourists and ice sculptors |
| skiing as well as winter swimming in Songhua River. | | | | around to experience its annual ice lantern festival. |
| The Harbin Ice and Snow World continue to | | | | |