| 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 |
| tourist operators in China organize winter tours for | | | | out from a single block of ice, which is a fusion of |
| tourists who love experiencing the ice and snow | | | | many ice blocks. These structures when sculptured |
| festival which China celebrates. Harbin’s Ice | | | | are lit by exterior spotlights below the sculptures. |
| and Snow festival is one of the greatest tourist | | | | Attending the ice festival on its opening night is an |
| attractions in northern China as the multicolored | | | | event to remember because the explosion of the |
| lanterns and snow carvings and sculptures are a | | | | fireworks over the ice sculptures is a wonderful sight |
| major sight to see during a typical Ice festival in | | | | to see. An interesting thing about the fireworks in |
| Harbin. Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province is a | | | | the ice festival is that unlike most fireworks which |
| quiet village in the North of China, which is popular for | | | | rise to a climax, the fireworks is displayed on a |
| celebrating the Ice and Snow festival. Walking on the | | | | foreground with four flights of ice stairs leading to |
| streets of Harbin gives you a warm feeling because | | | | another ice stairs of about ten to twelve meters high |
| the people love talking about the chilliness of city. | | | | serving as the centerpiece to the festival grounds. |
| The Ice Lantern festival normally takes place | | | | Some previous key attractions of the ice festival in |
| between early January and mid February. If you plan | | | | Harbin was an ice sculpture of the Great Wall of |
| to tour China during this time of the year, this is a | | | | China which doubled as a long ice slide. As the event |
| great time to take pleasure in great fruits and | | | | progressed from year to year, the tourists and |
| wisdom. The city exhibits its neat ice and snow | | | | enthusiasts developed and created more enormous |
| sculptures and carvings on the frozen rivers. During | | | | ice sculptures of popular landmarks and monuments in |
| the festival, famous monuments like cathedrals, | | | | China. |
| pyramids, legendary figures and animals are carved | | | | One of the public attractions during the Harbin Ice |
| out of ice in enormous sizes. The cold yet warm | | | | festival is the wall of ice that people try to climb |
| festival is a grand celebration of Peace and Friendship. | | | | during the events but as years go by, the number of |
| The festival is described as warm even in the cold | | | | people who were able to perform this activity |
| because its natives say the colder it gets, the happier | | | | decreased as the sculpted wall of ice became |
| they become. | | | | 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 | | | | |