Harbin Ice and Snow Festival 2012
Every year, the chilly city of Harbin in the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China hosts an ice and snow festival – in the grounds of a city built from ice. The whole city and the exhibits are sculpted from stacks of giant ice blocks. Covering 600 000 square metres, a staggering 180 cubic metres of ice are needed to create the cityscape. In addition, 600 000 cubic metres of snow are needed – especially as this has been an unusually warm winter. Typical winter temperatures in Harbin hit -17 degrees celcius, but this year has been a bit warmer with temperatures approaching 0 degrees on some days.
Check out this film about the festival:
Posted on 5 January, 2012, in Culture and tagged art, china, harbin, heilongjiang province, ice, ice city, ice sculpture, northeast china, snow festival. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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