Ice and Snow Sculptures

The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival was first held in 1963, but was halted during the Cultural Revolution, then revived in 1985. It is one of the largest ice and snow festivals in the world.
Aly Song / Reuters

Great Wall
The ice blocks used to make the sculptures are taken from the Songhua River. This year, the structures use an estimated 160,000 cubic meters of ice.

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