The China northeastern city of Harbin is known as a “City of Ice” and a cradle of the ice-and-snow culture in the world. The long and frigid winter, and the high plasticity and hardness of ice blocks quarried from the Songhua River, furnish favorable conditions for ice and snow sculpture.
As temperatures fall across China, the northeastern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China is gearing up for the 27th internationally acclaimed Ice and Snow Festival. Harbin Ice Festival provides the visitors each year a whole new world of ice and snow. The 27th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival begin from January 5, 2011 and last for over one month.
