China’s famous Harbin Winter Festival opened on January 5th with a record-breaking ice and snow display.
This year’s theme is ‘Shared Dreams of Ice and Snow, United Hearts in Asia.’
The 36th Harbin Ice Festival began in 1963 but was interrupted for a few years because of China’s Cultural Revolution.
The annual event is held in China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang. This year’s show has expanded to cover 11 million sq ft, with around 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow used to make landmark buildings and sculptures – the largest amount ever used for the festival.
The photos and video don’t do it justice.