Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Harbin Snow & Ice Festival


Yes that is all made of Ice!

I guess when you have that many months of winter you just gotta figure out how to make money from using the cold stuff that goes with it. So for the last 10 years Harbin, China has had a Ice and Snow Festival. It doesn’t officially start till the 5th of January, but they usually have the majority of the sculptures done before Christmas. Anyway it is really neat to see them still working on their remaining pieces. There are a couple of parks where the majority of sculptures are located (so they can charge you a fee to get into it) but there are also many sculptures just lining the walking/shopping streets.