If snow sculptures dominate your afternoon in Harbin, then at night, head on over to Ice and Snow World, where tons of ice have been built into an incredible city. Each building is constructed at an enormous scale, and when fitted out with neon and LEDs, creates an amazing sight. On the banks of the Songhu River, this festival is celebrating an eleventh year. A 500 meter ice slide from the top of an enormous snow bank carved in the shape of the Great Wall is just one highlight. A scale model of the Sphinx with ice slides, the Coliseum in Rome, St. Peters Cathedral and Angkor Wat are just a few of the reproductions on display.
Additional ice representations of Terracotta Warriors, a Chess Set and a courtyard of celebrity busts from around the globe compete for attention with local food, imported Russian crafts, Harbin Beer and music that could best be described as adult contemporary Wiggles. At nearly -30° C it was a bit of a struggle. Luckily, there was plenty of ginger tea and Harbin beer on hand to keep us warm, not to mention a yak or odd snow fox...
Very cool pictures! Do you have more?
ReplyDeleteis that the new pup?
ReplyDelete