29th annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival

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  • Visitors walked among large ice sculptures at the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in China. The three-month-long subzero festival attracts both foreign and local visitors.

  • This year’s “Ice and Snow World” features majestic ice castles and sculptures of fairytale characters equipped with LED lights, bringing a colourful and warm aura to the icy wonderland.

  • An employee wearing a panda costume slid down from an ice sculpture.

  • Winter swimming fans performed a boxing match on the frozen Songhua River.

  • A man fell into water while performing a boxing match.

  • A participant dove into a swimming pool cut out on the frozen Songhua River.

  • Performers in Disney character outfits danced at the festival.

  • Ice formed on a horse’s nose.

  • A snow sculpture of a Siberian tiger and two rabbits.

  • The opening ceremony of the festival took place on Jan. 5.

  • A bride kept warm inside a hotel following a mass wedding ceremony involving sixteen couples.

  • A bride made the victory sign from inside a car before the mass wedding ceremony.

  • A penguin at the Harbin Polarland Aquarium, The aquarium is one of several local highlights that attracts tourists who are in town for the International Ice and Snow Festival.

  • Carp fish feeding from a bottle at the Harbin Polarland Aquarium.

  • A woman took pictures of jellyfish inside a tank at the Harbin Polarland Aquarium.

  • Divers performed with Beluga whales inside a tank.

  • Visitors rode on a horse cart among large ice sculptures.

  • Visitors went sledding down an ice slide.

  • A huge snow sculpture at the festival.

  • A visitor posed in front of one of the many sculptures.

  • A woman posed in front of a large snow sculpture of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • People walked across the frozen Songhua Rver.

  • A man rode a toy tank for rent on the frozen Songhua River.

  • A man took a photo of one of the larger scultures.

  • A woman posed for a photograph in front of a large snow sculpture.

  • People swam in the freezing waters of the Songhua River.

  • A woman walked inside a tunnel made of ice blocks.

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