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World’s biggest ice sculptures at Harbin festival in China

Enormous ice sculptures amaze at China’s world famous winter festival.

Bryce Lowry by Bryce Lowry
05-01-2015 15:13
in Travel
Ice Sculpture, China

China’s annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival opened on Monday, featuring the some of the most astonishing frozen works of art.

The festival is the largest of its kind in the world, with tourists flocking to see the huge ice masterpieces – also the biggest in the world – carved by artists from all over the globe. The ice sculpture competition is also the world’s most prestigious.

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

The festival has its roots in Harbin’s ice lantern show which started in 1963 but ceased due to Mao’s Cultural Revolution. It recommenced in 1985 and has gone from strength to Arctic strength.

Sculptures of the Harbin International Ice & Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province of China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
Sculptures of the Harbin International Ice & Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province of China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

Harbin lies in China’s north-north east and is chilled by the frosted winds blowing in from Siberia. In winter, the average temperature is a bitter minus 16.8 degrees Celsius – perfect for icy art, but you do need to bring a coat.

The annual Ice Sculpture Festival attracts domestic and foreign tourists to visit the Chinese city of Harbin. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
The annual Ice Sculpture Festival attracts domestic and foreign tourists to visit the Chinese city of Harbin. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

While the festival starts on 05 January every year and officially runs for a month, the incredible snowy structures may remain in place well in to March, depending on the weather.

Ice sculptors carve a snow sculpture, on January 4, 2015 at the China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in China. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
Ice sculptors carve a snow sculpture, on January 4, 2015 at the China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in China. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

The Guinness World Record for the largest ice sculpture was set by a Niagara Falls themed creation at the 2007 Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. It was 250 metres long, 8.5 metres high, and was composed from over 13,000 cubic metres of snow.

TOP IMAGE: Tourists view a 117-meter-long and 26-meter-high ice sculpture at the 2014 Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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