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Awesome Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival Photos
Posted by: tumbleweed tumbleweed's Posts
Post time: 13-Jan-2009  14:16
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Hey all, I came across these awesome photos of the Harbin Ice Festival 2009 on The Boston Globe. Amazing. Enjoy. 

From The Boston Globe: Icy days and nights by Alan Taylor

Today is the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China. The festival lasts for one month, and features large ice and snow sculptures, ice lanterns, swimming in the icy Songhua River and more. The northern hemisphere is a hospitable place for ice festivals these days, so in that spirit, here is a collection of recent photographs of all things frozen, and some of the ways we live and play with ice. 

People visit an ice sculpture for the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province December 23, 2008. The 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will kicked off on January 5, 2009. Picture taken December 23, 2008. (REUTERS/Sheng Li)

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Fishermen drill a hole through the two-foot-thick ice to put their net into the frozen Chagan Lake on December 24, 2008 in Songyuan, Jilin Province, China. Chagan Lake is one of the ten biggest fresh water lakes in China and winter fishing on the lake has a history of over 2,000 years. The local authorities organize the old tradition aimed to attract a lot of tourists and make the lake a popular tourist destination in winter. (Guang Niu/Getty Images) #

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Chinese visitors get a preview of the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province on December 24, 2008. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Chinese visitors get a preview of the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, China on December 24, 2008. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Visitors attend the opening of the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival held in Harbin, China on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) #

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Visitors attend the opening of the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) #

 

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A visitor takes a close look at a lit tree during the opening of the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival held in Harbin, China on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) #
 

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A man swims in a frozen swimming pool in Changzhi, Shanxi province, China on January 3, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

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Visitors slide on tracks at an ice sculpture during a preview for the upcoming 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, China on December 23, 2008. (REUTERS/Sheng Li) #

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People visit an ice sculpture for the upcoming 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, China on December 23, 2008. (REUTERS/Sheng Li) #

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People visit a castle constructed of ice prior to the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, China on December 23, 2008. (REUTERS/Sheng Li) #

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A giant Santa Claus ice sculpture, created for thefor the upcoming 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China. Photo taken on December 24, 2008. (REUTERS/Sheng Li) #

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People visit ice sculptures for the upcoming 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China on December 23, 2008. (REUTERS/Sheng Li) #

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Chinese visitors get a preview of the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, northeast China on December 24, 2008. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images) #

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People visit ice sculptures for the upcoming 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, China on December 23, 2008. (REUTERS/Sheng Li) #

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A snow sculpture takes shape at the Snow Festival in Harbin, China, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) #

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Visitors take souvenirs photos in front of an ice sculpture for the upcoming 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province December 23, 2008. (REUTERS/Sheng Li) #

[Last edited by tumbleweed on 27-Jan-2010  10:10]

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Post by: coloradoro ...  Time: 28-Jan-2011  13:44
I visited Ice and Snow World the week beginning 19 January 2010. Thought the display was awesome.
Only complaint--I could not find a landscape map in English. The only one I saw in the park was in Chinese. Is it possible to get a landscape map in English?