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WINTER LANDSCAPES DURING THE JOURNEY➤Transfer to the railway station
➤On the way from Harbin to Ulan-Ude
ICE SCULPTUREThe annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival has been held since 1985. Although the official start date is 5 January each year, in practice, many of the sculptures can be seen before. While there are ice sculptures throughout the city, there are two main exhibition areas: enormous snow sculptures at Sun Island and the separate "Ice and Snow World" that operates each night with lights switched on, illuminating the sculptures from both inside and outside.
Ice and Snow World features illuminated full-size buildings made from blocks of 2–3 feet thick crystal clear ice directly taken from the Songhua River which passes through the city. The sculptures inside the exhibition ground take 15,000 workers to work for 16 days. In early December, ice artisans cut 120,000 cubic metres of ice blocks from Songhua river's frozen surface as raw materials for the ice sculptures' show. Massive ice buildings, large-scale snow sculptures, ice slides, festival food and drinks can also be found in several parks and major avenues in the city.
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