HARBIN — Only 18 days after the first block of ice was pulled from the frozen Songhua River, a 600,000-square-meter snow and ice wonderland in Northeast China was completed and opened its doors on Thursday.
It has quickly become a hot tourism destination in a chilly winter.
More than 10,000 sculptors and workers participated in the construction of the 22nd Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.
As an important part of the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, the park, which is built with ice and snow, will last till the end of February.
As man-made ice often contains air bubbles and is not strong enough to carve, ice for the festival i…
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