World's largest ice and snow festival - China

January 2, 2020

"Winter is not a season; it's a celebration."

The Harbin Ice and snow festival is the world's largest winter festival. Every year, this 2-month long festival in China celebrates the spirit of winter through massive ice sculptures with night illuminations. The record-breaking ice structures are spread across the city of Harbin.

The ice for creating the sculptures is sourced from the Songhua River. This year, the theme for the event has been divided into five categories - tourism, culture, fashion, trade, and sports.

The gigantic ice structures are illuminated at night and look visually spectacular.

During the festival, several activities like skating, skiing, ice football, ice hockey, and dance performances are held throughout the city.

The famous Buddha statue made out of more than 4,500 square cubic meters of snow.

Around 1 million tourists visit the city every year to experience the festival.

The four main venues of the ice festival are, Harbin Ice & Snow World, Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo, Zhaolin Park Ice Lantern Fair, and Songhua River Ice and Snow Happy Valley.

Harbin is China’s coldest city where temperatures can plunge below -30C.

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