Sunday, 4 January 2015

Photos of the epic Harbin ice and snow festival that’s about to start

People visit ice sculptures illuminated by coloured lights during a trial operation ahead of the 31st Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, January 4, 2015. The winter festival will be officially opened on January 5, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Photos are starting to be published of the 31st annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, which starts on Jan. 5.


Harbin first held an ice lantern festival in 1963 and has come to be known for its snow and ice sculpture festivals. Last year the festival included an elaborate ice castle intended to look like a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the nation’s biggest bank.


Here are some of the highlights from the 2015 edition.



People visit a maze which was built by ice bricks and illuminated by coloured lights during a trial operation ahead of the 31st Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, January 4, 2015. The winter festival will be officially opened on January 5, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A maze of ice bricks.(Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon)



One of the ice castles.(Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon)


A man rides a slide on an ice sculpture illuminated by coloured lights during a trial operation ahead of the 31st Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, January 4, 2015. The winter festival will be officially opened on January 5, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

An ice slide.(Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon)


A visitor has his picture taken with a piano-shaped ice sculpture ahead of the 31st Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, January 4, 2015. The winter festival will be officially opened on January 5, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Ice sculptures during the daytime.(Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon)



Photos of the epic Harbin ice and snow festival that’s about to start
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