29th annual Harbin International Ice and Snow festival held in
Harbin, near the Russian border in northeast China.
Entice-ing: Ice palaces create multicoloured
skyline
at chilly Chinese festival celebrating
subzero temperatures
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The palaces and sculptures are made from hollow blocks of ice and lit up using LED lights creating a multicoloured glow-in-the-dark skyline on the shores of the nearby Songhua river. The festival features work by some of the country's best ice sculptors and attracts thousands of visitors from around the world who marvel at the wonderous creations, enjoy the fireworks over the City of Ice or appeal to their inner child as they take a ride on the ice-slides. 
Subzero
ceremony: Spectators cheer as fireworks are set off to celebrate the opening
of the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival earlier today
A Song-ha of
Ice and Fire: The ice constructions lighting up the dark sky of Harbin are
created using ice from the nearby Songha river
Winter is
coming: The three-month-long subzero festival is running for the 29th year
having been restored in 1999 after a break throughout the cultural revolution
Winter is
coming: Visitors walk among large ice sculptures at the 29th Harbin
International Ice and Snow Festival which opened today
Cool tradition:
The very first festival is thought to have been held in 1963 in Harbin
celebrating the local tradition of turning ice into lanterns
 
Towering
blocks: Sculptors from across China attempt to out-do each other with
spectacular creations involving blocks of ice
Frozen
techniques: Over the years the structures have developed and now visitors
play inside the freezing houses, trek up ice stairs and swoosh down slides
Bright side of
the moon: A palace decorated with frozen half-moons attract tourists
attention
Slip and slide:
Young visitors enjoy riding on one of the large slides provided as a means of
transport during the festival
Dashing through
the snow: Spread out across three zones, the theme park features a range of
snow-based rides, ice mountains and reproductions of some of the most iconic
buildings in the world
Vast Winter
Wonderland: The festival park has grown each year and hopes to break the
record in 2013
Let the light
LED the way: Visitors take photo of the night scenery of the Ice and Snow
World during the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival
Whiter shade of
pale: Tourists flock on and around the ice palaces as darkness falls in preparations
for the opening ceremony
Fish-eye view:
A special lens captures the great buildings, many created using ice from the
nearby Songhau river
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