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The world famous Snow & Ice Festival
of Harbin, China is the largest ice and snow sculpture festival in the world.
The 30th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival of 2014 starts on January 5th
and it will continue till February 28th. Discover this great
festival of china which turns the Chinese city into a winter wonderland.
Harbin ice festival offers a gigantic view of buildings and architecture which are fashioned from huge blocks of ice cut from Songhua River (a local frozen river) and blocks of man-made snow. A huge number of professionals involved to make the sculptures which resemble the buildings or maidens or other wonderful structures.
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During day time the whole
surrounding of Harbin Ice Festival looks white as snow and during night it
looks like a colorful city of lights for some of them lit up fancifully at
night. The greatest ice sculpture attractions of 2014 are Empire State Building
of New York, Colosseum of Rome, Reykjavik’s Hallgrimskirkja Church and the
Great Wall of China.
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Millions of International
visitors explore this frozen realm every year before it melts. This is how Ice
festival of Harbin finds the niche to become the largest festival of its kind
on the planet. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival is one of the best festivals of the
world you won’t want to miss.
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Wow! Gorgeous creations!
ReplyDeleteYes, Gorgeous creations of ice. Thank you, Indrani.
DeleteHow nice...!!! Nice to know about such wonderful things.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Preethi. It's my pleasure I can come up with many more wonderful things of our planet.
DeleteLooks lovely, Bharati :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anita :)
DeleteNice post..didn't know about this festival. thanks for sharing Bharati :-)
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Maniparna. Thank you :)
DeleteAmazing creations! Thanks for this informative post Bharati :)
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Sindhu
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The Arts & Me
Thank you, Sindhu :)
DeleteThis is amazing! Hats off to the creative people!
ReplyDeleteYes, Mukulika, Hats off to these creative people who built such sculptures from ice cubes :)
Deletesuch a lovely place. great pics
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Thank you, Amar
DeleteNice and informative. I saw such ice sculpture in Ottawa Canada.
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to hear that. Thank you :)
DeleteWhoaaaa! That's all Ice isn't it.? Awesome. :D :)
ReplyDeleteLooks amaaaaa-aaazing! :)
Yes, Nikhil. All these structures are made of ice. Isn't it interesting?
DeleteIn would love to see these in person.
ReplyDeleteI am always happy to see you visiting my blog...janey
My Pleasure, Janey. Thank you for visiting mine :)
DeleteThis is one place I want to visit.. absolutely stunning creations.
ReplyDeleteYes, Namrota, this place is worth visiting :)
DeleteGreat pictures! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThese are some incredible images Bharati. A short lived piece of stunning art!
ReplyDeleteOne exotic place i would like to wish. Truly speaking, more than place, i like to interact with Chinese ;)
ReplyDeleteHello Bharati, Catching up on yours posts.....The ice sculptures are amazing. I visited a university in the U.S. that makes similar ones during their winter carnival.....but nothing this spectacular!
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