Snow & Ice Festival — Harbin, China

By : Nurul








This is another festival around the world that i want to tell you,it is called snow and ice festival which is held in harbin,china. the harbin festival is the largest snow and ice festival in the world. this festval begin in 1963.Harbin  is located in northeast china and receives cold winter wind from siberia. The average temperature in summer is 21.2 degrees Celsius, -16.8 degrees Celsius in winter. Annual low temperatures below -35C are not uncommon.

 Officially, the festival starts January 5th and lasts one month. Ice and Snow World features illuminated full size buildings made from blocks of 2–3 feet thick crystal clear ice directly taken from the Songhua River. There are ice lantern park touring activities held in many parks in the city. Winter activities in the festival include Yabuli alpine skiing, winter-swimming in the songhua river, and the ice-lantern exhibition in Zhaolin Garden.

refences :  http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/23-world-festivals-you-wont-want-to-miss
                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin_International_Ice_and_Snow_Sculpture_Festival