An aerial view shows visitors tour at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, China's Heilongjiang province on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
HARBIN, China (AP) -- People are making the best of the freezing weather in northeast China: Sculptors have finely chiseled ice into elaborate structures resembling landmark castles and temples, and visitors are appreciating the artwork and the excitement of ice slides and other attractions at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow World.
The ice sculpture festival is a major tourist draw for the former industrial center that still boasts of its proximity to Russia with Tsarist-era architecture found nowhere else in China.