Harbin's Amazing Ice and Snow World

The city of Harbin in north-east China makes the most of its freezing winters by hosting an impressive ice festival. Blocks of ice are carved into sculptures and buildings and lit from within to provide glittering lights of ice.
The Harbin International Ice Snow Festival has been celebrated annually since 1985, which officially starts January 5 and lasts one month. As the largest and most extraordinary of its kind in the world, the event have yearly attracted numerous snow enthusiasts from around the planet to visit Harbin.
In the past, structures have included tall towers, Buddha statues and even restaurants made of ice. There's little chance of the constructions melting, as Harbin's location near the Russian border provides icy temperatures for most of the year.