The ice block, dubbed the "first ice" of the year, was harvested amid the rhythmic chants of workers, signaling the start of ...

First, the team locates the right place near the riverbank, where the ice is the right thickness. Then, they fix an iron rod ...

A man chats with residents in winter clothings as he prepares to swim in a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Tuesday, Jan. 7 ...

China bets on winter sports and tourism to turn its ice and snow economy into a growth engine, revitalizing the northeast of ...

Located in Harbin, the capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province and often referred to as the "city of ice," this year's park was built with 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow and ...

HARBIN (China), Jan 15 (Bernama ... to be awestruck by the artistic creativity of structures built by a workforce of 10,000 on the frozen Songhua River—a phenomenon that can only be experienced once a ...

As the 9th Asian Winter Games unfolds in Harbin, capital city of China's northernmost Heilongjiang Province, visitors from ...

Visitors pose for pictures with a snowman sculpture ahead of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin, China’s northeast ... chipping away at the frozen river was "tiring ...

China's Heilongjiang province Jan 8, 2025. (Photo: AP/Andy Wong) Snack vendors selling Harbin's famous frozen pears are also concerned. “I am really scared – scared that by the time this ...