The Harbin International Snow and Ice Festival, famed for its gigantic illuminated sculptures, takes places each winter in northern China.

Harbin hosted the 3 rd Asian Winter Games in 1996. Nearby Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, hosted the games in 2007. The last Asian Winter Games were held in Sapporo, Japan in 2017.

The 9th Asian Winter Games officially concluded in Harbin, the capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday. This grand event marks yet another major ice and snow celebration in ...

Harbin, China, shines a light on the beauty of winter The International Ice and Snow Festival draws huge crowds to view sculptures. January 8, 2018 More than 7 years ago ...

Every winter, millions of tourists flock to Harbin — a city in the northeast corner of China—to stand in temperatures nearing -40 degrees Fahrenheit and look at giant blocks of ice. Of course ...