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Title: Harbin Snow and Ice Festival


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The ice and Snow festival
of Harbin
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  • The temperatures in Harbin are often enough to
    minus 40C and remain over a half year under the
    freezing point. This city is appropriate for
    approx. 450 km in Chinese Manchuria, northwest
    from Wladiwostok in Siberia. Here one can
    converse in the winter best by a open air
    festival!
  • The inhabitants of Harbin a match with snow and
    ice sculptures organize each year. It is a
    competition around the most beautiful buildings.

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DELIVERY of the BUILDING
MATERIAL Snow and Ice
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  • Art, special customer and patience
  • A proof of the architecture

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  • The building of snow and ice sculptures has its
    origin already in the Mandschu time, the first
    exhibition was only 1963. The annual festival
    dates however starting from 1985. Since then the
    festival grew to a mass Event, to which millions
    tourists come from all over the world. Thus the
    sculptures became more beautiful and more
    artistic each year this bear is a small part 50
    meters is enough for wall sculpture.

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  • Each part realized by individual competitors.
    Each team receives a Snowblock of 3 x 3 m, from
    which it makes its figures.
  • These teams come from all sides Russia, Japan,
    Canada, France and even of South Africa.

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  • Here one sees a sunset behind the entrance
    sculpture. The Festival area goes up to the open
    area north the river into Harbin Songhua Jiang. 

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  • I was surprised at a sculpture of a Indian native
    of North America and in the northeast of China.
    The figure was built by a Canadian team.

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  • The evening brought still more beautiful, now
    could the correct Ice festival begin.

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  • The Ice festival goes over a few kilometer. Neon
    lights strengthen the effect still more and from
    the background hear one quiet music.

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  • Here an overview of the Ice festival. One could
    think, one is in Disneyland. Everywhere feeding
    and drinks stands are developed. The only
    difference the deep temperatures are and that
    everything is built from ice.

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  • A palace in the Russian style

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  • This wall is also an ice-skating rink, on which
    one can slip with high speed down.

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  • A ship (a Dschunke), completely from ice built,
    with passengers on board. 

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  • The most popular activity with the festival is
    climbing on the large ice wall. The entire ice
    comes from china. the Songhua Jiang, a tributary
    of the Russian Amur.

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  • The Snow festival is a name for art, while the
    Ice festival is a mirror for architecture.

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  • One could see this Thai temple in the Disney
    film Wonders OF China.

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