The 32nd Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival opened on January 5, welcoming ten of thousands of tourists to view some of the largest snow sculptures in the world.
Chief among these icy structures is the Crown of Ice-snow castle, which is made out of 35,000 cubic meters of snow, according to People’s Daily Online.
These videos, taken by a visitor to Harbin, show the castle and the festival’s other assorted sights and sounds. Credit: Agnieszka Zdziechowska