The 31st International Ice and Snow Festival officially kicked off in the Chinese city of Harbain on Monday, January 5. The main venue, Ice and Snow World, featured castles and famous buildings ...

Breathtaking images show the Chinese ice festival in freezing -25C , which has consumed more than 300,000 cubic metres of ice and snow to become the world’s largest frozen theme park.

The largely forgotten Cold Food Festival, known in Mandarin as hanshi jie, is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the 105th day after the winter solstice. In 2025, this falls on April 4.

Harbin has ignited a fervor for ice and snow tourism on Chinese social media this winter, since the opening of the 41st Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival on Jan 5.[Photo/Xinhua] The craze ...