Harbin in'in kuzey dousunda Heilongjian eyaletinin bakentidir. D端nyadaki kar ve buz k端lt端rleri aras脹nda yer almaktad脹r. K脹脹n Sibirya'dan gelen souklar脹n etkisi alt脹nda kalan kente s脹cakl脹k -16 ile -38 aras脹nda seyreder. Yaz脹n en y端ksek s脹cakl脹k derecesi ise 21 dereceyi bulur.
Hollandal脹 Alex'in beraber Harbin'e gidelim demesi ile balad脹 herey, anlat脹yordu kendisi 1963 ten beri her sene bu buz festivali yap脹l脹yormu. Kafaya koyduk gidecektik bu buzdan kente, tabi final s脹navlar脹 tarihinden haberimiz yoktu. Hollandal脹 bunlar脹 sadece bana deil bir巽ok kiiyle paylam脹, bir bakt脹m Amerikal脹 Frenk'le birlikte bir seyahat irketinden tur sat脹n alm脹lar.
2. The temperatures in Harbin are often enough to minus 40属C 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.
6. 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.
8. 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.
21. 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.
31. 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.