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#91 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College- Ice and Snow in Haerbin-Ice and Snow Festival: Photos 63 to 74
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May 11th 2008 by Sue Treadie
This is the second of two blogs featuring my visit to Haerbin/Harbin in Heilongjiang Province in the NE of China. As previously stated, the main attraction for me to venture into these frozen realms during the coldest Chinese winter in 50 years, was to experience the Haerbin/Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, a series of gala events involving ice and snow carving art.
The Ice and Snow Festival came into being in January of 1985. Initially the main events were the Ice Lantern Festival in Zhaolin Park and surrounding streets (particularly Zhongyang Dajie and the waterfront parks) and the Snow
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Just a snack before my next customer please. Very atmospheric horse sleigh rides were one recreational activity available to squeeze more money out of tourists!
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Vendors pushing all sorts of knick knacks for the "unsuspecting" gullible tourists.
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Neptune under lights. One of several snow sculptures at this ice architectural display so as to entice people to go to see the main event on Sun Island?
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A display from Porsche for the dealer conference mentioned in the previous blog.
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Still more lights. It really was quite pretty as the lights gradually came on over about a half hour period.
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In full technicolour! Colours changed every few seconds moving up and down the tower.
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May 12th 2008 - Hans: What a beautiful Winter Wonderland!
Thank you for sharing your visit to Harbin. It has inspired me to make sure to visit next winter, and brave the infamous cold of the region. The photos are special, and you have captured the spirit, why the winter-ice-festival of Harbin has such a renowned reputation around the world. Thanks for braving the frigid weather of China's winter of 2008, to bring us your memories of "Winter in Harbin".
May 21st 2008 - John: Tempted
Harbin, with the Russian influence and colored lights ice festival does look very tempting, I must admit. Beautiful pictures of the ice, but you look sooooo cold! Maybe I'll just wait until they get an ice festival in Brisbane......John
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