Building made of ice

Ice Festival and Olympic Park

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January 25th 2009
About two hours outside of Beijing, nestled in the hills, is the Ice Festival, which is fantastic! There are all these ice sculptures, and buildings made of ice with flashing lights inside! The three of us wandered around with this Mexican woman we came with, slipping down all of the ice corridors and taking about 150 photos! At the end of the evening, fireworks went off, signaling the beginning o ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more