Harbin Festival of Ice and Snow Pps Download

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The temperatures in Harbin are often enoughto minus 40C and remain over a half year

under the freezing point. This city isappropriate for approx. 450 km in ChineseManchuria, northwest from Wladiwostok inSiberia. Here one can converse in the winterbest by a open air festival!

The inhabitants of Harbin a match with snow

and ice sculptures organize each year. It is acompetition around the most beautifulbuildings.


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DELIVERY of the

BUILDING MATERIAL:

Snow andIce


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Art, special customer and patience

A proof of the architecture


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The building of snow and ice sculptures

has its origin already in the Mandschutime, the first exhibition was only 1963.The annual festival dates howeverstarting from 1985. Since then thefestival grew to a mass Event, to whichmillions tourists come from all over theworld. Thus the sculptures became more

beautiful and more artistic each year;this bear is a small part 50 meters isenough for wall sculpture.


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Each part realized by individualcompetitors. Each team receives aSnowblock of 3 x 3 m, from which itmakes its figures.

These teams come from all sides: Russia,Japan, Canada, France and even ofSouth Africa.


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Here one sees a sunset behind theentrance sculpture. The Festival area

goes up to the open area north the riverinto Harbin: Songhua Jiang.


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I was surprised at a sculpture of aIndian native of North America and in

the northeast of China. The figure wasbuilt by a Canadian team.


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The evening brought still morebeautiful, now could the correct Icefestival begin.


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The Ice festival goes over a fewkilometer. Neon lights strengthen

the effect still more and from thebackground hear one quiet music.


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Here an overview of the Ice festival. Onecould think, one is in Disneyland.Everywhere feeding and drinks stands aredeveloped. The only difference the deeptemperatures are and that everything isbuilt from ice.


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A palace in the Russian style


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This wall is also an ice-skating rink, onwhich one can slip with high speed down.


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A ship (a Dschunke), completely from

ice built, with passengers on board.


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The most popular activity with thefestival is climbing on the large ice wall.The entire ice comes from china. the

Songhua Jiang, a tributary of theRussian Amur.


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One could see this Thai temple in the

Disney film Wonders OF China.


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