Participants race in an ice dragon boat event on the frozen Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province on Tuesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] ...

HARBIN, China — (AP) — Even as the mercury dropped below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during an annual ritual in northeast China’s ice city of Harbin.

HARBIN (China), Jan 15 (Bernama ... to be awestruck by the artistic creativity of structures built by a workforce of 10,000 on the frozen Songhua River—a phenomenon that can only be experienced once a ...

Gruff men shout over an angry motor as they float huge blocks of ice towards a rusty conveyor belt on the bank of a frozen river ... mighty Songhua River and deliver it around Harbin, the capital ...

Ice From Frozen River Builds World’s Biggest Winter Park Posted: December 15, 2024 | Last updated: January 5, 2025 A stunning and bitterly cold transformation happens every winter in Harbin ...

The period drama film "Harbin" infuses this event with cinematic imagination ... played by actor Hyun Bin, crossing the frozen Tumen River alone. The stark, icy landscape and his desperate ...

Yu Xiaofeng leaps as she jumps into a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ...

Residents watch a woman jump into a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ...

Even as the mercury dropped below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during an annual ritual in northeast China's ice city of Harbin.