That's exactly what awaits visitors at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, a breathtaking annual spectacle that transforms Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province in northern ...

The main festival covers 1 square kilometer (.6 square miles) of the city, with the sculptures using 13,000 cubic meters (460,000 cubic feet) of ice blocks cut mainly from the adjacent Songhua River.

HARBIN, China (AP) — People are making the best of the freezing weather in northeast China: Sculptors have finely chiseled ice into elaborate structures resembling landmark castles and temples ...