Setting up the 2016 Harbin Ice Festival in China
More than one million visitors are expected to attend the spectacular Harbin Ice Festival, where buildings of ice are bathed in ethereal lights and international ice sculptors compete for honors.
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- A woman poses for a picture in front of snow sculptures before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A woman poses for a picture in front of ice sculptures before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Visitors look at snow sculptures before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Visitors look at snow sculptures before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A man walks past ice sculptures at a park before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People visit the China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People visit the China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Lights are decorated on trees at the China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A worker carves an ice sculpture at the China Ice and Snow World on eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Vendors selling candied haws wait for customers at the China Ice and Snow World before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A vendor selling candied haws waits for customers at the China Ice and Snow World before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People wait in line at the China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A man takes a photo in front of ice sculptures at the China Ice and Snow World on eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A vendor yawns as he waits for the customers on the frozen Songhua river beside the Harbin international ice and snow festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 3, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A man walks on the frozen Songhua river beside the Harbin international ice and snow festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 3, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A group of vistors ride a sleigh on frozen Songhua river beside the Harbin international ice and snow festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 3, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A family drive a sleigh on frozen Songhua river beside the Harbin international ice and snow festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 3, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Two women ride a sleigh at the China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A woman uses a mobile phone to take a picture at the China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A family pull a sleigh before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2016. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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