Even as the mercury dropped below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during an annual ritual in ...

You can walk through historic monuments shaped from giant icy boulders, the Taj Mahal, the Temple of Heaven and even Warrior ...

In Harbin, China, winter swimming enthusiasts bravely carve a pool in the frozen Songhua River to participate in an annual ice-cold ritual. Despite freezing conditions, swimmers like Chen Xia and Yu ...

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 in ... River and deliver it around Harbin, the capital of ...

Workers collect ice from the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 9, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) Workers collect ice from the Songhua River in Harbin ...

Yellow roses are suspended in ice blocks at the frozen roses display in front of a shopping mall in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. [Photo by Yu Haixia/For chinadaily.com.cn] A shopping mall in ...

One of the world's largest ice festivals has opened in north-eastern China, featuring frozen castles, glistening snow sculptures and lots of snowmen. The Harbin International Ice and Snow ...

debuted at the 37th Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo, exhibiting a majestic and powerful stance. A display of yellow roses frozen in ice bricks in front of a shopping mall ...

HARBIN, China, Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2024 "A DATE WITH HARBIN, A HEARTWARMING ICE CITY" Asia-Pacific media tour organized by the Heilongjiang Branch of Xinhua News Agency's News ...