Art Fascinating ice palaces delight festival visitors in China

Fascinating ice palaces delight festival visitors in China - Gallery

Workers cut millions of cubic meters of ice from a nearby river. The individual works of art are then carved out of the huge blocks.

Image: Keystone

2 / 2

Entire palace complexes and giant towers are among the works of art made of ice.

Image: Keystone

1 / 2

Workers cut millions of cubic meters of ice from a nearby river. The individual works of art are then carved out of the huge blocks.

Image: Keystone

2 / 2

Entire palace complexes and giant towers are among the works of art made of ice.

Image: Keystone

1 / 2

Workers cut millions of cubic meters of ice from a nearby river. The individual works of art are then carved out of the huge blocks.

Image: Keystone

2 / 2

Fascinating ice palaces delight festival visitors in China - Gallery

1/2

Workers cut millions of cubic meters of ice from a nearby river. The individual works of art are then carved out of the huge blocks.

Image: Keystone

Entire palace complexes and giant towers are among the works of art made of ice.

Image: Keystone

Workers cut millions of cubic meters of ice from a nearby river. The individual works of art are then carved out of the huge blocks.

Image: Keystone

Entire palace complexes and giant towers are among the works of art made of ice.

Image: Keystone

Workers cut millions of cubic meters of ice from a nearby river. The individual works of art are then carved out of the huge blocks.

Image: Keystone

A glittering wonderland is currently delighting visitors to the Ice Festival in Harbin, China. At this year's event in the north-east of the People's Republic, artists have once again created impressive marvels out of ice.

Keystone-SDA

05.01.2025, 15:43

SDA

These include entire palace complexes and giant towers. A visit to the huge festival site in the dark is particularly popular: then the ice sculptures are colorfully illuminated - many onlookers crowd around the ice sculptures despite temperatures below zero.

Preparations for the annual event always begin weeks in advance. Numerous workers cut millions of cubic meters of ice from a nearby river. The individual works of art are then carved out of the huge blocks.