OMG!!! Incredible sculptures impress tourists in the Ice Festival in China - ¡OMG! Increíbles esculturas impresionan a turistas en el Festival del hielo en China

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The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, one of the main winter events in China, was inaugurated with hundreds of ice sculptures in the form of palaces or Buddhas that have become a visual spectacle that attracts more than one million people every year. tourists.

In the thirty-fourth edition of the festival, under the motto "Harbin, the Pearl of the Crown of Ice and Snow" have been used 180,000 cubic meters of ice and 150,000 cubic meters of snow, a record number, covering an area of ​​800,000 square meters .


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Although the sculptures are expected to be exposed until mid-February, their duration will depend on whether the low temperatures allow them to stand.

The nineteenth edition of the temporary theme park "Great World of Ice and Snow" was also inaugurated this Friday, which includes an ice and snow sculpture competition, for example.

Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, the northernmost country on the border with Russia, receives every winter more than one million tourists, mostly Chinese, attracted by these spectacular statues.


Greg Baker / AFP


Greg Baker / AFP


Greg Baker / AFP


Greg Baker / AFP

El Festival de Hielo y Nieve de Harbin, una de las principales citas invernales en China, se inauguró con cientos de esculturas de hielo en forma de palacios o budas que se han convertido en un espectáculo visual que atrae cada año a más de una millón de turistas.

En la trigésimo cuarta edición del festival, bajo el lema "Harbin, la Perla de la Corona de Hielo y Nieve" se han utilizado 180.000 metros cúbicos de hielo y 150.000 metros cúbicos de nieve, unas cifras récord, cubriendo una extensión de 800.000 metros cuadrados .

Aunque se prevé que las esculturas estén expuestas hasta mediados de febrero, su duración dependerá de si las bajas temperaturas permiten mantenerlas en pie.

También se inauguró este viernes la decimonovena edición del parque temático temporal “Gran Mundo de hielo y nieve”, que incluye concurso de esculturas de hielo y de nieve, por ejemplo.

Harbin, capital de la provincia de Heilongjiang, la más septentrional del país en la frontera con Rusia, recibe cada invierno a más de un millón de turistas, en su mayoría chinos, atraídos por estas espectaculares estatuas.


Greg Baker / AFP

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