Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival

Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival

Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival

Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival

The annual Harbin Ice Festival has been held since 1963, though interrupted for a number of years during the Cultural Revolution, it had resumed by 1985, and is one of the top ice and snow festivals in the world. The festival includes all manner of sporting and cultural events and activities, including ice football, speed skating, sledging, wedding ceremonies on ice and folk song and dance performances.