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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 143 (from laksa136)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa143.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/harbin-ice-and-snow-sculpture-festival-china/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/harbin-ice-and-snow-sculpture-festival-china/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/harbin-ice-and-snow-sculpture-festival-china\/","crawl_time":1768639146,"first_indexed_time":0,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,cbsnews!www,\/pictures\/harbin-ice-and-snow-sculpture-festival-china\/ s443","src_root_hash":"10008871826360721943","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"China's spectacular ice and snow sculpture festival in Harbin","meta_descriptions":["Ice and snow winter fantasy creations in Harbin, China"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Updated on:  January 5, 2017 \/ 2:20 PM EST\n\/ CBS News\nAdd CBS News on Google\nWang Jianwei\/Xinhua via AP\nThe city of Harbin in China’s frigid northeast is hosting one of the world’s largest festivals featuring ice sculptures of animals, cartoon characters and famous landmarks.\nThe festival, which officially opens late Thursday and last year drew more than a million visitors, showcases the region’s tradition of snow and ice carvings as well as ice swimming in the Songhua River. Harbin’s temperatures can fall to minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit.\nIn this Jan. 3, 2017, photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, contestants carve an ice sculpture during an international ice sculpture contest during the Harbin Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. \nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nWang Jianwei\/Xinhua via AP\nHarbin’s best ice and snow carvers have been busy putting the finishing touches to their sculptures, which are based on big chunks of ice that are dragged out of the nearby river and carved, brushed, and lit up.\nIn this Jan. 3, 2017, photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, contestants carve ice sculptures during an international ice sculpture contest as part of the Harbin Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. \nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\n(AP Photo\/Helene Franchineau)\nThe sculptures range from animals and cartoon characters to replicas of famous world monuments and landscapes, as well as a 1,115-feet-long slide that state media say took around 500 builders to complete.\nIn this recent photo, visitors tour a castle-like structures made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province. \nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAP Photo\/Helene Franchineau\nA Chinese woman offers a prayer to a Kuanyin snow sculpture at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAP Photo\/Helene Franchineau\nVisitors play slide on a castle-like structure made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province. \nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\n(AP Photo\/Borg Wong)\nVisitors tour a castle-like structure made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin,  northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province.\nSnow skyline\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nArtists and workers prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming festival in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016.\nCity of snow\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nArtists and workers prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 15, 2016.\nIce blocks\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nArtists and workers prepare an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, Dec. 16, 2016.\nGiant ice cubes\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nWorkers pull a giant ice cube out of the frozen Songhua River as they extract ice to make sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016.\nConstruction site\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nArtists and workers prepare ice and snow sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016.\nSnow portrait\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nArtists prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016.\nSnow sculpture\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nA snow sculpture is seen for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016.\nIce sculpture\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nAn artist polishes an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 19, 2016.\nIce sculpture\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nA worker prepares an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016.\nSnow princess\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nAn elaborate snow sculpture in the works ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China, Dec. 15, 2016.\nUnder construction\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nArtists and workers prepare ice and snow sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016.\nColorful lights\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\nIce and snow sculptures are illuminated by colorful lights as work continues to prepare for the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nChina Daily\/Reuters\nThe 32nd annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival began Jan 5, 2016. Over one million visitors were expected to attend the month-long event where buildings of ice are bathed in ethereal lights and international ice sculptors compete for honors.\nIn this photo, people work on a snow sculpture at the International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, China ahead of the opening, Dec. 22, 2015.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAly Song\/Reuters\nPeople visit ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights on the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\nPeople 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 northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on Jan. 4, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAly Song\/Reuters\nFireworks light up the sky behind ice sculptures during the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nSheng Li\/Reuters\nWorkers polish a snow sculpture in Harbin, Dec. 22, 2015.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\nA general view of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at the China Ice and Snow World in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on Jan. 5, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAly Song\/Reuters\nPeople visit ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights on the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\nA family pull a sleigh before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 4, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAly Song\/Reuters\nA worker polishes an ice sculpture, Jan. 4, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\nA girl slides on the ice in Harbin on Jan. 5, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAly Song\/Reuters\nA horse stands in front of ice sculptures ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, Jan. 4, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAly Song\/Reuters\nWorkers polish an ice sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice, Jan. 4, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAly Song\/Reuters\nA large snow sculpture is seen ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAly Song\/Reuters\nA worker polishes an ice sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 4, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\nPeople visit China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 4, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAly Song\/Reuters\nA laborer works beside a large snow sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, China, Jan. 5, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\nVisitors walk up stairs made of ice during the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 5, 2016.\nHarbin Ice and Snow Festival\nAly Song\/Reuters\nPeople look around a large snow sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016.","attrs_markdown":"- [Latest](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/)\n  - 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Harbin’s temperatures can fall to minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit.\n\nIn this Jan. 3, 2017, photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, contestants carve an ice sculpture during an international ice sculpture contest during the Harbin Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![ap-17005245285300.jpg ](https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/01\/05\/03538437-f18d-4d11-845d-9c702eb5d22f\/thumbnail\/620x413\/0a7ca6e7dc048507d8e88968295f5bf0\/ap-17005245285300.jpg)\n\nWang Jianwei\/Xinhua via AP\n\nHarbin’s best ice and snow carvers have been busy putting the finishing touches to their sculptures, which are based on big chunks of ice that are dragged out of the nearby river and carved, brushed, and lit up.\n\nIn this Jan. 3, 2017, photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, contestants carve ice sculptures during an international ice sculpture contest as part of the Harbin Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![ap-17005461339486.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/01\/05\/467ea75d-e733-4e19-865a-1ca1ff04973b\/thumbnail\/620x413\/75751d0270d0f79312f1c0f02e214830\/ap-17005461339486.jpg)\n\n(AP Photo\/Helene Franchineau)\n\nThe sculptures range from animals and cartoon characters to replicas of famous world monuments and landscapes, as well as a 1,115-feet-long slide that state media say took around 500 builders to complete.\n\nIn this recent photo, visitors tour a castle-like structures made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![ap-17005459254600.jpg ](https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/01\/05\/6a155221-2e71-4e95-85c3-2e8e5a647ca5\/thumbnail\/620x465\/5a2e7f6aad1923d671ae5cf182402e4a\/ap-17005459254600.jpg)\n\nAP Photo\/Helene Franchineau\n\nA Chinese woman offers a prayer to a Kuanyin snow sculpture at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![ap-17005460922248.jpg ](https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/01\/05\/e8cb2796-b658-4bca-9513-d0739a8bcf3a\/thumbnail\/620x413\/74bc005b042d80e80594da037384183a\/ap-17005460922248.jpg)\n\nAP Photo\/Helene Franchineau\n\nVisitors play slide on a castle-like structure made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![ap-17005460692597.jpg ](https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/01\/05\/6d510584-1464-4c6c-8a8b-5e523ba33092\/thumbnail\/620x413\/7c36fbc27f25b7ca6a5bb44afdfa4ed6\/ap-17005460692597.jpg)\n\n(AP Photo\/Borg Wong)\n\nVisitors tour a castle-like structure made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province.\n\n## Snow skyline\n![rtx2vyjw.jpg ](https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/d50c2799-0358-4449-bd54-305b929cfdd8\/thumbnail\/620x413\/da3e44648ff700549c90e24dcc5585e0\/rtx2vyjw.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nArtists and workers prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming festival in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016.\n\n## City of snow\n![rtx2vyjs.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/1ef93903-1247-4774-994c-97bae652f57b\/thumbnail\/620x413\/bc41301060975b59d8fc5245ac1bfbd4\/rtx2vyjs.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nArtists and workers prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 15, 2016.\n\n## Ice blocks\n![rtx2vygt.jpg ](https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/3b512854-3b22-4648-9c6e-349efd2af97e\/thumbnail\/620x413\/8d4215a1a0f221f5a4ef16a36a323fad\/rtx2vygt.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nArtists and workers prepare an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, Dec. 16, 2016.\n\n## Giant ice cubes\n![rtx2vyjy.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/4fe6b18e-d1f4-43b6-9ac1-832a55143726\/thumbnail\/620x413\/50effdaa4fd1d591b59c7ad031e6c122\/rtx2vyjy.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nWorkers pull a giant ice cube out of the frozen Songhua River as they extract ice to make sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016.\n\n## Construction site\n![rtx2vygv.jpg ](https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/6ed42393-e125-4ebf-ae5a-85a2848da28d\/thumbnail\/620x413\/50ac8848261c85641ed17476039c0cec\/rtx2vygv.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nArtists and workers prepare ice and snow sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016.\n\n## Snow portrait\n![rtx2vyjv.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/7c00b4db-01db-4ce0-ba98-3025b2f59490\/thumbnail\/620x413\/deb72c1ad06f9b8ec25aac81c1001b2f\/rtx2vyjv.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nArtists prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016.\n\n## Snow sculpture\n![rtx2vyjz.jpg ](https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/cccdff4b-ba96-4b5f-9530-bf9817813e71\/thumbnail\/620x413\/20c2aacabadc3b6a95065199b2c0e5f5\/rtx2vyjz.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nA snow sculpture is seen for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016.\n\n## Ice sculpture\n![rtx2vyk1.jpg ](https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/e00ecdf2-8997-4a55-b3ef-c3cb1bbcd4d6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/7b1eafed37f274e210299158dc1f08c7\/rtx2vyk1.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nAn artist polishes an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 19, 2016.\n\n## Ice sculpture\n![rtx2vyk4.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/91202451-a734-4e9f-be80-1f9e3693428d\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f36ad20b6c9f0265580a451fe7c5c85f\/rtx2vyk4.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nA worker prepares an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016.\n\n## Snow princess\n![rtx2vyju.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/94c9584f-2830-4a18-a0ed-e7daf0913240\/thumbnail\/620x413\/5747b9c9981da2ba2aaab70ccfca4415\/rtx2vyju.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nAn elaborate snow sculpture in the works ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China, Dec. 15, 2016.\n\n## Under construction\n![rtx2vyke.jpg ](https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/b1f89efd-8e68-4691-b36e-a7894957d285\/thumbnail\/620x413\/10fc7ab83b41809f4e02a29489be1ce1\/rtx2vyke.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nArtists and workers prepare ice and snow sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016.\n\n## Colorful lights\n![rtx2vyen.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/12\/25\/cdd08af2-bd9e-474d-b6bd-8e7a81b5cd03\/thumbnail\/620x413\/aa7bc124fa79eb566fc3d7375370b3ec\/rtx2vyen.jpg)\n\nREUTERS\/Aly Song\n\nIce and snow sculptures are illuminated by colorful lights as work continues to prepare for the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx1zqb4.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/3b3485f9-5814-4a67-9300-cc5b0cafef60\/thumbnail\/620x445\/29f6e6658dc648c830fcd3920c32ad90\/rtx1zqb4.jpg)\n\nChina Daily\/Reuters\n\nThe 32nd annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival began Jan 5, 2016. Over one million visitors were expected to attend the month-long event where buildings of ice are bathed in ethereal lights and international ice sculptors compete for honors.\n\nIn this photo, people work on a snow sculpture at the International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, China ahead of the opening, Dec. 22, 2015.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx21443.jpg ](https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/dc2540eb-8f67-46c4-9ad6-7503b32b6539\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f74367013d0884979bc2b52ca372f040\/rtx21443.jpg)\n\nAly Song\/Reuters\n\nPeople visit ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights on the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![gettyimages-503341874.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/2248ca22-dbc2-473d-9941-de101a3331a9\/thumbnail\/620x414\/d97b0f4c972d62953d2a7069bb3cb631\/gettyimages-503341874.jpg)\n\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\n\nPeople 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 northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on Jan. 4, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx213nv.jpg ](https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/9a0f5f56-9954-405d-840b-795f7706f9e8\/thumbnail\/620x413\/963606c62ecc20aec63c010a853be15f\/rtx213nv.jpg)\n\nAly Song\/Reuters\n\nFireworks light up the sky behind ice sculptures during the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx1zu0s.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/b1137a0e-27c9-4a08-a9c8-6ccdb64d6e15\/thumbnail\/620x442\/4659b9d8e57ec1112699618739f1f249\/rtx1zu0s.jpg)\n\nSheng Li\/Reuters\n\nWorkers polish a snow sculpture in Harbin, Dec. 22, 2015.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![gettyimages-503445724.jpg ](https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/642bf336-de15-463c-877b-f27dc2063b7d\/thumbnail\/620x414\/8ee1eeec699831edf724b9df8730e959\/gettyimages-503445724.jpg)\n\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\n\nA general view of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at the China Ice and Snow World in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on Jan. 5, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx21446.jpg ](https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/40aed0e9-9f55-4b08-bc47-a729b848b93c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/d5e37c2bfd5ebcfcacc66eb37574f094\/rtx21446.jpg)\n\nAly Song\/Reuters\n\nPeople visit ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights on the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![gettyimages-503341626.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/f5590b68-f277-4435-874b-750b91a509e1\/thumbnail\/620x414\/a1e9f56256a58615882c1acec36959b8\/gettyimages-503341626.jpg)\n\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\n\nA family pull a sleigh before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 4, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx20xcl.jpg ](https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/f7adcd77-0367-4ffe-9093-2e40111fa69c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b4da08fccae5a68a4aa81d28509646b4\/rtx20xcl.jpg)\n\nAly Song\/Reuters\n\nA worker polishes an ice sculpture, Jan. 4, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![gettyimages-503445700.jpg ](https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/7fd8d410-db5d-4699-a863-13651eca7514\/thumbnail\/620x414\/d3b34841f265a08bbafd5faf842a88ea\/gettyimages-503445700.jpg)\n\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\n\nA girl slides on the ice in Harbin on Jan. 5, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx20xgy.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/d092ba1c-8173-4abb-9e3a-db0c26340ec3\/thumbnail\/620x413\/663a8905e0f6c4144ca7675627d1382d\/rtx20xgy.jpg)\n\nAly Song\/Reuters\n\nA horse stands in front of ice sculptures ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, Jan. 4, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx20xgf.jpg ](https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/83604a14-ec9b-48cc-a712-16ac6d62bf09\/thumbnail\/620x413\/65376fb2a363e5d1404caf7461111187\/rtx20xgf.jpg)\n\nAly Song\/Reuters\n\nWorkers polish an ice sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice, Jan. 4, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx212aw.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/f739b198-8787-45de-86b8-7ee0e7449caf\/thumbnail\/620x413\/2389d66405c7f38c2ae0799d80d8cec9\/rtx212aw.jpg)\n\nAly Song\/Reuters\n\nA large snow sculpture is seen ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx20xcc.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/42223417-e92a-4e4e-a5a0-b8eb05975825\/thumbnail\/620x413\/8473b96c90161ec8c580791936fe90d1\/rtx20xcc.jpg)\n\nAly Song\/Reuters\n\nA worker polishes an ice sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 4, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![gettyimages-503341780.jpg ](https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/01\/05\/2ac65402-5633-46fa-8c21-577397ab4da0\/thumbnail\/620x414\/95ce0b5f2f988028e8d8b450ebd74cad\/gettyimages-503341780.jpg)\n\nWang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images\n\nPeople visit China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 4, 2016.\n\n## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival\n![rtx212b2.jpg 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Boilerpipe Text	Updated on: January 5, 2017 / 2:20 PM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Wang Jianwei/Xinhua via AP The city of Harbin in China’s frigid northeast is hosting one of the world’s largest festivals featuring ice sculptures of animals, cartoon characters and famous landmarks. The festival, which officially opens late Thursday and last year drew more than a million visitors, showcases the region’s tradition of snow and ice carvings as well as ice swimming in the Songhua River. Harbin’s temperatures can fall to minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit. In this Jan. 3, 2017, photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, contestants carve an ice sculpture during an international ice sculpture contest during the Harbin Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Wang Jianwei/Xinhua via AP Harbin’s best ice and snow carvers have been busy putting the finishing touches to their sculptures, which are based on big chunks of ice that are dragged out of the nearby river and carved, brushed, and lit up. In this Jan. 3, 2017, photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, contestants carve ice sculptures during an international ice sculpture contest as part of the Harbin Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival (AP Photo/Helene Franchineau) The sculptures range from animals and cartoon characters to replicas of famous world monuments and landscapes, as well as a 1,115-feet-long slide that state media say took around 500 builders to complete. In this recent photo, visitors tour a castle-like structures made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival AP Photo/Helene Franchineau A Chinese woman offers a prayer to a Kuanyin snow sculpture at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival AP Photo/Helene Franchineau Visitors play slide on a castle-like structure made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival (AP Photo/Borg Wong) Visitors tour a castle-like structure made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province. Snow skyline REUTERS/Aly Song Artists and workers prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming festival in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016. City of snow REUTERS/Aly Song Artists and workers prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 15, 2016. Ice blocks REUTERS/Aly Song Artists and workers prepare an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, Dec. 16, 2016. Giant ice cubes REUTERS/Aly Song Workers pull a giant ice cube out of the frozen Songhua River as they extract ice to make sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016. Construction site REUTERS/Aly Song Artists and workers prepare ice and snow sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016. Snow portrait REUTERS/Aly Song Artists prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016. Snow sculpture REUTERS/Aly Song A snow sculpture is seen for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016. Ice sculpture REUTERS/Aly Song An artist polishes an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 19, 2016. Ice sculpture REUTERS/Aly Song A worker prepares an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016. Snow princess REUTERS/Aly Song An elaborate snow sculpture in the works ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China, Dec. 15, 2016. Under construction REUTERS/Aly Song Artists and workers prepare ice and snow sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016. Colorful lights REUTERS/Aly Song Ice and snow sculptures are illuminated by colorful lights as work continues to prepare for the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival China Daily/Reuters The 32nd annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival began Jan 5, 2016. Over one million visitors were expected to attend the month-long event where buildings of ice are bathed in ethereal lights and international ice sculptors compete for honors. In this photo, people work on a snow sculpture at the International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, China ahead of the opening, Dec. 22, 2015. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Aly Song/Reuters People visit ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights on the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images 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 northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on Jan. 4, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Aly Song/Reuters Fireworks light up the sky behind ice sculptures during the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Sheng Li/Reuters Workers polish a snow sculpture in Harbin, Dec. 22, 2015. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images A general view of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at the China Ice and Snow World in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on Jan. 5, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Aly Song/Reuters People visit ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights on the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images A family pull a sleigh before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 4, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Aly Song/Reuters A worker polishes an ice sculpture, Jan. 4, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images A girl slides on the ice in Harbin on Jan. 5, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Aly Song/Reuters A horse stands in front of ice sculptures ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, Jan. 4, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Aly Song/Reuters Workers polish an ice sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice, Jan. 4, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Aly Song/Reuters A large snow sculpture is seen ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Aly Song/Reuters A worker polishes an ice sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 4, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images People visit China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 4, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Aly Song/Reuters A laborer works beside a large snow sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, China, Jan. 5, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images Visitors walk up stairs made of ice during the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 5, 2016. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Aly Song/Reuters People look around a large snow sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016.
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The festival, which officially opens late Thursday and last year drew more than a million visitors, showcases the region’s tradition of snow and ice carvings as well as ice swimming in the Songhua River. Harbin’s temperatures can fall to minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit. In this Jan. 3, 2017, photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, contestants carve an ice sculpture during an international ice sculpture contest during the Harbin Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![ap-17005245285300.jpg ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2017/01/05/03538437-f18d-4d11-845d-9c702eb5d22f/thumbnail/620x413/0a7ca6e7dc048507d8e88968295f5bf0/ap-17005245285300.jpg) Wang Jianwei/Xinhua via AP Harbin’s best ice and snow carvers have been busy putting the finishing touches to their sculptures, which are based on big chunks of ice that are dragged out of the nearby river and carved, brushed, and lit up. In this Jan. 3, 2017, photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, contestants carve ice sculptures during an international ice sculpture contest as part of the Harbin Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![ap-17005461339486.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2017/01/05/467ea75d-e733-4e19-865a-1ca1ff04973b/thumbnail/620x413/75751d0270d0f79312f1c0f02e214830/ap-17005461339486.jpg) (AP Photo/Helene Franchineau) The sculptures range from animals and cartoon characters to replicas of famous world monuments and landscapes, as well as a 1,115-feet-long slide that state media say took around 500 builders to complete. In this recent photo, visitors tour a castle-like structures made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![ap-17005459254600.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2017/01/05/6a155221-2e71-4e95-85c3-2e8e5a647ca5/thumbnail/620x465/5a2e7f6aad1923d671ae5cf182402e4a/ap-17005459254600.jpg) AP Photo/Helene Franchineau A Chinese woman offers a prayer to a Kuanyin snow sculpture at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![ap-17005460922248.jpg ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2017/01/05/e8cb2796-b658-4bca-9513-d0739a8bcf3a/thumbnail/620x413/74bc005b042d80e80594da037384183a/ap-17005460922248.jpg) AP Photo/Helene Franchineau Visitors play slide on a castle-like structure made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![ap-17005460692597.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2017/01/05/6d510584-1464-4c6c-8a8b-5e523ba33092/thumbnail/620x413/7c36fbc27f25b7ca6a5bb44afdfa4ed6/ap-17005460692597.jpg) (AP Photo/Borg Wong) Visitors tour a castle-like structure made from blocks of ice at the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province. ## Snow skyline ![rtx2vyjw.jpg ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/d50c2799-0358-4449-bd54-305b929cfdd8/thumbnail/620x413/da3e44648ff700549c90e24dcc5585e0/rtx2vyjw.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song Artists and workers prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming festival in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016. ## City of snow ![rtx2vyjs.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/1ef93903-1247-4774-994c-97bae652f57b/thumbnail/620x413/bc41301060975b59d8fc5245ac1bfbd4/rtx2vyjs.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song Artists and workers prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 15, 2016. ## Ice blocks ![rtx2vygt.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/3b512854-3b22-4648-9c6e-349efd2af97e/thumbnail/620x413/8d4215a1a0f221f5a4ef16a36a323fad/rtx2vygt.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song Artists and workers prepare an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, Dec. 16, 2016. ## Giant ice cubes ![rtx2vyjy.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/4fe6b18e-d1f4-43b6-9ac1-832a55143726/thumbnail/620x413/50effdaa4fd1d591b59c7ad031e6c122/rtx2vyjy.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song Workers pull a giant ice cube out of the frozen Songhua River as they extract ice to make sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016. ## Construction site ![rtx2vygv.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/6ed42393-e125-4ebf-ae5a-85a2848da28d/thumbnail/620x413/50ac8848261c85641ed17476039c0cec/rtx2vygv.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song Artists and workers prepare ice and snow sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016. ## Snow portrait ![rtx2vyjv.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/7c00b4db-01db-4ce0-ba98-3025b2f59490/thumbnail/620x413/deb72c1ad06f9b8ec25aac81c1001b2f/rtx2vyjv.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song Artists prepare a snow sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016. ## Snow sculpture ![rtx2vyjz.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/cccdff4b-ba96-4b5f-9530-bf9817813e71/thumbnail/620x413/20c2aacabadc3b6a95065199b2c0e5f5/rtx2vyjz.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song A snow sculpture is seen for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016. ## Ice sculpture ![rtx2vyk1.jpg ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/e00ecdf2-8997-4a55-b3ef-c3cb1bbcd4d6/thumbnail/620x413/7b1eafed37f274e210299158dc1f08c7/rtx2vyk1.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song An artist polishes an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 19, 2016. ## Ice sculpture ![rtx2vyk4.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/91202451-a734-4e9f-be80-1f9e3693428d/thumbnail/620x413/f36ad20b6c9f0265580a451fe7c5c85f/rtx2vyk4.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song A worker prepares an ice sculpture for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 17, 2016. ## Snow princess ![rtx2vyju.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/94c9584f-2830-4a18-a0ed-e7daf0913240/thumbnail/620x413/5747b9c9981da2ba2aaab70ccfca4415/rtx2vyju.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song An elaborate snow sculpture in the works ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China, Dec. 15, 2016. ## Under construction ![rtx2vyke.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/b1f89efd-8e68-4691-b36e-a7894957d285/thumbnail/620x413/10fc7ab83b41809f4e02a29489be1ce1/rtx2vyke.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song Artists and workers prepare ice and snow sculptures for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016. ## Colorful lights ![rtx2vyen.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/12/25/cdd08af2-bd9e-474d-b6bd-8e7a81b5cd03/thumbnail/620x413/aa7bc124fa79eb566fc3d7375370b3ec/rtx2vyen.jpg) REUTERS/Aly Song Ice and snow sculptures are illuminated by colorful lights as work continues to prepare for the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 16, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx1zqb4.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/3b3485f9-5814-4a67-9300-cc5b0cafef60/thumbnail/620x445/29f6e6658dc648c830fcd3920c32ad90/rtx1zqb4.jpg) China Daily/Reuters The 32nd annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival began Jan 5, 2016. Over one million visitors were expected to attend the month-long event where buildings of ice are bathed in ethereal lights and international ice sculptors compete for honors. In this photo, people work on a snow sculpture at the International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, China ahead of the opening, Dec. 22, 2015. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx21443.jpg ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/dc2540eb-8f67-46c4-9ad6-7503b32b6539/thumbnail/620x413/f74367013d0884979bc2b52ca372f040/rtx21443.jpg) Aly Song/Reuters People visit ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights on the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![gettyimages-503341874.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/2248ca22-dbc2-473d-9941-de101a3331a9/thumbnail/620x414/d97b0f4c972d62953d2a7069bb3cb631/gettyimages-503341874.jpg) Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images 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 northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on Jan. 4, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx213nv.jpg ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/9a0f5f56-9954-405d-840b-795f7706f9e8/thumbnail/620x413/963606c62ecc20aec63c010a853be15f/rtx213nv.jpg) Aly Song/Reuters Fireworks light up the sky behind ice sculptures during the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx1zu0s.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/b1137a0e-27c9-4a08-a9c8-6ccdb64d6e15/thumbnail/620x442/4659b9d8e57ec1112699618739f1f249/rtx1zu0s.jpg) Sheng Li/Reuters Workers polish a snow sculpture in Harbin, Dec. 22, 2015. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![gettyimages-503445724.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/642bf336-de15-463c-877b-f27dc2063b7d/thumbnail/620x414/8ee1eeec699831edf724b9df8730e959/gettyimages-503445724.jpg) Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images A general view of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at the China Ice and Snow World in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on Jan. 5, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx21446.jpg ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/40aed0e9-9f55-4b08-bc47-a729b848b93c/thumbnail/620x413/d5e37c2bfd5ebcfcacc66eb37574f094/rtx21446.jpg) Aly Song/Reuters People visit ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights on the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![gettyimages-503341626.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/f5590b68-f277-4435-874b-750b91a509e1/thumbnail/620x414/a1e9f56256a58615882c1acec36959b8/gettyimages-503341626.jpg) Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images A family pull a sleigh before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 4, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx20xcl.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/f7adcd77-0367-4ffe-9093-2e40111fa69c/thumbnail/620x413/b4da08fccae5a68a4aa81d28509646b4/rtx20xcl.jpg) Aly Song/Reuters A worker polishes an ice sculpture, Jan. 4, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![gettyimages-503445700.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/7fd8d410-db5d-4699-a863-13651eca7514/thumbnail/620x414/d3b34841f265a08bbafd5faf842a88ea/gettyimages-503445700.jpg) Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images A girl slides on the ice in Harbin on Jan. 5, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx20xgy.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/d092ba1c-8173-4abb-9e3a-db0c26340ec3/thumbnail/620x413/663a8905e0f6c4144ca7675627d1382d/rtx20xgy.jpg) Aly Song/Reuters A horse stands in front of ice sculptures ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, Jan. 4, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx20xgf.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/83604a14-ec9b-48cc-a712-16ac6d62bf09/thumbnail/620x413/65376fb2a363e5d1404caf7461111187/rtx20xgf.jpg) Aly Song/Reuters Workers polish an ice sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice, Jan. 4, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx212aw.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/f739b198-8787-45de-86b8-7ee0e7449caf/thumbnail/620x413/2389d66405c7f38c2ae0799d80d8cec9/rtx212aw.jpg) Aly Song/Reuters A large snow sculpture is seen ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx20xcc.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/42223417-e92a-4e4e-a5a0-b8eb05975825/thumbnail/620x413/8473b96c90161ec8c580791936fe90d1/rtx20xcc.jpg) Aly Song/Reuters A worker polishes an ice sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 4, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![gettyimages-503341780.jpg ](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/2ac65402-5633-46fa-8c21-577397ab4da0/thumbnail/620x414/95ce0b5f2f988028e8d8b450ebd74cad/gettyimages-503341780.jpg) Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images People visit China Ice and Snow World on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 4, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx212b2.jpg ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/d39b809d-ed6f-420d-95e5-571ec9b6ad79/thumbnail/620x413/8647d89d7b37f1d83229d96359e7f1da/rtx212b2.jpg) Aly Song/Reuters A laborer works beside a large snow sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, China, Jan. 5, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![gettyimages-503445712.jpg ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/6914da3f-87a0-4309-be5b-bb5ece455897/thumbnail/620x414/773c7c272ccaf86033f0122b63339b60/gettyimages-503445712.jpg) Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images Visitors walk up stairs made of ice during the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin on Jan. 5, 2016. ## Harbin Ice and Snow Festival ![rtx212b9.jpg ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/01/05/2b96ea35-89b4-40ff-bf3f-aa01a5fecfd3/thumbnail/620x413/764501450b3fac5788cbaaf8ac7a57df/rtx212b9.jpg) Aly Song/Reuters People look around a large snow sculpture ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Jan. 5, 2016. 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