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Calculated Shard: 165 (from laksa021)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa165.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.pickledelisquare.com/blog/2024/4/13/harbin-ice-festival\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.pickledelisquare.com/blog/2024/4/13/harbin-ice-festival\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog\/2024\/4\/13\/harbin-ice-festival","crawl_time":1776269023,"first_indexed_time":1713086122,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,pickledelisquare!www,\/blog\/2024\/4\/13\/harbin-ice-festival s443","src_root_hash":"5089597026316287565","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Seeing Harbin Ice Festival (and how to get there by subway) — Pickle Deli Square","meta_descriptions":["What is known as “Harbin Ice Festival” is actually composed of a few different expos and venues, two of which are the “Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo” and “Harbin Ice and Snow World.”"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"My big reason for going to Harbin in Heilongjiang province was the “Ice Festival.” I had thought it was one exposition of ice sculptures. It turns out the image that I had in my mind was the “Harbin Ice and Snow World” (哈尔滨冰雪大世界) in Chinese, just one expo happening at this time.\nAnother expo is the “Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo” (太阳岛国际雪雕艺术博览会) 。 The two are actually very close to one another, just a subway station away, and both on the same Sun Island 太阳岛 in the Songhua River, between Songbei district and the city center.\nThe Sun Island subway station, one stop away from People’s Square station south of the river, is right next to the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo.\nThere wasn’t any line to get in. In fact, the ticket sellers told me that the condition of the sculptures weren’t that great. They were melting, and the definition of details wasn’t so sharp anymore. I hesitated for a moment, but then thought, what’s the likelihood of me coming all the way back to Harbin any time soon? I might as well still see them now! Still, I did appreciate the honesty of the staff in the ticket booth!\nI went in, and I thought the sculptures still looked fine!\nHere is one of the “smaller” sculptures.\nAnd here’s a bigger-scale one.\nWorld monuments…\nYou can see a person here, for scale!\nYou can take a little trolley around, but there aren’t so many stops, and anyway, there are things to see along the way.\nAfter I was done, I went back to the subway station.\nThe Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo is at the Sun Island stop, and just one stop over is the Ice and Snow World with its own stop too.\nNow here there were a lot of people!\nThe sculptures here are made with ice!\nAnd nighttime is when to come here. The lights turn on at dusk, and transform the space into a colorful playground.\nThere were rides like the ferris wheel, go-kart racing, and giant slides, but I think a lot of these required pre-registration or queuing, so I didn’t go on any rides.\nI was just happy to see the ice sculptures light up. The main focal point sculpture particularly looked like a fruity popsicle!\nAnd those were the two main attractions of the Harbin Ice Festival. I came in mid-February, just in time before the close of the season.","attrs_markdown":"[Pickle Deli Square](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/)\n\n[All Posts](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog)\n\n[Valencia Eats](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog?category=Valencia%20Eats)\n\n[Home Cooking](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog?category=Home%20Cooking)\n\n[Eating Around the World](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/www.pickledelisquare.com?tag=food)\n\n[Trip Reports](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog?category=Trip%20Report)\n\n[Travel](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog?category=Travel)\n\n[Design](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog?category=Design)\n\n[Cooking Classes](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog?tag=cooking%20class)\n\n[Round-the-World](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog?category=Round-the-World)\n\n[Festivals](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog?category=Festivals)\n\n[Wall Art](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog?category=Wall%20Art)\n\nHi there! 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Living, Eating, and Exploring the World Since 2009](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/)\n\n![Seeing Harbin Ice Festival (and how to get there by subway)]()\n\nFeb 24\n\n## Feb 24Seeing Harbin Ice Festival (and how to get there by subway)\n[Kai](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/?author=52e63a7ce4b0a971f4652506)\n\n[Festivals](https:\/\/www.pickledelisquare.com\/blog\/category\/Festivals)\n\nMy big reason for going to Harbin in Heilongjiang province was the “Ice Festival.” I had thought it was one exposition of ice sculptures. It turns out the image that I had in my mind was the “Harbin Ice and Snow World” (哈尔滨冰雪大世界) in Chinese, just one expo happening at this time.\n\nAnother expo is the “Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo” (太阳岛国际雪雕艺术博览会) 。 The two are actually very close to one another, just a subway station away, and both on the same Sun Island 太阳岛 in the Songhua River, between Songbei district and the city center.\n\nThe Sun Island subway station, one stop away from People’s Square station south of the river, is right next to the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo.\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/edca53fc-525b-423e-b87f-ffb422252039\/IMG_2773.jpeg)\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/d8be3554-f9ef-4c63-b3ed-8e5ac60bd617\/IMG_2772.jpeg)\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/05fc0153-bfd1-4702-bb3c-cf4b9b162c01\/IMG_2774.jpeg)\n\nThere wasn’t any line to get in. In fact, the ticket sellers told me that the condition of the sculptures weren’t that great. They were melting, and the definition of details wasn’t so sharp anymore. I hesitated for a moment, but then thought, what’s the likelihood of me coming all the way back to Harbin any time soon? I might as well still see them now! Still, I did appreciate the honesty of the staff in the ticket booth\\!\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/19808f9b-0d2c-454f-b975-973dc8c6a9f0\/IMG_2818.jpeg)\n\nI went in, and I thought the sculptures still looked fine\\!\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/52bee5e9-03f4-4a55-8fc3-074f45f073d1\/IMG_2783.jpeg)\n\nHere is one of the “smaller” sculptures.\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/8903b7af-60d8-4826-9b5b-bcc844d53f1f\/IMG_2784.jpeg)\n\nAnd here’s a bigger-scale one.\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/3aee15df-55b5-4235-a88f-024fda264947\/IMG_2785.jpeg)\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/1261d83f-5f06-41c4-b2cc-00de72246d2d\/IMG_2787.jpeg)\n\nWorld monuments…\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/1fcc255e-0704-47d6-8ed3-83cf21d63442\/IMG_2789.jpeg)\n\nYou can see a person here, for scale\\!\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/69208ebd-1257-4faa-ae4e-4262653a4e66\/IMG_2796.jpeg)\n\nYou can take a little trolley around, but there aren’t so many stops, and anyway, there are things to see along the way.\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/026b1da4-84ca-4bdf-922e-534fb02530f6\/IMG_2801.jpeg)\n\nAfter I was done, I went back to the subway station.\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/a77700a4-eb6b-4a5d-bfd9-876c9a1ef0b7\/IMG_2821.jpeg)\n\nThe Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo is at the Sun Island stop, and just one stop over is the Ice and Snow World with its own stop too.\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/6a92de6c-a611-42b3-adc9-b43e3c9ce222\/IMG_2826.jpeg)\n\nNow here there were a lot of people\\!\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/958a7331-d20b-4c61-b777-1c6c8c8979b4\/IMG_2832.jpeg)\n\nThe sculptures here are made with ice\\!\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/7de8514c-c289-4e69-b18b-27b080d50f18\/IMG_2841.jpeg)\n\nAnd nighttime is when to come here. The lights turn on at dusk, and transform the space into a colorful playground.\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/1bab63de-fbc7-44f5-9815-4b25b5ab183d\/P2180617.JPG)\n\nThere were rides like the ferris wheel, go-kart racing, and giant slides, but I think a lot of these required pre-registration or queuing, so I didn’t go on any rides.\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/138d5166-8aa2-427b-8e9c-153ea9e950b2\/P2180628.JPG)\n\nI was just happy to see the ice sculptures light up. The main focal point sculpture particularly looked like a fruity popsicle\\!\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/3ac5009d-9466-4f46-a584-94d22dacba74\/IMG_2854.jpeg)\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/8e2efd1c-70ee-49dd-9252-38a9f6976651\/IMG_2861.jpeg)\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/a1d1b4e2-641e-4ebe-a629-eb01fe38c120\/IMG_2893.jpeg)\n\nView fullsize\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/02e5ec7b-1023-4a5e-9925-162c0db4db21\/IMG_2908.jpeg)\n\nAnd those were the two main attractions of the Harbin Ice Festival. 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Shell-on shrimp 🦐, butterflied, topped with a hemisphere of minced shrimp, decorated with slivered almonds, and then fried. 🙏 Thanks to those in the kitchen who made these tasty morsels for me...🤤 . . . . . \\#chinesefood \\#shaanxi \\#x](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/1553131359138-ANL4CGPKI01T7PPY3N46\/image-asset.jpeg)![😱So laborious! Shell-on shrimp 🦐, butterflied, topped with a hemisphere of minced shrimp, decorated with slivered almonds, and then fried. 🙏 Thanks to those in the kitchen who made these tasty morsels for me...🤤 . . . . . \\#chinesefood \\#shaanxi \\#x]()](https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BvP5IvYlN6R\/)","attrs_readable_markdown":"My big reason for going to Harbin in Heilongjiang province was the “Ice Festival.” I had thought it was one exposition of ice sculptures. It turns out the image that I had in my mind was the “Harbin Ice and Snow World” (哈尔滨冰雪大世界) in Chinese, just one expo happening at this time.\n\nAnother expo is the “Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo” (太阳岛国际雪雕艺术博览会) 。 The two are actually very close to one another, just a subway station away, and both on the same Sun Island 太阳岛 in the Songhua River, between Songbei district and the city center.\n\nThe Sun Island subway station, one stop away from People’s Square station south of the river, is right next to the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo.\n\n![](https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38\/05fc0153-bfd1-4702-bb3c-cf4b9b162c01\/IMG_2774.jpeg)\n\nThere wasn’t any line to get in. In fact, the ticket sellers told me that the condition of the sculptures weren’t that great. They were melting, and the definition of details wasn’t so sharp anymore. 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Boilerpipe Text	My big reason for going to Harbin in Heilongjiang province was the “Ice Festival.” I had thought it was one exposition of ice sculptures. It turns out the image that I had in my mind was the “Harbin Ice and Snow World” (哈尔滨冰雪大世界) in Chinese, just one expo happening at this time. Another expo is the “Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo” (太阳岛国际雪雕艺术博览会) 。 The two are actually very close to one another, just a subway station away, and both on the same Sun Island 太阳岛 in the Songhua River, between Songbei district and the city center. The Sun Island subway station, one stop away from People’s Square station south of the river, is right next to the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo. There wasn’t any line to get in. In fact, the ticket sellers told me that the condition of the sculptures weren’t that great. They were melting, and the definition of details wasn’t so sharp anymore. I hesitated for a moment, but then thought, what’s the likelihood of me coming all the way back to Harbin any time soon? I might as well still see them now! Still, I did appreciate the honesty of the staff in the ticket booth! I went in, and I thought the sculptures still looked fine! Here is one of the “smaller” sculptures. And here’s a bigger-scale one. World monuments… You can see a person here, for scale! You can take a little trolley around, but there aren’t so many stops, and anyway, there are things to see along the way. After I was done, I went back to the subway station. The Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo is at the Sun Island stop, and just one stop over is the Ice and Snow World with its own stop too. Now here there were a lot of people! The sculptures here are made with ice! And nighttime is when to come here. The lights turn on at dusk, and transform the space into a colorful playground. There were rides like the ferris wheel, go-kart racing, and giant slides, but I think a lot of these required pre-registration or queuing, so I didn’t go on any rides. I was just happy to see the ice sculptures light up. The main focal point sculpture particularly looked like a fruity popsicle! And those were the two main attractions of the Harbin Ice Festival. I came in mid-February, just in time before the close of the season.
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It turns out the image that I had in my mind was the “Harbin Ice and Snow World” (哈尔滨冰雪大世界) in Chinese, just one expo happening at this time. Another expo is the “Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo” (太阳岛国际雪雕艺术博览会) 。 The two are actually very close to one another, just a subway station away, and both on the same Sun Island 太阳岛 in the Songhua River, between Songbei district and the city center. The Sun Island subway station, one stop away from People’s Square station south of the river, is right next to the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo. View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/edca53fc-525b-423e-b87f-ffb422252039/IMG_2773.jpeg) View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/d8be3554-f9ef-4c63-b3ed-8e5ac60bd617/IMG_2772.jpeg) ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/05fc0153-bfd1-4702-bb3c-cf4b9b162c01/IMG_2774.jpeg) There wasn’t any line to get in. In fact, the ticket sellers told me that the condition of the sculptures weren’t that great. They were melting, and the definition of details wasn’t so sharp anymore. I hesitated for a moment, but then thought, what’s the likelihood of me coming all the way back to Harbin any time soon? I might as well still see them now! Still, I did appreciate the honesty of the staff in the ticket booth\! View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/19808f9b-0d2c-454f-b975-973dc8c6a9f0/IMG_2818.jpeg) I went in, and I thought the sculptures still looked fine\! View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/52bee5e9-03f4-4a55-8fc3-074f45f073d1/IMG_2783.jpeg) Here is one of the “smaller” sculptures. View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/8903b7af-60d8-4826-9b5b-bcc844d53f1f/IMG_2784.jpeg) And here’s a bigger-scale one. View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/3aee15df-55b5-4235-a88f-024fda264947/IMG_2785.jpeg) View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/1261d83f-5f06-41c4-b2cc-00de72246d2d/IMG_2787.jpeg) World monuments… View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/1fcc255e-0704-47d6-8ed3-83cf21d63442/IMG_2789.jpeg) You can see a person here, for scale\! View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/69208ebd-1257-4faa-ae4e-4262653a4e66/IMG_2796.jpeg) You can take a little trolley around, but there aren’t so many stops, and anyway, there are things to see along the way. View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/026b1da4-84ca-4bdf-922e-534fb02530f6/IMG_2801.jpeg) After I was done, I went back to the subway station. View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/a77700a4-eb6b-4a5d-bfd9-876c9a1ef0b7/IMG_2821.jpeg) The Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo is at the Sun Island stop, and just one stop over is the Ice and Snow World with its own stop too. View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/6a92de6c-a611-42b3-adc9-b43e3c9ce222/IMG_2826.jpeg) Now here there were a lot of people\! View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/958a7331-d20b-4c61-b777-1c6c8c8979b4/IMG_2832.jpeg) The sculptures here are made with ice\! View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/7de8514c-c289-4e69-b18b-27b080d50f18/IMG_2841.jpeg) And nighttime is when to come here. The lights turn on at dusk, and transform the space into a colorful playground. View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/1bab63de-fbc7-44f5-9815-4b25b5ab183d/P2180617.JPG) There were rides like the ferris wheel, go-kart racing, and giant slides, but I think a lot of these required pre-registration or queuing, so I didn’t go on any rides. View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/138d5166-8aa2-427b-8e9c-153ea9e950b2/P2180628.JPG) I was just happy to see the ice sculptures light up. The main focal point sculpture particularly looked like a fruity popsicle\! View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/3ac5009d-9466-4f46-a584-94d22dacba74/IMG_2854.jpeg) View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/8e2efd1c-70ee-49dd-9252-38a9f6976651/IMG_2861.jpeg) View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/a1d1b4e2-641e-4ebe-a629-eb01fe38c120/IMG_2893.jpeg) View fullsize ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/02e5ec7b-1023-4a5e-9925-162c0db4db21/IMG_2908.jpeg) And those were the two main attractions of the Harbin Ice Festival. I came in mid-February, just in time before the close of the season. 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Readable Markdown	My big reason for going to Harbin in Heilongjiang province was the “Ice Festival.” I had thought it was one exposition of ice sculptures. It turns out the image that I had in my mind was the “Harbin Ice and Snow World” (哈尔滨冰雪大世界) in Chinese, just one expo happening at this time. Another expo is the “Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo” (太阳岛国际雪雕艺术博览会) 。 The two are actually very close to one another, just a subway station away, and both on the same Sun Island 太阳岛 in the Songhua River, between Songbei district and the city center. The Sun Island subway station, one stop away from People’s Square station south of the river, is right next to the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo. ![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e94430d2b8579f31ebcc38/05fc0153-bfd1-4702-bb3c-cf4b9b162c01/IMG_2774.jpeg) There wasn’t any line to get in. In fact, the ticket sellers told me that the condition of the sculptures weren’t that great. They were melting, and the definition of details wasn’t so sharp anymore. I hesitated for a moment, but then thought, what’s the likelihood of me coming all the way back to Harbin any time soon? I might as well still see them now! Still, I did appreciate the honesty of the staff in the ticket booth\! I went in, and I thought the sculptures still looked fine\! Here is one of the “smaller” sculptures. And here’s a bigger-scale one. World monuments… You can see a person here, for scale\! You can take a little trolley around, but there aren’t so many stops, and anyway, there are things to see along the way. After I was done, I went back to the subway station. The Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo is at the Sun Island stop, and just one stop over is the Ice and Snow World with its own stop too. Now here there were a lot of people\! The sculptures here are made with ice\! And nighttime is when to come here. The lights turn on at dusk, and transform the space into a colorful playground. There were rides like the ferris wheel, go-kart racing, and giant slides, but I think a lot of these required pre-registration or queuing, so I didn’t go on any rides. I was just happy to see the ice sculptures light up. The main focal point sculpture particularly looked like a fruity popsicle\! And those were the two main attractions of the Harbin Ice Festival. I came in mid-February, just in time before the close of the season.
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