Watch as water is transformed into beautifully shaped ice blocks with precision. Every step, from freezing to cutting, is carried out with artistic craftsmanship, ensuring both beauty and ...

The months had seen local entrepreneurs organize construction, handymen cut blocks of ice from lakes and rivers, and townspeople pitch in whatever few dollars they had. These were exciting months ...

6 square miles) of the city, with the sculptures using 13,000 cubic meters (460,000 cubic feet) of ice blocks cut mainly from the adjacent Songhua River. There are satellite parks elsewhere in Harbin.

In the 1800s, people began harvesting ice in huge blocks cut from lakes and ponds in New England then shipping it all over the world by barge or railroad. By the 1860s, access to ice transformed ...