Harbin is the cradle of ice-snow art of china, ice lantern here are renowned both at home and abroad. The Harbin International Snow and Ice Festival is China's first-ever festival focusing on ice and snow festival activities. The festival has become an all-around festival involving culture, sports, arts, trading, technologies, and tourism. In fact, since the city of Harbin held its first International Ice and Snow Festival in 1985, the festival has been held every year and has now become one of the world's four largest ice and snow festivals, along with Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival, Canada's Quebec Winter Carnival, and Norway's Ski Festival.

Ice sculptures are everywhere. Street lamps hang from ice pedestals; advertisements are posted on ice walls; banks have huge ice archways erected in front. While the sculptures are impressive during the day, they're positively magical at night as colored lights are inserted during construction, creating a luminescent glow-in-the-dark effect.

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