HARBIN, China — Even as the mercury dropped ... They first carved out a pool in the Songhua River, breaking the 10-centimeter (4-inch) thick layer of ice that had formed again overnight and ...

A photo shows the Oriental white storks in the Songhua River. [Photo by Yang Wei/For chinadaily.com.cn] After days of anticipation near the Binbei Bridge on the Songhua River in Harbin ...

of ice blocks cut mainly from the adjacent Songhua River. There are satellite parks elsewhere in Harbin. “When I come here and see all the ice sculptures and snow, it’s just, wow!” ...

Opened in 1999 as part of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, the park is now located north of the Songhua River and west of Sun Island. Alongside the International Sun ...