Which city is the City of Ice Sculptures

The City of Ice Sculptures is the city of Harbin in China's Heilongjiang Province.

Every winter, Harbin organizes the world-famous Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, which attracts tourists from all over the world to see and participate in a variety of ice and snow activities. Ice sculpture is one of the main programs of the festival, and many artists create a variety of beautiful ice sculptures in the center of Harbin, on Central Avenue, along the Songhua River, and other places during the festival.

These ice sculptures not only have artistic value, but also show the charm of traditional Chinese culture. In addition to the ice sculptures, the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival has many other ice and snow activities, such as snowmobiles, skiing, ice soccer and so on. In addition, there are a variety of food and folk performances and so on, so that visitors can feel the culture and flavor of Harbin in all aspects.

City of Ice Sculpture climate conditions favorable to ice sculpture shaping:

1, the winter is long and cold: Harbin City is located in Northeast Asia, the winter season lasts for more than 5 months, the average temperature is around -20 ℃, and the lowest temperature can be up to -30 ℃ below. This extremely cold weather conditions for ice sculpture activities provide sufficient snow and ice resources.

2, snowfall: Harbin City, the average annual snowfall of more than 600 millimeters, and snowfall time is longer, from November to March is the snowfall season. This makes Harbin city has rich natural ice and snow resources, for ice sculpture activities provide a reliable raw material.

3, low air humidity: the air humidity in Harbin City is relatively low, generally below 40%. This makes the ice and snow not easy to melt, and can maintain the hardness and stability for a longer time, which is conducive to the production and display of ice sculpture works.

4, dry weather: Harbin City, winter weather is dry, low relative humidity, which helps to reduce the evaporation of water from the surface of the ice and snow, so that the ice sculpture works more durable.

Reference for the above: Baidu Encyclopedia-Harbin City