Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is Chinas greatest ice artwork festival， attracting lots of visitors from all over the world. Here you can not only enjoy pleasant landscape of white and pure snow and ice， but also participate in many interesting activities and events.

The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival opens in late December， though the opening ceremony is on January 5 each year， and lasts for around 2 months， till late February.

The Ice and Snow Festival is a citywide celebration that takes place in the entire city of Harbin. Some of the favorite venues include Sun Island， Songhua River， Stalin Park， Zhaolin Park and the Ice and Snow World.

Zhaolin Park is a must-see during the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival because it has a traditional program that shows the most excellent ice lanterns. With water， lights and the natural ice from the Songhua River as the material， the ice lanterns are made by freezing water， piling up ice or snow， then carving， decorating， etc. The Ice Lantern Garden Party has been held here annually since 1963. There are numerous pieces of ice artworks in the park arranged in groups according to different themes. A great variety of objects such as buildings， gardens， flowers， waterfalls， European-styled churches， lions， tigers， dragons are carved from ice. In the daytime， the ice sculptures are magnificent and lifelike. Moreover， with the interspersion of the sparkling colored lights embedded in the sculptures at night， the park becomes a glorious and amazing ice world.

哈爾濱國(guó)際冰雪節(jié)是中國(guó)最盛大的冰雪節(jié)，吸引了很多來(lái)自世界各地的游客。在這里，你不僅可以欣賞潔白純凈的冰雪美景，還可以參加許多有趣的活動(dòng)。

一年一度的哈爾濱國(guó)際冰雪節(jié)一般在12月下旬開(kāi)放，但其開(kāi)幕式是每年的1月5日。冰雪節(jié)持續(xù)約兩個(gè)月，直到2月下旬。

冰雪節(jié)是全市范圍的活動(dòng)，在整個(gè)哈爾濱市舉行。最受歡迎的場(chǎng)地包括太陽(yáng)島、松花江、斯大林公園、兆麟公園和冰雪大世界。

兆麟公園是冰雪節(jié)期間“必到”的地方，因?yàn)樗幸粋€(gè)傳統(tǒng)的節(jié)目——展示最優(yōu)秀的冰燈。冰燈以水、燈和來(lái)自松花江的天然冰為材料，經(jīng)過(guò)先冰凍水、堆積冰雪，然后進(jìn)行雕刻、裝飾等工序制作而成。自1963年以來(lái)，哈爾濱冰燈游園會(huì)每年在這里舉行。園內(nèi)有許多冰雕藝術(shù)品，根據(jù)不同的主題成組排列。各種各樣的物品，如建筑物、花園、鮮花、瀑布、歐洲風(fēng)格的教堂、獅子、老虎、龍都是用冰雕刻而成的。在白天，冰雕是宏偉而逼真的。而在夜晚，閃閃發(fā)光的彩燈作為點(diǎn)綴嵌入在雕塑中，公園成為一個(gè)輝煌而令人驚嘆的冰雪世界。

The Ice and Snow World is the main venue of Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival. It came into being in 1999. It is one of the largest ice and snow amusement parks in the world with an area of over 600，000 square meters. The inspiration for the ice and snow sculptures here partly is derived from world-famous architectures such as the Great Wall， the Egyptian Pyramids， etc. Taking a walk amongst those bright and glittery ice towers is really mind-blowing and unforgettable！

In addition to Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival， there are similar events that take place throughout the world. Some of the prominent ice and snow festivals include the Sapporo Festival in Japan， the Canadian Winter Carnival held in Quebec， and the Oslo Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Norway.

冰雪大世界是哈爾濱國(guó)際冰雪節(jié)的主場(chǎng)地。它始創(chuàng)于1999年，面積超過(guò)60萬(wàn)平方米，是世界上最大的冰雪建筑公園之一。這里的冰雪雕塑的靈感有些來(lái)源于世界著名建筑，如長(zhǎng)城、埃及金字塔等。在那些明亮而閃閃發(fā)光的冰塔中漫步，真讓人嘆為觀止和難忘！

除了哈爾濱國(guó)際冰雪節(jié)，世界各地也有類(lèi)似的活動(dòng)。其他著名的冰雪節(jié)還包括日本札幌冰雪節(jié)、加拿大魁北克冬季狂歡節(jié)和挪威的奧斯陸滑雪節(jié)。

Word Bank

venue /'venju?/ n. 會(huì)場(chǎng)

Please note the change of venue for this event.

carve /kɑ?v/ v. 雕刻

embed /?m'bed/ v. 把……牢牢地嵌入

derive /d?'ra?v/ v. 源于；來(lái)自

The two attitudes derive from different historical perspectives.