The swimmers trained daily throughout the year for this. 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 ...

[Photo by Han Tao/For chinadaily.com.cn] As night fell on Saturday, around 10,000 river lanterns floated down the Songhua River in Jilin city, China's northeastern Jilin province, creating a scene ...

In January 2023, a collection of stunning images was shared on Facebook with a caption claiming they showed, "Ice flowers found in Songhua River, China." The Facebook post read: #CTDiscovery ...

On the morning of December 7th, the Fourth Harbin Ice Harvest Festival opened with great fanfare by the Songhua River. The Fourth Harbin Ice Harvest Festival opens in Harbin on Dec. 7, 2023.

This aerial photo shows an ice collecting festival on the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 7, 2023. Ice cubes collected from the frozen Songhua ...

In one such incident, Former Norwegian diplomat Erik Solheim shared a picture of a beautiful occurrence - "ice flowers" - on Songhua river in northeast China. Mr Solheim took to Twitter to share ...

If you love all things icy and artistic, you may want to check out these pictures of the Songhua River Ice and Snow Carnival in Harbin, China, from Dec. 29, 2022. While the festival isn't set to ...

The lanterns, hollowed ice blocks with a light inside, were formerly used to help fishermen on the city’s Songhua River. Later, the lanterns became works of art. The city began to host an art ...

An aerial photo shows the Songhua River beginning to freeze as temperature dropped to around -15 C recently in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. [Photo by Zhao Tianhua/For chinadaily.com.cn] As ...

Liu and his team are among more than 100 people who work on the Songhua River to harvest the 170,000 cubic metres of ice bricks needed this year — enough to fill 70 Olympic swimming pools.

Workers collect ice from the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 11, 2019. Ice cubes collected from the frozen Songhua River will be used in ...