International Ice Assemblage Sculpture Championship Opens In Harbin, China

A snow sculpture by contestants from the Netherlands, China’s mailand and China’s Taiwan is seen during the Second International Ice Assemblage Sculpture Championship in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 3, 2013. A total of 15 teams from China, Russia, South Korea and other countries and regions took part in the championship which concluded on Thursday. Sculpture by contestants from northeast China’s Harbin University claimed the first prize.

A contestant from Beijing shapes a snow sculpture during the Second International Ice Assemblage Sculpture Championship in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 3, 2013. <Xinhua/Wang Song>