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중국의 어름조각 예술
These pictures show an enormous frozen castle - built
entirely from ice -
created for the 30th Harbin Ice and Snow
Festival.
The remarkable tower, which is at least 26 metres high and
measures around
20 storeys, is one of the main attractions at the festival
- which sees
thousands of tourists flock to the city of Harbin, near the
China and
Russian border, every year.
In this series of photographs, workers can be seen chipping
blocks of
ice from the nearby Songhua River for the tower, before
dragging the
551lb blocks towards the site.
Frozen palace: This is an enormous 26-metre
ice castle built for the Harbin Ice and Snow
Festival out of ice from the nearby Songhua
River
Looks like hard work: Employees stab iron
pikes into the frozen Songhua River
as they extract giant ice cubes to make
sculptures for the festival
An arduous task: Workers pull a giant ice
cube out of the river and drag
it towards the main festival site. Each ice
cube weighs about 551lb
One worker is then pictured putting the blocks in place,
before pouring
water on them to freeze them together. Another can then be seen polishing
the work to give it an amazing, crystal-like
finish.
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According to event organisers, 10,000 people were employed
to complete
hundreds of ice and snow sculptures at the event - some
areas of which
are already open to the
public.
Stake out: A worker stabs a pike made from
iron into the frozen water.
10,000 were employed to complete the
structures and 180,000 sq metres
of ice will be used
Building blocks: one worker polishes an ice
sculpture - made from thousands
of blocks frozen together, pictured - ahead
of the start of festivities in January
Technique: To secure the structure, a worker
pours water onto ice cubes
to make them stick to one another before
leveling them off and polishing.
Some of the pieces measure more than 26 metres tall and 117
metres wide.
Overall, the whole site is well over 600,000 sq
metres. All in all, about
180,000 sq metres of ice and 150,000 sq metres of snow will
be used to
complete all the works.
In the evening, some of the structures are lit up
in a beautiful light-show
display.
Quite the spectacle: Early visitors have a
look around a smaller ice castle
at the ice festival - which officially opens
at the beginning of next year
Not quite finished: Workers and scaffolding
next to one of the newly-built
ice sculptures illuminated by hundreds of
coloured lights
Bright: Visitors gather next to an ice gate
sculpture in one of the open areas
of the festival last night. Weather
depending, it will stay open until February
next year
Some of these pictures show the spectacle - with numerous
palaces, towers and
monuments in the festival lit up in every colour of the
rainbow.
In the New Year, tourists can enjoy the artwork for
themselves in addition
to the Ice Lantern Garden Party, skiing, figure skating and
theatre performances.
Visitors may also wish to visit the event's Siberian Tiger
Park or perhaps
watch fishing, swimming and diving performances on the
frozen river.
Others may wish to enjoy a tipple in the event's ice
bar.
How unusual: A giant carving of a childhood
cartoon character, complete
with ear muffs, looms over some early
visitors to the festival
Dwarfed: Skilled craftsmen carve a
117-metre-long snow sculpture, featuring
a horse and a woman, in one area of the park
last week
Attention to detail: Workers carve a large
snow sculpture that features
a rather cross looking dinosaur for the
festival. Some visitors to the area have already been enjoying
horse-drawn carriage
rides across the frozen river.
Harbin's festival is one of world's four largest
international ice
festivals, along with Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival,
Canada's Quebec
Winter Carnival, and Norway's Ski
Festival.
It officially starts on January 5 and usually lasts to the
end of
February, weather permitting.
Chip off the old block: one enormous
horse-head structure at the event -
which in total covers 600,000 sq metres
festival
Whittling away: The expo displays many
artworks as well as offering
fishing and diving displays as well as an ice
bar and food stalls
from around the world.
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