{"id":41576,"date":"2017-01-23T18:02:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T11:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/christmas-may-be-over-but-its-still-winter-wonderland-in-this-city\/"},"modified":"2017-01-23T18:06:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T11:06:45","slug":"christmas-may-be-over-but-its-still-winter-wonderland-in-this-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/christmas-may-be-over-but-its-still-winter-wonderland-in-this-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas may be over but it\u2019s still winter wonderland in this city"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPlus 5 so-cold-it\u2019s-cool ice homes and castles around the world
\nJanuary 2017 \u2013 Harbin, China \u2013 Ice buildings in the 33rd International Ice and Snow Festival. Pises Tungittipokai\/Shutterstock
\nIt\u2019s a city that would conjure a thousand Elsa references \u2014 and Mulan too.
\nIn scenes straight out of \u201cFrozen,\u201d the Harbin Ice & Snow Sculpture Festival has opened its icy doors again to the public.
\nNow on its 33rd year, the festival features imposing sculptures and palaces fashioned out of more than 10 million cubic feet of ice and snow from the wintry wastes of Harbin, a Chinese city near the border of Mongolia and Siberia.
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\nCovering over eight million square feet, the attraction is divided into themed zones, a replica of a Chinese metropolis complete with ice castles, skyscrapers, and roads. The frosty scenes take on a particularly ethereal look at night with LED lights of various colours illuminating the displays.
\nThe ice used for the structures are derived from nearby Songhua River. Chiselers then devote months on end to cut the blocks of ice that comprise the Harbin ice city.
\nMore than a million visitors brave the subzero temps in Harbin every year to gawk at the ice structures. With temperatures as gelid as negative 31 degrees Fahrenheit, the ice city is expected to avoid the thaw until February.
\nIf you can\u2019t make it to Harbin by then, you can visit these ice buildings around the world:
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\nSource : property-report.com
\nRead more…Christmas may be over but it\u2019s still winter wonderland in this city<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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