GLOBALink | World's largest ice-and-snow park closes as temperatures rise-Xinhua

GLOBALink | World's largest ice-and-snow park closes as temperatures rise

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-02-26 21:01:46

HARBIN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Harbin Ice-Snow World, the largest theme park of its kind in the world, closed on Wednesday. 


A girl visits the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song) 

By Sunday night, the 64th day of its 26th edition, the park had clocked up 3.47 million visits. Situated in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China known as the "city of ice," this year's park was constructed with 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow. 

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 25, 2025 shows tourists visiting the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Tourists pose for photos at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 25, 2025.  (Xinhua/Wang Song)

Beyond its artistic ice sculptures, the park boasts a range of interactive winter attractions, including a snowflake ice maze, ice rinks, and a massive ice slide. 

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 25, 2025 shows a view of the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The 26th Harbin Ice-Snow World officially closed on Wednesday as temperatures rise. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

Recent seasonal temperature increases in Harbin, with highs surpassing zero degrees Celsius, have heightened the risk of outdoor ice melting.

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