Harbin International Beer Festival kicks off

With an area of more than 60,000 square meters, the annual festival is being held at the same park that hosts the Harbin Ice and Snow World festival in the wintertime.

Visitors have a choice of more than 500 kinds of beer from all over the world.

Ceremonies of the festival were topped off with a fireworks show beside a giant Ferris wheel in the shape of a snowflake at the center of the park, providing visitors a spectacular scene after dark.