A six-meter-tall snow sculpture of Marilyn Monroe will be displayed on a 113-year-old street in the northeastern city of Harbin.
The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will be officially launched on January 5, 2012.
A statue of a swan girl emerges from a snow pile in Sun Island of Harbin, capital city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.
A citizen plays whipping top on the frozen Songhua River in Harbin. The Songhua River section of Harbin began freezing up due to temperature plummeting recently.
Tourists from the world over will brave freezing temperatures to appreciate a distinguished collection of ice and snow structures in Harbin.
The 28th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will hold an opening ceremony on January 5, 2012.