The 344-room Songbei Shangri-La opened in Harbin on Tuesday, marking Shangri-La's second location in this fabled city of ice 18 years after the group opened the Shangri-La Hotel Harbin in 1999.
Tourists visit Harbin Engineering University (HEU) to view snow sculptures on Jan 7, 2017. The ninth Snow Sculpture Competition for International Students lasted for four days and ended on Jan 7.
A participant carves an ice sculpture during the 36th National Ice Sculpture Competition in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, on Jan 9, 2017. The competition, which opened on Jan 7, lasted for three days. More than 80 ice sculptors from all walks of life participated in the event.
Photo taken on Dec 20, 2016 shows a snowman at the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province. The sculpture work of the 34-meter-tall snowman finished on Tuesday.
Two visitors take selfies at the ice and snow themed park in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Dec 21, 2016. More than 10,000 tourists brave the cold as the 18th Harbin Ice and Snow World, an 800,000-square-meter park, began trial run.
Harbin residents take photographs in the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Expo at the first "Ice and Snow Day" for Heilongjiang province on Dec 20, 2016.
The 29th Harbin Sun Island Snow Sculpture Art Expo will open on Dec 20, according to the organizing committee. A total of 10,000 tickets will be given free to Harbin residents, with which they can enter the expo after 1 pm on Dec 20.
Contestants create during a snow sculpture competition held in the park of Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Dec 17, 2016. A total of 20 teams from the province participated in the competition starting from Dec 16.
The 18 Harbin Ice and Snow World Park is currently under construction and will open to the public at the end of December. Builders started planning for the project in July this year.
The first winter games for teenagers from China and Russia will be held in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, according to a press conference held on Dec 1.
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