This video from the BBC takes a tour of a new winter festival in China in which a city of sculptures has been created out of ice.
"[N]ow the cold stuff is being put to good use in Harbin in northern China.
Enormous ice sculptures have been created for a special winter festival which is expected to attract millions of visitors."
The projects include sculptures and ice-block buildings.
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