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Visitors walk among large ice sculptures at the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China, on Jan. 6. The annual festival features hundreds of activities related to snow and ice. Picture made available Jan. 7.

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Visitors ride on a horse cart among large ice sculptures at the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China, on Jan. 6. Picture made availabe Jan. 7.

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People slide down an ice slide at the festival on Jan. 5.

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Fireworks explode over enormous ice sculptures at the opening ceremony of the Harbin Internatoinal Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China, on Jan. 5.

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A woman poses for a photograph in front of a large snow sculpture at the Sun Island Park at the festival on Jan. 5.
Castles, creatures and even a sphinx are just some of the majestic ice sculptures on display at China's annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.



If we didnt have global warming, these sculptures would last year around. Damn the evil Republicans, damn them to hell!
Another government brainwashed uninformed, commentor. I suppose if we went into another ice age the republicans and Bush would be blamed.
Simply amazing. An article showing the beauty of winter and it was reduced to political hate in the very first post.
Obviously, someone escaped from the loony bin...
Nice Ice.
The last one is the best, I swear whoever made that tree did a damn fine job.
Gorgeous sculptures -- WOW!
These are amazing. Now break out the icepick and the Jack Daniels.
Very pretty. Bet that ice slide is fun!