Participants race in an ice dragon boat event on the frozen Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province on Tuesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Despite the extremely cold weather and ...

HARBIN, China — (AP) — Even as the mercury dropped below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during an annual ritual in northeast China’s ice city of Harbin.

HARBIN (China), Jan 15 (Bernama ... to be awestruck by the artistic creativity of structures built by a workforce of 10,000 on the frozen Songhua River—a phenomenon that can only be experienced once a ...

Gruff men shout over an angry motor as they float huge blocks of ice towards a rusty conveyor belt on the bank of a frozen river ... mighty Songhua River and deliver it around Harbin, the capital ...

Ice From Frozen River Builds World’s Biggest Winter Park Posted: December 15, 2024 | Last updated: January 5, 2025 A stunning and bitterly cold transformation happens every winter in Harbin ...

Use extra caution. && A man chats with residents in winter clothings as he prepares to swim in a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang ...

Harbin resident Yu Xiaofeng said that winter swimming in her city can be dated back to the 1970s, after locals saw Russian Orthodox faithful being baptized in the river. The city is near the ...

Residents watch a woman jump into a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ...

In Freezing Temperatures, Swimmers in China Plunge Into a River for Health and Joy HARBIN, China (AP) — Even as the mercury dropped well below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen ...