In the heart of winter a dense mist blankets the Songhua River as it winds through Jilin City of northeast China Jilin ...
Despite the frigid temperatures, visitors brave the cold while locals offer warm clothing to combat the chill.
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 province, Tuesday ...
An aerial view of the CNS Liaoning aircraft carrier ice sculpture on the frozen Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Around 100 sculptors and workers ...
Each winter, the industrial city in China's northeast turns into a magnet for those from China's balmier regions wanting to experience the extreme cold and take in the sculptures built from ice blocks ...
The swimmers trained daily throughout the year for this. They first carved out a pool in the Songhua River, breaking the 10-centimeter (4-inch) thick layer of ice that had formed again overnight ...
The Associated Press on MSN19d
In freezing temperatures, swimmers in China plunge into a river for health and joyEven 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.
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