World's largest ice-and-snow theme park opens in Harbin(1/8)

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

The world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, the 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World, officially opened on Saturday. With an overall planned area of 1 million square meters, the park was built using 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow making it the largest in its 26-year history.The park features nine major zones, recreating landmark landscapes of 42 countries and 3 regions that are members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in the form of ice-and-snow structures that can be illuminated at night.

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)