The construction of the Harbin Ice and Snow World 2023 started on Wednesday. As the most important theme park of the annual Harbin Ice Festival, the park has attracted hundreds of millions of visitors since 1999.
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 7, 2022 shows workers collecting ice cubes from the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Ice cubes collected from the frozen Songhua River will be used in construction of Harbin Ice and Snow World Park.
A worker collects ice from the Songhua River.
Workers collect ice cubes from the Songhua River
Harbin ice-collecting workers collect ice from the Songhua River for the 24th Harbin Ice and Snow World on 7 December 2022.