An ice and snow cultural festival will open in Guyang county, Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Jan 1, 2017, in order to boost winter tourism to the county, reports Baotou Daily.

Hosted by the people’s government of Baotou, the two-month festival will run until Feb 28, highlighting ice and snow sculptures, light shows, local food fairs and artistic performances.

An ice and snow cultural festival is to open in Guyang county, Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Jan 1, 2017. [Photo/Baotou Daily]

The festival features ice and snow sculptures designed and engraved by a company with expertise in ice and snow carving from Harbin, Heilongjiang province. [Photo/Baotou Daily]

The festival will cover an area of 300,000 square meters. The ice and snow sculptures will be more than 40,000 cubic meters, and be jointly made by Baotou and Harbin, Heilongjiang province.

The food fair will display well-known local snacks including shumai and chatang, as well as agricultural products and imported goods from Mongolia and Russia.

Also, ice sports will be organized during the festival including snowmobile racing and bumper cars on ice.

Ice slides are to be set up at the festival, which is due to open on Jan 1, 2017, in Guyang county, Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Baotou Daily]

Ice sports will be organized during the two-month festival, including snowmobile racing and bumper cars on ice. [Photo/Baotou Daily]