18 couples from Nigeria, Russia and China participated in a group wedding ceremony as part of the 28th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province January 6, 2012.
Eighteen grooms managed to stave off cold feet in this city even though the temperature dropped to minus 20 C on the day they were to get married.
One of northern China's biggest winter attractions, the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, is on the way to Jerusalem, as part of a world tour.
The 13th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will be officially launched on January 5, 2012.
A statue of a swan girl emerges from a snow pile in Sun Island of Harbin, capital city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Dec 12, 2011.
Shangri-La Hotel in Harbin will open its seasonal Ice Palace Restaurant and Ice Bar at the end of December 2011.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC
Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the PRC
Ministry of Culture of the PRC
National Tourism Administration of the PRC
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
People’s Government of Liaoning province
China-Northeast Asia Expo (Expo Affairs Bureau of Jilin province)
Jilin Development and Reform Commission
Jilin Industry and Information Technology Dept
Jilin Science and Technology Dept
Jilin Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office
Jilin Economic and Technical Cooperation Bureau
Jilin Council for the Promotion of International Trade
