Harbin, China — Liu Yantao and six co-workers start toiling on a frozen river in northeast China before dawn, using hand tools and machines to carve large ice blocks for an annual winter sculpture ...

Viral photographs shared in early 2023 showed authentic ice formations in the shape of flowers on Songhua River in China. In January 2023, a collection of stunning images was shared on Facebook with a ...

Photos tell the story of one season supplanting the other.

If you love all things icy and artistic, you may want to check out these pictures of the Songhua River Ice and Snow Carnival in Harbin, China, from Dec. 29, 2022. While the festival isn't set to have ...

HARBIN – Even as the mercury dropped well below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during a daily ritual in northeast China’s “ice city” of Harbin. The swimmers trained ...

A drone photo taken on Jan. 9, 2026 shows people participating in a "dragon boat" competition on the frozen surface of the Songhua River in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The surface ...

HEILONGJIANG, Northeast China — At 4 o’clock in the morning, with the temperature hovering around minus 27 degrees Celsius, the Songhua River flows quietly under a thick layer of ice. Suddenly, a beam ...

China will invest more than $3 billion over the next five years to clean up the Songhua River, a key source of drinking water for tens of millions of people that was polluted in November by a toxic ...

Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has shut down 110 polluting enterprises to curb pollution in the Songhua River. The provincial government inspected 4,061 enterprises that emit pollution, shut ...

Construction on the first tunnel to cross the Songhua River, a key river in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, will begin in August this year. The 11.5-kilometer tunnel, including a 1.5 ...