Ice-collecting ushers in ice-and-snow season in NE China
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A huge and colorful "Ga" (a kind of peg-top which can spin on slippery ice) – measuring over one-meter high and a half meter in diameter proves popular on the frozen Songhua River at the opening ceremony of the 2nd Ice-collecting Festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Dec. 7, 2020. [Photo/VCG]
About 100 caldrons have been set up to cook food for locals and tourists to celebrate the 2nd Ice-collecting Festival. Among the distinctive foods dumplings and fish are most popular. [Photo/VCG]
Children taste the distinctive food on offer at the opening ceremony of the 2nd Ice-collecting Festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Dec. 7, 2020. [Photo/VCG]
Tourists taste the distinctive food on offer at the opening ceremony of the 2nd Ice-collecting Festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Dec. 7, 2020. [Photo/VCG]
Approximately 10,000 people participate in the 2nd Ice-collecting Festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Dec. 7, 2020. [Photo/VCG]
Approximately 10,000 people participate in the 2nd Ice-collecting Festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Dec. 7, 2020. [Photo/VCG]
Approximately 10,000 people participate in the 2nd Ice-collecting Festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Dec. 7, 2020. [Photo/VCG]
Approximately 10,000 people participate in the 2nd Ice-collecting Festival in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Dec. 7, 2020. [Photo/VCG]
The 2nd Ice-collecting Festival is held on the frozen Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Dec. 7. The collecting of the first batch of ice usually marks the start of the ice-and-snow season in Harbin. [Photo/VCG]
People wearing heavy coats and hats have collected the first batch of ice from the Songhua River at the opening ceremony of the 2nd Ice-collecting Festival, ushering in the ice-and-snow season in Harbin. [Photo/VCG]
Ice collectors hold a ceremony before starting to collect the first batch of ice from the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Dec. 7, 2020. [Photo/VCG]
The 2nd Ice-collecting Festival is held on the frozen Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Dec. 7, 2020. [Photo/VCG]