Amazing scenes at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival

A participant carves an ice sculpture.

People visit the colorful illuminated ice sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow World during the ongoing the 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin city, Chinaon Jan. 6, 2018.

Participants carve their ice sculptures during the 32nd international ice sculpture competition within the 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China on Jan. 6, 2018. Sculptors working in 34 teams from 12 countries are participating in the ice sculpture contest.

Participants carve their ice sculptures during the 32nd international ice sculpture competition within the 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.

People visit the colorful illuminated ice sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow World during the ongoing the 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin city, China.

People visit the Harbin Ice and Snow World, part of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin in China's northeast Heilongjiang province on Jan. 4, 2018.The festival, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually, officially opens on January 5.

People climb up an ice sculpture at the Harbin Ice and Snow World, part of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin in China's northeast Heilongjiang province on Jan. 4, 2018.

Workers put finishing touches on an ice sculpture at the Harbin Ice and Snow World, part of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin in China's northeast Heilongjiang province on Jan. 4, 2018.

People visit the Harbin Ice and Snow World, part of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival.

People visit the ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights at Harbin ice and snow world for the 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin city, China's northern Heilongjiang province on Jan. 4, 2018. Some 180,000 cubic meters of ice and 150,000 cubic meters of snow were used to build the 800,000-square-meter Harbin ice and snow world where the festival will last for about three months.

Workers carve ice sculptures one day ahead of the opening of the 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at Harbin ice and snow world in Harbin city, China's northern Heilongjiang province on Jan. 4, 2018.

A worker carves ice sculptures one day ahead of the opening of the 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at Harbin ice and snow world in Harbin city.

A woman visits the ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights at Harbin ice and snow world for the 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.

The festival will last for about three months.

The event is commissioned by the Harbin Municipal Government and the Harbin Cultural Tourism Group.

The festival officially opens every year on January 5th.

Workers unload ice blocks to carve ice sculptures one day ahead of the opening.

A worker carves ice sculptures one day ahead of the opening.

Workers stack blocks of ice preparing for the opening on Jan. 5, 2018

An excavator passes some of the ice sculptures.

Thousands of people attend the festival each year.