Made you look!

September 17, 2005 10:43 AM

Chinese Ice Sculptures from an annual contest; nice use of colored ice & colored lights to add another dimension to the sculptures.
posted by jonson (5 comments total)

The Chinese are pretty awesome.
posted by The Jesse Helms at 10:54 AM on September 17, 2005

See also; see also.

I never got to Harbin, but I saw some pretty cool ice sculptures in Beijing. It's amazing what people can do with some dye and a lot of ice. :)
posted by jiawen at 11:19 AM on September 17, 2005

The Third Dimension?
posted by Phantomx at 12:33 PM on September 17, 2005

I've seen tons of ice and snow sculptures before, and although some of the first ones aren't really coloured (it's just the lights), the coloured ones are quite impressive, and nicer than any I've seen in Quebec before.
posted by furtive at 12:55 PM on September 17, 2005

Harbin's winters are pretty much based around ice and all of the things you can do with it. Last time I was up there in the winter, it was -35' C and windy. The streetlamps were made of ice and everyone was walking around at night in a sort of surreal environment that was like the Fortress of Solitude. It was pretty incredible.
posted by taschenrechner at 8:22 PM on September 17, 2005