World's largest ice and snow theme park opens, igniting China's winter tourism fever

A tourist takes selfies with a parading performer at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 17, 2025. The Harbin Ice-Snow World, world's largest ice and snow theme park, officially opened for the season on Wednesday, unveiling its most spectacular edition yet, featuring landmark attractions, thoughtful services and magnificent ice sculptures across a record 1.2 million square meters of park area. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)