I was asked what is the background picture of this website. The picture doesn’t look to be Chinese or related to China. The picture was taken from the Harbin Ice festival. I went there last year and was amazed at what I saw. In fact my favorite photos of China probably came from this festival. It occurs ever winter and is well worth the 14 hour or so train ride from Beijing. There are three main ice parks in the city with many smaller ones spread out. Here are some pictures from just one of the parks. The odd thing is many Westerners have never heard of this festival; many that have heard don’t go because they don’t like the cold. It is 20 or so below zero, on a good day (Celsius) Enjoy these pictures.
Harbin Ice Festival China 2012
If you want more pictures of the event check them out here at Time Pictures of the event
