Work began back on December 1, 2010 for the 27th annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, but the official opening ceremony doesn’t take palce until January 5, 2011 in the capital of China’s Heilongjiang Province. The amazing event will run until February 28, 2011 and includes many winter activities, such as skating, skiing, sledding, ice hockey and curling, but mots of the million plus visitors come for the glorious ice and snow sculptures.