<p>The 32nd Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival opened on January 5, welcoming ten of thousands of tourists to view some of the largest snow sculptures in the world.</p><br /><p>Chief among these icy structures is the Crown of Ice-snow castle, which is made out of 35,000 cubic meters of snow, according to People’s Daily Online</a>.</p><br /><p>These videos, taken by a visitor to Harbin, show the castle and the festival’s other assorted sights and sounds. Credit: Agnieszka Zdziechowska</p>