Ice festival freezes fireworks

08 Jan 2015  2033 | World Travel News

HARBIN, CHINA A spectacular ice festival opened in China on Monday but officials cancelled a firework display to allay safety concerns after a deadly New Year stampede in Shanghai.
The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, in the chilly northeast province of Heilongjiang, draws tens of thousands of visitors each year to its enormous ice buildings and sculptures.
But organisers told AFP they had cancelled a firework show originally planned to open the festival because of safety concerns, days after a crush in the Chinese commercial hub Shanghai killed 36 revellers.
inside no 10That disaster happened as people packed into the waterfront Bund to usher in 2015.
The Harbin fireworks were set to be held at a theme park featuring massive and dazzlingly lit ice replicas of Chinese palaces, Russian churches and French cathedrals.
The festival regularly attracts more than 800,000 people during its run. But visitors gave the fireworks cancellation a frosty reception on Monday as the mercury dropped to a piercing minus nine degrees Celsius (16 degrees Fahrenheit).

sourced:traveldailynews.asia 

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