Even as the mercury dropped below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during an annual ritual in northeast China’s ice city of Harbin.

Each winter thousands of Chinese tourists visit the northeastern city of Harbin, where temperatures drop to a chilling -30C, ...

In air temperatures of -13 degrees Celsius (8.6 degrees Fahrenheit), swimmers carved a pool out of the icy waters of the Songhua River in the northeastern city of Harbin. The frigid swim was the ...

Despite the extremely cold weather and strong winds on the frozen Songhua River, an intense ice dragon boat race attracted many residents and tourists in Harbin, Heilongjiang province on Tuesday.

Different from the ice landscapes in other places, most of which are made using artificial ice, the ice sculptures in Harbin are all built with ice formed in nature. On the frozen Songhua River ...

HARBIN, China (AP) — Faced with temperatures dipping to ... the extreme cold and take in the sculptures built from ice blocks carved from the Songhua River, which freezes from late October to late ...

Chen Xia, from the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang, dived into the river even though she was suffering from a cold. She said the waters in her home city were warmer than those in Harbin ...

Celsius (-22 Fahrenheit), visitors to China's wintertime resort city of Harbin often make a beeline for stalls selling padded clothing to augment their wardrobes. Oddly perhaps for some, frozen ice ...

Harbin resident Yu Xiaofeng said that winter swimming in her city can be dated back to the 1970s, after locals saw Russian Orthodox faithful being baptized in the river. The city is near the ...