Tourists appreciate ice lanterns and snow sculptures at the 2006 Ice Lantern Festival in Zhaolin Park, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2006. More than 2,000 craftworks were exhibited during the festival, which attracted more than 50 thousand visitors on Thursday.

The ice lanterns, snow sculptures, and ice labyrinths make tourists come into a fairy snow world during the 2006 Silk Road Snow and Ice Festival in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2006. This year's festival opened in Urumqi Red Hill Park on Wednesday.