Marilyn exhibit a Ice Sculpture Festival in Harbin
Each year during the Chinese Lunar New Year, which in 2012 will take place on January 23, marks the Festival of ice sculptures in Harbin noreoeste China.
During the long, cold winter months the temperature can drop to -30 º C, which facilitates the creation of carved lanterns in snow and ice sculpture festival developing this fact Harbin has one of the most popular destinations winter season.
The Harbin Ice Festival is one of four international festivals of the world’s largest ice, along with the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, the Quebec Winter Carnival, Canada and Norway’s Ski Festival.
In this edition, star sculpture Festival in Harbin, the ice will be a figure of six feet, actress Marilyn Monroe, recreating the famous pose of ‘The Seven Year Itch’ when the skirt of her dress is lifted the air exiting the culvert.
The statue will be located in one of the oldest streets in the city with 113 years of history from 31 December. The sculpture will be just two meters smaller than laobra the sculptor Seward Johnson, which opened this summer in Michigan Avenue Chicago, United States.
The ice Marilyn exhibit along with other 45 pieces of large size, colored ice that will be exposed in the street at 1,400 meters altitude, organizers said, street built in 1898 by Europeans and considered one of the malls China and famous tourist attraction.
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