This picture shows a fane built of snow and ice at "Ice and Snow World" in Harbin. [Photo: runsky.com]

The world's largest amusement park devoted to ice and snow, Harbin's "Ice and Snow World" will be open to the public on December 24 this year, the Official website Xinhua.net reports.

With the theme of welcoming the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the park will narrate the origins and development of the Olympics through a feast of snow and ice.

Visitors will marvel at the charm and joy of the Olympic movement by experiencing various entertainment activities held within the theme park.

The park this year comprise six major scenic spots, covering an area of 400,000 square meters, which consumes a total volume of 120,000 cubic meters of ice and 100,000 cubic meters of snow.

The park can receive an impressive 50,000 visitors at one time.

This picture shows the five rings of the Olympic movement at "Ice and Snow World" in Harbin. [Photo: runsky.com]

(CRI December 4, 2007)