Xinhua News Agency, Harbin, February 24 (Reporters Yang Siqi and Liu Heyao) "See you next ice and snow season!" "Thank you for your company all winter", "I'm so envious, I'm going to take annual leave again!"... As the weather warms up, the "Internet celebrity" snowman located in the music gallery of Daoli District, Harbin City was demolished on the 24th to say goodbye to tourists.
At the demolition site, accompanied by the roar of hooks, the 18-meter-high snowman disappeared little by little. Many citizens and tourists, with reluctance, recorded their final appearance with their mobile phones. "Snow sculptures are an art that will disappear, and we look forward to meeting each other again!" said Wu Ping, a Harbin citizen.
On December 17, 2024, tourists visited in front of the Great Snowman. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
Wearing a big red hat and a red scarf, she looks cute and has a healing smile... With the "Ice and Snow Hot", the "Internet celebrity" snowman has become a limited surprise in Harbin every winter. It is now the fifth generation and is deeply loved by tourists.
This ice and snow season, the snowman received tens of thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists in 70 days. From the beginning of the construction, 20 people, including traffic police, volunteers, garden staff, etc., have been escorted every day. The demolition took 7 hours, and 6 mechanical vehicles and 15 personnel were used. Many netizens watched the demolition process through live broadcasts on the Internet, and the "cloud farewell" ceremony was full of sense.
According to reports, as early as 2019, after cleaning up the snow, sanitation workers casually piled up a 3-meter-high snowman, which attracted the attention of the Internet, which became the prototype of the "Internet celebrity" big snowman. Since 2020, with the support of the Daoli District Government, the Great Snowman has officially "settled" in the music gallery and has become a popular check-in place and a "top" IP.
Although the snowman is not here, the cultural and creative blind boxes with snowman as the elements are selling very hot. People can "dig" miniature models of snowmen from gypsum, and the hidden model is the prototype of the snowmen in 2019.
The Ice Lamp Art Garden Fair will be closed on the 17th, and the Ice and Snow World and Sun Island Snow Expo will be closed on the 26th... The spring breeze blows across the Songhua River, and the sunlight is getting longer, and the Harbin Ice and Snow Season will come to an end. Looking forward to the next winter, we will go to the ice and snow appointment together.
