Visitors take photos in front of the snow sculptures at Sun Island in Harbin, capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, on Dec 17, 2014. [Photo/my399.com]

Magnificent snow and ice art works of the 27th Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Exposition in Harbin, capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, will open to the public on Dec 20.

As an annual event of the Harbin Ice & Snow Sculpture Festival, this year’s snow exposition features artistic and entertaining works as well as the first winter beer festival.

The beer festival will be held in one of the tourist centers inside Sun Island with indoor temperatures above 15 C. Visitors will be able to have a taste of local Harbin beer while enjoying the beautiful and exquisite landscape of ice and snow at Sun Island.