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An ice lantern is a wintertime work of art widely created in north China. It was originally made for illumination, providing a light source for the life and work of farmers and fishermen of north China on cold winter night. Later, the crystal-clear ice lanterns of all shapes and sizes gradually became a folk art and an ice lantern fair became a folk recreational activity unique to the north. Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang Province, is the birthplace of Chinese ice and snow art. During the Lantern Festival in 1963，the city hosted the very first ice lantern feir in the park, during which over a thousand ice lanterns and dozens of ice flowers made with simple tools like basins and basket for freezing were on display. Later, a large-scale annual ice lantern feir was held each year in Harbin.
