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Breaking the ice
Published: Dec 17, 2025 10:43 PM
Ice pickers harvest the first block of ice this winter in a Hohhot park,  North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on December 17, 2025, marking the start of the city's winter ice sculpture festival construction. Photo: VCG

Ice pickers harvest the first block of ice this winter in a Hohhot park, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on December 17, 2025, marking the start of the city's winter ice sculpture festival construction. Photo: VCG