Ice collecting season begins in Harbin

People perform during a folk ceremony marking the beginning of ice collecting season in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 3, 2017. For the coming month, workers will collect ice cube from the frozen Songhua River to prepare for the construction of the Ice and Snow World, where buildings of ice are illuminated by colorful lights. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)