Despite the frigid temperatures, visitors brave the cold while locals offer warm clothing to combat the chill.

Faced with temperatures dipping to -30 Celsius (-22 Fahrenheit), visitors to China's wintertime resort city of Harbin often make a beeline for stalls selling padded clothing to augment their wardrobes ...

Each winter thousands of Chinese tourists visit the northeastern city of Harbin, where temperatures drop to a chilling -30C, and they often don't realise just how cold the resort will be ...

Despite the frigid temperatures, visitors brave the cold while locals offer warm clothing to combat the chill.

A competitor works on an ice sculpture during the first edition of Heilongjiang Ice Carving Vocational Skills Competition at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang ...

HARBIN, China (AP ... Oddly perhaps for some, frozen ice cream bars are also considered a key part of the visit. Each winter, the industrial city in China's northeast turns into a magnet ...

HARBIN, China (AP): Faced with temperatures ... Oddly perhaps for some, frozen ice cream bars are also considered a key part of the visit. Each winter, the industrial city in China's northeast ...

Oddly perhaps for some, frozen ice cream bars are also considered a key part ... southern China who underestimate the frigid weather in Harbin. “Some of the tourists wear ‘too thin.’ ...

HARBIN, China (AP ... Oddly perhaps for some, frozen ice cream bars are also considered a key part of the visit. Get any of our free email newsletters.

HARBIN, China (AP ... Oddly perhaps for some, frozen ice cream bars are also considered a key part of the visit. Each winter, the industrial city in China’s northeast turns into a magnet ...

HARBIN, China (AP ... Oddly perhaps for some, frozen ice cream bars are also considered a key part of the visit. Each winter, the industrial city in China's northeast turns into a magnet ...