A contestant creates snow sculpture during the 24th Harbin (China) the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 16, 2011. As a traditional activity in the expo, the 12th Heilongjiang Snow Sculpture Compitition will last four days from Dec. 15 to Dec. 18, 2011. [Xinhua/Wang Jianwei]