Icicles hang from iron chains on the coast of Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, January 13, 2008.

Icicles hang from stones along the sea in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, January 13, 2008.

The icicles were formed when strong winds pushed sea water to the shore, as temperatures fell to minus five degrees Celsius.

(Xinhua News Agency January 14, 2008)