Liaoning province, Jan. 7, 2008. The park has prepared snow of 500,000 steres for the upcoming Snow Festival, which kicks off on Jan. 11. (Xinhua Photo)

Visitors pose for photos in front of a giant snow sculpture at the Snow World Park in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning province, Jan. 7, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

(Xinhua News Agency January 9, 2008)