Ice harvesting happens every winter on the rivers in northern China. The biggest ice park in Changchun, Jilin, needs 750,000 huge ice blocks every year, and each block is even bigger than a kid-size bed.
To meet the huge demand from ice parks, thousands of farmers or construction workers will gather here in winters, when the temperature falls below -20°C (-4°F), and collect ice on frozen rivers for one or two months.
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00:31 China’s ice harvesting
01:08 500 blocks per day
01:24 How big is the ice?
01:53 How does it work?
03:06 It’s not that dangerous
05:16 His wish
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Producer: Lyn Yang
Videographer: Patrick Wong
Editor: Nicholas Ko
Animation: Stella Yoo
Mastering: Victor Peña
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