Interesting footage has emerged from China of workers harvesting ice and beginning construction work on some kind of ice palace which will house sculptures during an annual winter festival.

The video, filmed in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province last Tuesday, shows construction workers cutting large ice building blocks out of the frozen Songhua River.

It will reportedly take them 15 days to complete the structure and exhibition, before Ice-Snow World opens to the public.

Footage has emerged from China of the 18th winter ice-harvest for the Ice-Snow World starting.

In the video, filmed in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province last Tuesday, a group of people cropping the ice cubes on Songhua River. While, hoes, cranes and trailers are used to help the ice-harvest work.

The ice cubes were used to build ice sculptures for the Harbin Ice-Snow World.

With the start of ice-harvest, the Ice-Snow World was under construction. It would be completed in 15 days.