冰天雪地 (bīng tiān xuě dì): a world of ice and snow

In January, Harbin is a world of ice and snow. Tourists eat popsicles on Central Street, and the white breath they exhale quickly turns to frost.

The rescue team searched for three days and nights in the ice-and-snow-covered valley, and finally brought all the trapped climbers safely down the mountain.

Even though it was a world of ice and snow outside, the room was warm and cozy because the stove was burning. The whole family sat around eating hot pot, chatting and laughing.

This winter, the ice-and-snow landscape of Northeast China attracted tens of thousands of tourists from the south. Seeing such thick snow for the first time, they were so excited that they rolled around in it.

The weather station forecasts heavy to blizzard snow tomorrow, with temperatures dropping to minus twenty degrees. The whole city will become a world of ice and snow, so everyone must dress warmly when going out.