12月7日，在松花江上，工人在進行冰面切割準備。當日是大雪節氣，第四屆哈爾濱采冰節在松花江畔開幕，這也標志著冰城哈爾濱進入了采冰季。精彩的采冰儀式和表演吸引了眾多市民和游客參與。[新華社記者 王建威 攝]

Workers prepare to cut ice on the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 7, 2023. Ice cubes collected from the frozen Songhua River will be used in decoration of the city. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)