Workers prepare a snow sculpture of Tang Seng, a Buddhist monk from the "Journey to the West" novel, for the upcoming ice and snow festival in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, January 8, 2007.

  

  

Workers prepare a snow sculpture of the Daming Palace from the Han Dynasty for the upcoming ice and snow festival in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, January 8, 2007.

  

  

A labourer works in front of a giant snow sculpture of the titular character in "Gulliver's Travels" for the upcoming ice and snow festival in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, January 8, 2007.