Once upon a time there lived a Bhil in the forest of Varanasi. His name was Gurudruh. He used to hunt wild animals and raise his family.  Once on Shivaratri, he went to the forest to hunt. That day he did not get any hunting all day and it became night. Then he climbed the tree by the lake thinking that if any animal comes to drink water, I will hunt. It was a wood apple tree and a "Shivling" was installed beneath it.  A deer came there. When the hunter shot an arrow at the bow to kill him, the leaves of the tree tree and the water fell on the Shivling. Thus, in the first hour of the night, she was unwittingly worshiped by her. Deer also ran away.  A little later another deer came near the lake. The hunter, seeing him, again shot an arrow at his bow. This time also in the second half of the night, the leaves and water of wood apple tree fell on the Shivling and the Shivling was worshiped. She also ran away like the deer.  After this, a deer of the same family came there, this time the same thing happened and Shivling was worshiped in the third hour. That deer also escaped. 

                                                                                                   Then the deer came to drink water there with his flock and the hunter was very happy to see everyone together and he again put an arrow on his bow, which led to the worship of Shivling again in the fourth stroke. In this way, the hunter remained hungry and thirsty throughout the day and kept awake throughout the night and the four poets inadvertently worshiped Shiva by him, thus completing the fast of Shivaratri. The effects of this fast consumed his sins and he abandoned the idea of ​​killing the deer as soon as the virtues rose. 

Then Lord Shankar appeared from the Shivling and gave a boon to the hunter. That time, during the ear of Lord Rama would come to your house and befriend you. You will also get salvation. Thus, Lord Shiva gave salvation to the hunter due to the unknowingly fasted during Shivaratri.

This festival originated in the Harbin's traditional ice show and garden party, during the winter season, that originated in 1963. However, due to Chinese cultural revolution, the festival was interrupted a number of times. However, during 1985, it was resumed once again at Zhaolin Park, where it was announced to be happening in 1985. This festival, in 2001, merged with Heilongjiang's International Ski festival, and became more famous since.  

The ice festival is a competitive event, with competitors coming from all over the world- United States, Japan, Sri Lanka, Canada, France etc.. building one of the best ice statues ever, making the competition more harder and tougher. At nighttime, these sculptures are  illuminated with a wide spectrum of light showers, making the festival an awesome light and snow show for the spectators. The location of Harbin makes is at southern Siberia, where the average winter temperature lying around -16.6 degree Celsius. Annual low temperatures of around -30 degrees are also not uncommon. 

Fireworks light up the sky on various evenings, creating a beautiful display of lights and colors on land as well as on skies. Various slides, archery events, sports for tourists are also organized.

Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival