纪录片《美丽中国》 第57期 风雪塞外（17）（在线收听）

Back in the northeast in mid winter

回溯到东北地区的往昔冬日

the Great Wall still dominates the landscape

长城依旧支配着这块土地

Originally built tokeep outdangerous warriors

最初建立以防范外敌入侵

today it's a little more than a curiosity

如今成为了世界奇观

The Han Chinese whose ancestors built the Wall

先祖筑建了长城的汉族人

now live in great cities like Harbin

现在大多聚居在如哈尔滨之类

far to the north.

的极北城市

Each year the artists of Harbin

每年 哈尔滨的艺术家们

get ready for a special winter celebration

都为了一场特殊的冬季盛会而做准备

Giant blocks of ice from nearby rivers

从临近河道中取来的巨大冰块

undergo a magical transfermation

正被施予一场不可思议的改造

Tourists flock to Harbin from all over China

中国各地的旅客们齐聚哈尔滨

to see the spectacular carvings

来观赏这些壮美的冰雕艺术品

and the ice city that hassprung upall around

一座冰雪之城拔地而起