Every Year This Waterfall In China Freezes Into A Giant 450-Foot Christmas Tree

In the mountains on Linzhou, China, a stunning waterfall freezes into an incredible spectacle every year, attracting tourists from around the country.

The waterfall creates the shape of a frozen tree, or given that it’s close to the holidays and people like to make these kinds of connections, a 450-foot frozen Christmas tree.

Of course if there’s a frozen solid ice fall, there’s a good chance someone is going to try to climb it. In this case the climb was documented in this cool short film, “Searching for Christmas Tree”.

“A university teacher looking to break free from a life of routine and a mysterious frozen waterfall that no one knows the whereabouts, spins this story of seemingly futile quests and ultimately transcending climb. This is also an interesting side look into a rarely seen facet of China, a snapshot of a generation growing up in tandem with China’s fascinating transformation over the past few decades.“

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