冰雪大世界是冰雪节的龙头品牌。第3届冰雪大世界移建于松花江北岸，太阳岛西侧。全园布局呈长方形，东西长700米，南北宽300米。它以新世纪“巨龙腾飞，万马奔腾”为主题，利用冰雪特性和多维表现手段，将人文景观与自然景色结合，抽象与具体结合，观赏与游乐结合，突出中华民族传统的历史文化和本市浓郁的地域风情，突出冰雪大世界的思想性、艺术性、参与性和娱乐性，以全新的创意和具有震撼力的景观效果，向中外游客充分展示冰雪艺术的独特感力。整个园区分四大活动区域，设十大主题景区，总用冰量8万立方米，总用雪量12万立方米，总占地面积30万平方米。

THE GRAND W0RLD OF ICE AND SNOW

　　The Grand Wor1d of Ice and Snow is the dragon-head brand of the ice and snow festival. The 3rd Grand World of Ice and Snow will move to the north bank of the Songhua River, to the west of the Sun Island. The park is a rectangular one with 700 meters in length from east to west, and 300 meters in width from south to north. It will take the "flying great dragon and thousands of galloping horses as the main theme, presenting the unique glamour of the ice and snow art to domestic and foreign tourists, making use of the features of ice and snow, by way of multidimensional presentation methods, with combination of humane scenes and natural landscape, combination of concrete and abstract contents, and combination of enjoyment and recreation. Emphasis will be put on the traditional Chinese history and culture and rich glamour of the city with brand new creative ideas, artistic presentation, mass participation, and recreation of the grand world of the ice and snow. The Grand World of Ice and Snow will be divided into 4 zones of activities and 10 theme scenery zones. Totally 80,00O cubic meters of ice and l2O,000 cubic meters of snow will be used. The site will take an area of about 300,O0O square meters.