1997年1月7日,哈尔滨全国第三届与国际第二届雪雕比赛在松花江太阳岛上隆重举行。此次比赛有来自天津、辽宁、沈阳、安徽、山东、四川、黑龙江、哈尔滨和鸡西市、内蒙古等地的雕塑家。经过三天的激烈角逐,哈尔滨队的《归鸿》获一等奖;沈阳代表队的《天下归一》获二等奖;天津队《冬天的弦律》获三等奖。 1月10,国际雪雕比赛又拉开了惟幕,中国一队(沈阳队)、中国二队(哈尔滨队)、中国三队(天津队)代表 January 7, 1997, Harbin, the third and the International Snow Sculpture Competition held on the Sun Island Songhua River. The competition sculptors from Tianjin, Liaoning, Shenyang, Anhui, Shandong, Sichuan, Heilongjiang, Harbin and Jixi, Inner Mongolia and other places. After three days of fierce competition, Harbin team won the first prize; the Shenyang team returned to the world won the second prize; the Tianjin team won the third prize in winter string. On January 10, the international snow sculpture competition opened another curtain. The first team of China (Shenyang team), the second team of China (Harbin team), the third team of China (Tianjin team)