{"id":226982,"date":"2026-01-08T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/226982\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:12:08","slug":"bangkok-post-four-thai-snow-sculpture-teams-triumph-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/226982\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Post &#8211; Four Thai snow sculpture teams triumph in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thai vocational student teams claimed multiple awards at the 18th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest in Harbin, China on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Of the four participating schools from Thailand, two teams \u2014 Chiangrai Vocational College and Saowabha Vocational College \u2014 shared first prize, according to the Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec).<\/p>\n<p>The annual event, organised by Harbin Engineering University and the China-Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, started on Sunday and concluded on Wednesday in the capital of Heilongjiang province in northeastern China.<\/p>\n<p>The competition drew 49 teams from China, England, Thailand, Portugal, Switzerland, Macau, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The team from Chiang Rai won with their snow sculpture titled \u201cFighting Fish Blooming in the Snowland\u201d. The piece was inspired by Thai betta fish, a symbol of beauty, strength and fighting spirit. The four fish were designed to swim around a globe in a cascading arrangement, representing the process of intellectual growth based on the Buddhist concept of Four Types of Lotus.<\/p>\n<p>The team consists of four fine arts students: Jirapreeya Yananuan, Kanlayaporn Chaiyachomphon, Marisa Baejaeku and Wathirakarn Siriphiboontham.<\/p>\n<p>The four members of the Saowabha College team from Bangkok \u2014 Atikun Thaweewilaisirikun, Aphichoke Chanthana, Thitirat Sangjirang and Panrada Thipphayachan \u2014 won with a piece titled \u201cGoddess of Life \u2014 The Water Giver\u201d. It was inspired by the ways in which water is important for the Thai way of living, rooted in deep cultural traditions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5918559.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Fighting Fish Blooming in the Snowland\u2019(left) and \u2018Goddess of Life\u00a0 - The Water Giver\u2019 (right)\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFighting Fish Blooming in the Snowland\u201d (left) and \u201cGoddess of Life \u2014 The Water Giver\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The first and second runners-up were Ubon Ratchathani Vocational College and Saraburi Vocational College, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>All of the students are due to arrive in Thailand on Friday at 1.55am, with a congratulatory ceremony to be held at Suvarnabhumi airport.<\/p>\n<p>Also in 2025: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/thailand\/general\/2935821\/thai-students-triumph-with-ice-sculptures-in-harbin-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thai students triumph with ice sculptures in Harbin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thai vocational student teams claimed multiple awards at the 18th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest in Harbin, China&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,438,146,124122,85,46,124121,124123],"class_list":{"0":"post-226982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-harbin","15":"tag-il","16":"tag-israel","17":"tag-snow-sculpture","18":"tag-vocational-students"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}