"The entire opening ceremony venue will be built into an innovative 'reception room' for guests across Asia," said Leng.

"We are striving to extend our imagination and the host's generosity beyond the limit of the performing space," he said.

Nearly 1,000 performers involved in the opening ceremony — who are mainly local college students — have been training and rehearsing for the show for over two months, according to producer Wu.

Despite Harbin's sometimes extreme weather — with temperatures dropping to as cold as minus 20 degrees Celsius during outdoor night drills — the passion and dedication of everyone on the cast have inspired them to keep pursuing perfection in their performances.

"The freezing cold is intimidating, but the passion of every performer and staff member involved has been so uplifting that we've all been bursting with extra enthusiasm to overcome the sometimes punishing weather," said Wu.

"We are fully confident that we will put on a unique and impressive opening show for everyone across Asia to remember."