Images from the April Fool's Day Freeze Party at Jianwai Soho

Images by Simon Lim and Burntbread

Update: Video of the event is available here and here.

According to one of our forum users who attended the event:

Everyone started to gather around Starbucks at about noon and by 12.30pm about 100-150 people had gathered. One of the guys (I presume it was one of the organizers) then counted down from 3 and everyone froze for about 2 minutes. It happened again about 15 minutes later. Amomg people “freezing” normally, there were also more imaginative freezers: pickpockets, fighters, a basketball player, lovers and a busker with guitar. There were no police/security incidents and it went on peacefully with a big cheer at the end. There were numerous photographers and a few camera crews here. All in all a great lunch hour!

Links and Sources
mosh: Video of the "freeze"
6 rooms: Video of the first "freeze"
Youku: Video of the second "freeze"
tbjblog: Freeze Party in Jianwai Soho
Mosh.cn: 愚人节玩定格,我们建外soho
tbjblog: No Pillow Fighting in Beijing