Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, the largest in the world, is mainly composed of two major venues – Harbin Ice and Snow World and Harbin Sun Island. Harbin Sun Island has annually sponsored Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo ever since 1988. Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo (太阳岛国际雪雕艺术博览会) is an important…
“Harbin Ice and Snow World, China” (中国·哈尔滨冰雪大世界) is the brand name of the oft-lauded as one of the major venues for the largest Ice and Snow Festival in the world. Location of Harbin Ice and Snow World The venue is located 3.3 km north of Songhuajiang Road Bridge on the west side of Sun Island…
Plan your Harbin tour in winter? For a first-time visitor, one of the top things to do in Harbin in winter is to watch the local winter swimmers to brave the extremely cold Songhua River and swim basically under 20 degrees Celsius. When originally the Winter Swimming started Harbin? Winter swimming in Harbin is a…
Strolling along Zhongyang Street, having a bite of Madie’er Popsicles at the temperature of -20℃, and playing at Harbin Ice and Snow Happy Valley ( Stalin Park at the north end of Zhongyang Street) are three of the top things to do in winter in Harbin, a unique and exotic experience in Harbin. Meaning of…
Harbin has two major railway stations Plan your Harbin tour? Harbin has two major railway stations – Harbin Railway Station ( the old one ) and Harbin West Railway Station (the new one). Harbin West Railway Station is designed for the high speed trains coming to or out of Harbin while Harbin Railway Station mainly…
Plan your Harbin Tour? Literally ” A Place to Dry Fishing Nets” in Manchu, developed from a small fishing village, Harbin is now an even-expanding industrial city, the capital of the northmost province in China – Heilongjiang. With a diversity of cultures and architecture, Harbin is a magic city worth your 2-3 day exploration. Harbin’s…
Best Time to Visit Harbin Plan your Harbin tour in winter? The best time to visit Harbin is winter! Harbin’s winter is synonymous with Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, the largest and most magical ice and snow carnival in China. Now Harbin Ice and Snow Festival has been reputed as one of the four most…
Plan your Harbin tour? Located in the center of Northeast Asia, Harbin is called the bright pearl on the Bridge of Eurasia Land. The whole city covers an area of 53,100 km. Harbin is originally a Manchu word meaning “a place for drying fishing nets”. It is known for its bitterly cold winters and is…