National Day is here, what is there to do and see in Harbin?

Harbin is a famous historical, cultural and tourist city in China. It is known as the "Eldest Son of the Republic of China", "Ice City", "Pearl under the Swan's Neck", "Oriental Moscow", "Oriental It is known as "Little Paris" and "Ice City Summer Capital".

The best time to travel to Harbin

The best time to travel to Harbin is December and January in winter.

Harbin is the northernmost metropolis in my country with the highest latitude and the lowest temperature. It has a temperate continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, long and cold winters, short and cool summers, large annual temperature differences, less rain, and concentrated snowfall. The period is from November each year to January of the following year. The annual average temperature is 3.6°C, with January being the coldest, with an average temperature of minus 24.8°C; July being the hottest, with an average temperature of 24.8°C.

The winter in Harbin is covered in snow, which is particularly enchanting. Although the climate is cold, you can see snow and ice everywhere, which is very different from the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and you can see jade and beautiful branches everywhere. Coupled with the local characteristics of ice lanterns, rime and various ice and snow entertainment activities, tourists will fully feel the endless happiness that ice and snow brings to the world.

Recommended attractions for traveling to Harbin in December: Ice Lantern Garden Party, Ice and Snow World, Yabuli Ski Resort, Huatian Wujimi Ski Resort, Jihua Changshou Mountain Ski Resort, Longzhu Erlongshan Ski Resort, Pingshan Shenlu Ski Resort, Moon Bay Ski Resort, Yuquan Hunting Ground.

Must-visit attractions in Harbin

Ice Lantern Garden Party

Under the hands of artists and skilled craftsmen, natural ice has been transformed into pieces of exquisite and vivid works of art. It has become a world of ice and lanterns, a world of ice inlaid with jade and silver, and a sea of ??lanterns.

Ice and Snow World

It brings together the essence of ice and snow art from all over the world and integrates ice and snow entertainment from all over the world into one park. It integrates ideological, artistic, ornamental, participation and entertainment into a magnificent scene. Magnificent, majestic in shape, and incomparably beautiful scenery, it is known as the magnificent "epic picture of ice and snow."

Sun Island Scenic Area

The Harbin Snow Sculpture Art Expo (i.e. Ice and Snow World) is held every year on Sun Island. On the river, ice and snow sports such as sledding, ice sailing, ice skating, and ice hockey are carried out.

Hagia Sophia

The majestic Hagia Sophia constitutes the unique and exotic cultural landscape and urban style of Harbin. At the same time, it is also a historical witness of Tsarist Russia’s invasion of Northeast China. and important relics for the study of Harbin’s modern history.

Amur Tiger Forest Park

The Siberian Tiger Forest Park currently has an adult tiger garden, a cub tiger garden, and a science exhibition hall. The Chenghu Garden covers an area of ??360,000 square meters and is home to 30 wild and colorful tigers. Visitors must take a special coach to roam among the tigers.

Guidelines for Harbin Ice and Snow World

Since its inception, the Ice and Snow World has moved several times, and finally settled in the West District of Sun Island on the north bank of the Songhua River in the third session of 2001. The West District of Harbin Sun Island, including the Ice and Snow World, covers an area of ??2.82 million square meters. Currently, a tourist resort with the Ice and Snow World Four Seasons Park as the leader is under construction. It will focus on the construction of ecological and natural scenery and develop and construct international standard golf courses, water parks, sports entertainment facilities and European style landscapes.

The Ice and Snow World is the leading brand of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival. It was born on the banks of the beautiful Songhua River at the end of 1999. It is held every year. It brings together the essence of ice and snow art from all over the world, integrates the world's ice and snow entertainment into one park, and integrates ideological and ideological aspects. , artistic, ornamental, participatory and entertaining, with magnificent scenes, majestic shapes and beautiful scenery. It is known as the magnificent "ice and snow epic picture".

The 13th China·2012 Harbin Ice and Snow World is the first to create a world-class ice and snow park with the theme of "Linhai Snowfield·Animation World". Different from previous years, the organizers of Ice and Snow World have arranged more exciting ice and snow tourism projects during the day. In addition, the highlights of this Ice and Snow World include innovations such as the world's longest ice slide with a length of 300 meters and a large-scale outdoor live performance at minus 30 degrees Celsius.

Tickets: Discounted ticket price is 60 yuan/person during the day (9:30 to 13:30), 100 yuan/person for adults; discounted at night (13:30 to 21:00) The ticket price is 160 yuan/person and 300 yuan/person for adults.

Ice and Snow World Transportation

1. Tourist bus: departs from Youyi Road and passes through Youyi Road and the highway bridge to the end of Ice and Snow World. The operating hours are from 9 a.m. to 22 p.m.

2. Direct buses: Take No. 29 at the entrance of Suning Appliance on Central Street and get off at Ice and Snow World or take No. 88 and No. 118 tourist double buses

3. Transfer to buses: First take No. 12, No. 14, No. 22, No. 65, and No. 67 to the highway bridge, then transfer to No. 80, No. 85, No. 346 and other buses passing through Ice and Snow World. For vehicles, get off at Ice and Snow World

4. Take a taxi from Central Street, which costs about 20 yuan. It is difficult to take a bus on the return trip, so it is best to choose a taxi.

Guidelines for the Harbin Ice Lantern Garden Party

The art of ice lanterns has new changes every year and is known as "a fairy tale that will never be repeated."

Since 1985, at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival held during the Ice Lantern Garden Party, tourists can not only participate in the Ice Lantern Garden Party and watch various ice sculpture arts, but also participate in sports activities in the Songhua River Ice World, ride ice sails, and play ice games. Ice monkeys, ice skating, watching winter swimming competitions and ice weddings, participating in the Ice and Snow Festival cultural evening and other activities.

The Ice Lantern Garden Party is magnificent and the scenery is charming. Artists in Harbin use the original ice of the Songhua River to create various ice sculptures. Together with modern scientific and technological means, they form ice lantern art with unique northern characteristics.

The Harbin Ice Lantern Garden Party was founded in 1963 and is held every winter in Zhaolin Park. It is a world-famous ice and snow tourist resort, covering an area of ??6.5 hectares, using about 2,000 cubic meters of ice, and more than 1,500 ice landscape works. It is the earliest and largest large-scale outdoor ice lantern art exhibition in the world and has become a local traditional project.

Tickets: 10 yuan before 15:30 during the day and 30 yuan after 15:30.

Transportation: Visitors can take trams 101, 103, and 114 directly to the attractions.