Which city is the nickname of Ice City?

Ice City is another name of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. Harbin is called "Ice City" because it is located in the northeast plain, which leads to cold weather. Moreover, Harbin holds a large-scale ice and snow festival every year to attract tourists to see the grand occasion. Over time, it has gained the reputation of "Ice City". Harbin is also known as Alekin, Oriental Moscow and Oriental Little Paris.

Harbin, referred to as "Ha" for short, was called Shangjing, Huining House and Alekin in ancient times, also known as the Ice City. It is the capital of Heilongjiang Province, a sub-provincial city and the core city of Harbin metropolitan area, and an important central city in Northeast China and an important national manufacturing base approved by the State Council.

Harbin is located in the northeast of China, the center of Northeast Asia. It is the political, economic and cultural center of northeast China. Known as the Pearl of the Eurasian Continental Bridge, the first Eurasian Continental Bridge and the important hub of the air corridor, the starting point of the Harbin-Dalian Industrial Corridor, the central city of development and opening up along the border, the regional central city of Northeast Asia and the "central city of cooperation with Russia".

As of 20 19, Harbin has jurisdiction over 9 districts, 7 counties and 2 county-level cities, with a total area of 53 100 square kilometers, permanent population of107.63 million, urban population of 7.093 million and urbanization rate of 65.9%. Harbin is also a national historical and cultural city, the birthplace of "one country, two dynasties", that is, the birthplace of the Jin Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, and the first capital of the Jin Dynasty is in Acheng, Harbin.