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Visit China’s Arctic in winter - A complete guide to Mohe Arctic Village in December 2008

If you are interested in challenging the limits and challenging the cold in the northernmost part of China, then I suggest you visit during the winter solstice It was time to go to Mohe. On the winter solstice on December 21, 2008, as a vegetable donkey, I traveled in Mohe with several travel companions. I experienced the cold and long nights in the northernmost part of China. The temperature was -36℃~-45℃. At 8 o'clock in the morning Half sunrise and sunset around 3 pm. The sun’s height does not exceed 40° throughout the day. If you are interested, you can take off your shirt and take a photo at the northernmost point. Haha, what a feeling!

Usually there are tour groups in Mohe in Harbin, but it is recommended that you take a self-guided tour because it is cheaper than a group tour. Secondly, you can have more freedom in your itinerary and experience it for yourself!

1. Transportation

Harbin to Mohe

1. Train N41 time 21:55-18:30, 20 hours of travel, 176 yuan for hard sleeper. The price is 276 yuan for a soft sleeper and 85 yuan for a hard seat. The train is a traditional green leather carriage. Boilers are used for heating and boiling water, but the heating and water supply are very good throughout the journey. If you are in good health, you can wear a woolen sweater in the carriage.

2. Since there are many stations along the way and there are many berths reserved for them, it is generally not easy to buy hard sleepers. It is recommended that friends who buy hard seats can get on the train directly from Car 6 and then wait. Wait for the train conductor to make up for your ticket. If you can't make up for it, you can arrange your number in advance. If the situation is good, you can make up for the sleeper berth that night. If the situation is bad, you have to wait until 4 o'clock the next morning to make up for the berth after passing by Jiusan Farm and Nenjiang. Make the most of the day time. Take a rest and take a look at the authentic Northeast plains and birch forests. The sun sets around 3 p.m.

3. When the train reaches the second half of the journey, you will usually find many backpackers. You can discuss with them to travel together to evenly share the expenses of the trip.

4. The train arrived in Mohe at around 6 o'clock, but in winter, it was already very dark.

5. If there is a flight from Harbin to Mohe, you should arrive at Mohe County around 3pm. The full price is about 1,100 yuan.

Transportation in Mohe County

1. The train station is still 3 kilometers away from Mohe County. A taxi usually costs 10 yuan.

2. There is still a distance of 88 kilometers from Mohe to Arctic Village, and the entire journey is covered by tree-lined avenues. There is a bus to Arctic Village at 2 pm every day, and the fare is 15 yuan.

3. If you plan to go directly to Arctic Village, you can contact the driver as early as possible in the afternoon to drive to the train station to pick you up. The cost of chartering a car is 200 yuan. The driver will be responsible for picking you up at the train station, taking you to Arctic Village and settling into a good accommodation (accommodation costs are extra, see below), and will drive you to visit various attractions in Arctic Village the next day. He will be responsible in the afternoon. Send you back to Mohe. If you plan to stay in Arctic Village for one more day, the price will be increased by 100 yuan on the original price.

4. In view of the heavy snow in Mohe County, it is strongly recommended that you ask the driver’s car model in advance. It is best to choose a car (mini-buses are generally rear-wheel drive, and they are not as stable as cars on icy and snowy roads. Please experience it personally. ).

5. The person we contacted at that time was the local driver and tour guide Sister Xu, a middle-aged lady about 40 years old. She was very steady. Her car was a Chery A5 with front and rear disc brakes; her mobile phone Number: 13039901117. There is also a female driver whose surname is Qu. She has a cheerful personality and wears a black mink coat. She is an enthusiastic person. Her car is a Haima. Her mobile phone number is: 1355072478, and her QQ number is: 345737314. These two taxis are basically the best taxis in Mohe County, and the others are Xiali.

6. If you contact the driver in advance, they can come to the station to pick you up. It takes about an hour and a half to drive to Arctic Village. Under normal circumstances, you can't get to Arctic Village until after 8 pm.

2. Accommodation

1. When entering the village, you must pay a village entrance ticket of 60 yuan per person (the cost is at your own expense).

2. There are many hotels in Arctic Village, and there are many regular hotels in the village's business district. However, many hotels are closed in winter (heating costs are too high).

3. If you arrive during the peak season, it is sometimes difficult to find a room, so it is best to make a reservation in advance. However, the driver will usually be responsible for helping you find a place to stay.

4. It is recommended that you stay in a farm hotel, there are many, and they are very clean. The approximate cost is: 160-200 yuan per room, private bathroom, fire pit: 120 yuan (can sleep four people, private bathroom) .

5. We stayed at a festive farmhouse in the village, very close to the border with Heilongjiang. The owner, Jin Rui, was a beautiful, capable, and enthusiastic Northeastern girl, and her father was an honest and honest local farmer. The hut was very clean. We chose a heated kang room for 4 people. The hut was not big, but it was very warm. Jin Rui’s mobile phone number: 13555098398 0457-2826568

6. Meal: The above fees are only accommodation fees. For meals, the boss will cook farm-style dishes according to your requirements, and the cost is not high. Our group of 4 spent 200 yuan each for 2 days, including one local game meal (local fish + roe deer meat).

7. The driver takes care of his own food and accommodation, so we don’t need to worry about it.

3. Equipment guidance

1. The temperature in Mohe in winter is -36℃～-45℃. It is fine if there is no wind, but it will be worse if there is wind. , Fortunately, there was no wind during the two days of winter solstice when we visited.

2. My personal clothing: warm clothes and trousers, cotton coat and trousers, a woolen sweater, a down jacket with a hood, jeans, two pairs of thick woolen socks, thick-soled hiking shoes, and a pair of string gloves , a pair of leather gloves, and a robbery hat (available in shops in the village’s business district). It would be best if you have a snow cover to prevent snow from entering when walking on snow. Hot Baby: Harbin Carrefour 2.9 yuan/sticker (stick it on the body where it is easy to get cold, it can last for 12 hours). Of course, you don’t need to read this paragraph...

3. Don’t cover your mouth and nose with a hat for a long time. The water vapor you breathe will often frost on the hat, which will make it even colder. You should remove it from time to time. Lift the hat to keep it dry.

4. It is recommended to carry a portable card machine with the camera to keep it warm. Low temperature has a great impact on the battery life of the camera. Basically, we take it out when taking pictures and put it in a cotton jacket after taking pictures. The same goes for Dv players. The canon SLR cameras of two travel companions fell down after working outdoors for a long time. Haha! gloating... despise yourself. Of course, it is best to bring two, one with a card and one with a professional, so that you can take some high-quality photos when encountering important landscapes.

5. If you bring MP3, I personally recommend recording the following songs in advance: the album "Nordic Four Seasons-Winter", Hackberry "White Birch Forest", Han Lei "Is there Northern Wilderness in the Sky"

4. Travel Guide

Arrive at Arctic Village, arrange your equipment and accommodation, and start planning your travel route.

1. After making good arrangements for the night and ordering a meal from the shop owner, you can first go out for a walk with all your equipment. First, you can see the stars in the sky and the beautiful Milky Way without the light pollution of the city. Secondly, you can check the cold-proof performance of your equipment!

2. The night sky is beautiful. Use a long exposure time to capture the starry sky. The Big Dipper, Orion, and the White Bird (the Grand Cross, the one on Saint Seiya Glacier) are all clearly visible; it’s a pity that I couldn’t take a picture with my card camera, so there are gains and losses!

3. Go home to eat, modify equipment, and go to bed. The rest at night is for better play tomorrow;

4. Get up at 7 o'clock in the morning, wash up, and the weather is just right here In the morning, we went out to cross Heilongjiang, took pictures, and saw the beautiful snow scenery. It felt like everything was in a fairy tale world! (It is recommended to get up early and listen to the mp3 in "Nordic Four Seasons-Winter" in the silent snow. The white shell is very impressive!)

5. Crossing the border secretly: The mountain opposite Heilongjiang is the territory of Russia (our homeland). We were very curious about traveling there without a visa. , Haha, we had no choice but to sneak across. The guide strongly opposed it after knowing it, because it was very dangerous in the past. Although there were not many border guards on the other side, if we encountered them on patrol, there would be unimaginable consequences. Many of those found were fined, Deportation and education; according to legend, some locals went there and were beaten to death, and some were directly shot and injured. There are also even more weird legends, saying that some people went there and were arrested, injected with an injection by Russian soldiers, and deported back. The unexplained deaths in the last year... It's so scary. I wonder if they used the drugs used by the KGB on us civilians. This old man is really rich! quack!

6. We walked on the river, but in the end we did not suppress our curiosity and walked onto the land of Russia. We hurriedly took pictures, took some pictures of our hometown, and then hurried back; fortunately we did not eat. Go to the authentic Russian big Leba and Russian-made AK-74 rifle bullets; (Remind everyone, be careful, good luck does not always happen, people who encounter miracles are strange people, and those who look for miracles will become dead people. Do not imitate ! )

7. Come back at 9 a.m., take an intermission, and then take a horse-drawn sledge to the forest snowfield;

8. The father of the museum owner Jin Rui is in charge of the horse-drawn sledge. They have their own planned routes for people to choose from, with prices ranging from 200 to 400 yuan. The four of us chose the 200 yuan route. We took a sledge to tour the forest and snowfields, felt the pure snow scenery, and went to Beiwang Pass Square to find the northernmost point. There is also the stone tablet "I have found the north!"; look at the No. 138-1 boundary monument, take a group photo, and murder your own camera. You can see the road signs there. The distance between Mohe and Shanghai is 2470 kilometers, and the northernmost Mohe and the southernmost Zengmu The Ansha is 5664 kilometers away and 918 kilometers away from Harbin. It takes about 3 hours to walk all the way;

9. Let me explain: Arctic Village is just an attraction created by commercial tourism, and it is still far away from the northernmost place. In fact, the northernmost point in China is on the main channel of Heilongjiang at 53 degrees 33 minutes and 47 seconds. The northernmost point that can be stepped on in summer is the Wusuli Shoal over there. This bit of knowledge is well known to the locals, but only tourists rarely understand it. They were all confused by copying travel books. Many people are fooled to see the Northern Lights during the Summer Solstice. In fact, you can't see the Northern Lights at all in this corner. It's purely deceiving. You can only see the extreme daylight phenomenon.

As for the winter solstice, you can experience that "my night is longer than the day", and it is much longer;

10. I got home at about 1 o'clock at noon, had lunch, and set off again to the commercial street of the village , see such places as China Unicom, China Mobile, China Post, township government, etc.;

11. The post office gets off work at 4 p.m. You can take the time to go there and send postcards to friends, but the postcards there The price is not very generous. It costs 10 yuan to buy a set of 5 celebrity photos. It doesn’t matter, just be happy. You can also ask the staff there to stamp your card for you, anywhere; haha

12. By the way, I sent the last postcard to myself there. According to my teammates, "You are so talented"

13. There are many shops in the commercial street. Seven Star Square is also very close to the North Pole of China. There are many small Russian-style handicrafts in the store. If you like it, you can buy it. But let me explain that according to my eight years of living experience in Heilongjiang, almost none of those things come from Russia. They all come from Yiwu, Zhejiang.

14. It gets dark very early, and there are basically not many activities at night. If you like, you can try the challenge of walking through the woods on a snowy night. Haha, it’s super scary. You will feel exhausted. , I can’t help it, the snow is too thick, it’s up to my thighs;

15. After dinner, you can drink Jinrui’s blueberry juice, a local specialty, which is said to be delicious and recommended by many traveling friends. You can make me forget about it! Depressed;

16. Get up early on the third day, eat, clean up, and settle the expenses for food and accommodation for two days. Then you can drive out of Arctic Village with the driver, remembering to go to Arctic Village at the entrance of the village. Take photos;

17. The 88 kilometers back is in the daytime, and you can enjoy the boulevards all the way;

18. On the way back, you pass Rouge Valley and Guanyin Mountain, where you can go Look, there is no admission fee anyway, and the driver will wait for you, so don’t leave any regrets for yourself;

19. Personally, I feel that there is nothing interesting to see in Yanzhigou. It records the gold diggers of that year. There is an ancestral hall, but it feels like In summer, the mountains there are worth crossing. As for Guanyin Mountain, I don’t like to rush into the situation, but it’s a ceremonial act to come here and see Guanyin Bodhisattva, and there is a large white birch forest there. You will feel the charm of Pu Shu’s "White Birch Forest" Feeling;

20. Return to Mohe County around 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The driver will take you to see the local specialties. I am not a homebody, so I don't know what the things there are like;

21. Beihong Village is actually further north than Beiji Village. More original wood-carved houses. You can only charter a car to go to Beihong Village. Due to time constraints, we didn’t go there in the end!

22. I didn’t go to Luogu River. Luogu River is also an undeveloped original ecological village full of wood carvings. It is the source of Heilongjiang.

5. Return transportation

The train from Mohe back to Harbin is N42, from 19:27 to 14:20 in the evening. The journey takes about 19 hours. According to the old rules, sleepers are not very easy to buy. But the hard seats are relatively spacious, so we went straight to Car 6 to pay for our tickets. It was smoother and we got a sleeper berth an hour after getting on the train.

Take a nap and arrive at the station! The trip is over!

Wish you all a happy trip!