1, sun island scenic spot is located in Harbin city on the north bank of the Songhua river, and the prosperous city across the water, is the national famous tourist summer resort. Area of 38 square kilometers, - protection zone planning and control area of 88 square kilometers, is the river wetland grassland type scenic spots.
2, Harbin Ice World was founded in 1999, by the Harbin Municipal Government in order to meet the Millennium Celebration of the Century Tour of the State of God, give full play to Harbin's snow and ice time and space advantages, and further use of large-scale, large pattern of architecture, and the grand launch of the unprecedented scale of super-large-scale snow and ice art project - Harbin! Songhua River Ice World, to the world to show the northern city of Harbin ice and snow culture and the unique charm of ice and snow tourism.
3, Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, formerly known as the Moscow Mall, was built in 1906, is one of the earliest shopping malls in Harbin. Exactly 90 years ago, after the St. Nicholas Church in Nangang Center Square, a second building, the Moscow Mall, was built on the west side of the square. Building the mall adjacent to the sacred cathedral seemed to provide a place for people returning from Mass to do leisure shopping, combining spiritual and material needs.
Introduction of Harbin Tourist Attractions
Harbin is a modern and attractive city, known as the "Ice City" due to its geography and unique cultural habitat. Attractions such as Central Street, St. Sophia Cathedral and Sun Island Scenic Area are all worth visiting.
Central Street
Harbin top ten must-visit tourist attractions tour guide
Highlights: taste the Russian Western-style food, Mardière popsicles, and enjoy the romantic night view of European style.
Introduction of attractions:
Central Avenue starts from the Flood Control Tower on the Songhua River in the north to Jingwei Street in the south. On both sides of this pedestrian street paved with square stones, there are many European-style buildings in various styles such as Renaissance, Baroque and other styles, which are full of romantic colors. And interesting ice and snow sculptures are everywhere on the street during the Ice and Snow Festival, waiting for you to take photos with them.
As the busiest shopping street in Harbin, the Central Avenue, with its various large department stores, always attracts countless people who love shopping. The famous Huamei Western Restaurant, Portman Western Restaurant and other Russian Western restaurants, as well as the delicious Mardière popsicles are the reasons why many tourists come here, and there are also Russian handicrafts stores, Autumn Forest Food and other specialty stores.
Special Tips:
1. There are many Russian commodity towns on Central Street, where it is more expensive to buy crafts such as nesting dolls and difficult to bargain. May as well go to the St. Sophia Cathedral east of the Turbine Cage Commodity Market to look around, where it will be a lot cheaper.
2. Even in summer, the wind along the Songhua River is quite cool, especially at night when you stroll along Central Avenue or walk along the river, it is best to add a long-sleeved coat.
3. Winter is the peak season for tourism in Harbin, especially during the Ice Festival, the business of Russian restaurants on the Central Avenue is very hot, and you often have to wait for a long time for a table in the evening.
4. There are two post offices in the middle of Central Avenue (one at the entrance of the upper street and the other at the entrance of the west five streets), so you can buy a postcard and send it back as a souvenir.
St. Sophia Cathedral
Highlights: the conspicuous onion-head dome, typical Orthodox style, is a famous landmark in Harbin.
Introduction:
Built in 1907, St. Sophia's Cathedral is a landmark in Harbin, with its conspicuous green onion-head dome. Although this magnificent Byzantine building no longer serves the function of a church, it still attracts crowds of visitors as the prettiest exotic-style building in Harbin.
St. Sophia Cathedral, once the largest Orthodox church in the Far East, is now the best-preserved Byzantine building in China, and although it was renamed the Harbin Museum of Architecture and Art in 1997, locals and tourists alike prefer to call it the Sofia Cathedral. Sofia Cathedral".
The most striking part of the church is the full and huge, up to 48 meters high, onion-head type dome, this typical Russian architectural style roof form, magnificent, comparable to Moscow's Vasily Assumption Cathedral. The walls of the church are made of red bricks with clear water, and the big dome is surrounded by four tent roofs of different sizes, with staircases connecting the floors under the four roofs, and the whole church has four doors at the front, back, left and right sides for entering and exiting. At the top of the main entrance is the bell tower, which contains seven musical bells made of cast bronze (said to have been lost).
Sightseeing Tips:
After the church was converted into an art gallery, it was remodeled internally to reflect the history, present and future of the famous city of Harbin through the display of nearly 1,000 pictures and a sand table of urban planning. After the remodeling, however, the original layout was destroyed and its function as a church has disappeared. You can see in it the experiences and changes of the city of Harbin.
The square in front of the church has a "square dove" and a large series of musical fountains, and locals love to take wedding photos here. Compared with the daytime, the church's night scenery is more beautiful, whenever the night falls, under the support of the lights, the church looks more majestic and mysterious, full of exotic flavor. So it is also one of the most beautiful places in Harbin at night.
From St. Sophia's Cathedral, it is about a 10-minute walk to Central Avenue.
Special Tips:
If you are going to go to shoot the night view of the church in winter, make sure you take precautions against the cold. There are some shopping malls around the square, so if you can't stand it, you can run into the mall to get warm.
Transportation:
Take the No. 1 or No. 5 bus and get off at the "Zhaolin Street" stop.
Sun Island Scenic Area
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Sun Island is an ecological island on the Songhua River, which is a good place for enjoying the snow sculptures in winter, and trekking in spring and summer to avoid the summer heat.
Introduction:
Sun Island Scenic Area is a small island in the center of the river on the north bank of the Songhua River in downtown Harbin, is a piece of lush flowers and trees, elegant and quiet place to relax. The northern area of the scenic area is the Sun Island Park, with several small flora and fauna garden areas and landscape lakes, while the southern part of the area is mainly dominated by art pavilions and Russian-style architectural landscapes.
It's easy to get to Sun Island from the city, either by taking the ferry or the ropeway across the Songhua River. At present, the island is free of charge, into the scenic area need to buy tickets, generally in the scenic area to look around half a day time is enough. Scenic area built with a rich variety of plant species of flower garden, lilac garden, is a good place to enjoy the flowers in the spring trekking and summer heat, suitable for taking pictures, take a walk.
Tour guide:
Wanting to go to the island can choose the sea, land and air three ways, the sea is to take the boat ferry Gu past, land is to take the bus from the bridge past, empty is to take the cable car past.
The scenic area is mainly on foot, you can also picnic in the park, cycling, boating, or you can go to the squirrel island to observe the squirrels up close and interesting life, or to enjoy the swan lake in the swan, mandarin ducks, geese, and other birds in the wonderful body. If you come with children, don't forget to visit the Bumble Bear Land, where there are carousels, bumper cars and other rides that are sure to keep your kids entertained.
The Ice and Snow Art Museum is one of the more famous venues in the scenic area, where you can enjoy ice sculptures modeled after Buddha statues and monumental buildings, as well as play on ice slides and ice mazes, even in summer. There are also humanities attractions and pavilions such as the Northeast Resistance League Memorial Garden, Sun Island Art Museum, Yu Qingcheng Sculpture Garden, Northern Folk Art Excellence Museum, Yu Zhixue Art Museum, and Russian Art Exhibition Hall.
You can also receive a passport-shaped tickets, into the Russian style town stroll, see a variety of simple Russian country houses, residential houses, feel the rich Russian style. In the evening, you can enjoy the Russian song and dance performance in the Russian Royal Golden Theater in the scenic area, and taste the Russian meal at the same time.
Special Tips:
1. The Sun Island Scenic Area is the main venue for the International Snow Sculpture Art Fair from December to January every year. At this time, the scenic area is covered in silver, you can enjoy a variety of snow carved figures, animal carvings, Western architecture and other works of art, all exquisite.
2. Not many restaurants and kiosks in the scenic area, the taste of food and cost-effective and general, it is recommended to bring some dry food and water.
3. Songhua River on the south bank of the flood memorial tower, Daowai seven streets, nine stations, Tongjiang Street and other ferry stations to the opposite side of the river to the Sun Island (dock near the side of the scenic area door), a large boat one-way for about 2 yuan. late November to early April the next year, the period will usually be closed.
Transportation:
The bus stop "Flood Control Memorial Tower (Youyi Road)" has a No. 29 route to the scenic spot, which takes about 40 minutes, with buses departing on the half-hour. You can also take a boat to Sun Island at the Flood Control Memorial Tower and other ferry stations, or take the Songhua River Sightseeing Ropeway to Sun Island at No. 218 Tongjiang Street.
What are the attractions in Harbin
1, Harbin Flood Memorial Tower
Harbin Flood Memorial Tower is to commemorate the people of Harbin City, the victory over the "57 years of flooding" on October 1, 1958 was completed. It was designed by the Soviet designer Bakis Zverev and the second generation of HIT architect Li Guangyao *** with the tower site determined by the then mayor of Harbin City, Lv Qi'en.
2, Sun Island Scenic Spot
Sun Island Scenic Spot is China's only river wetland scenic spot located in the center of the city, is a national scenic spot, national AAAAA tourist attractions, national water conservancy scenic spots, by the Ministry of Construction, "China's Habitat Environment Paradigm Award".
The island is a national scenic spot, national AAAA tourist attraction, national water conservancy scenic area, and was awarded "China Habitat Environment Example Award" by the Ministry of Construction, and "United Nations FOUN Ecological Demonstration Island" by United Nations Friendship Council.
3, Central Avenue Pedestrian Street
Central Avenue was built in 1898, the street north of the Songhua River Flood Control Memorial Tower, south to the Jingwei Street. The street has 71 European-style and imitation European-style buildings, and brings together the Renaissance, Baroque, eclectic and modern styles of municipal protection of 13 buildings.
4, St. Sophia Church
St. Sophia Church was built in March 1907, originally for the Tsarist East Siberia, the fourth infantry division of the church with the army. In the same year, it was rebuilt as an all-wooden church on the basis of the church of the military attaché, financed by Russian tea merchants.
5, Dragon Tower
Dragon Tower that is the Heilongjiang Provincial Radio and Television Tower, belonging to the Heilongjiang Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, its tower is 336 meters high. Dragon Tower was assessed by the National Tourism Administration as AAAA level tourist attractions, is a set of tourism, food and entertainment, advertising and communication, wireless communications, environmental meteorological monitoring is equal to a comprehensive multi-functional tower.
6, Sun Island Park
Sun Island Park is located in the north bank of the Songhua River in Harbin City, Heilongjiang, is a famous summer resort. Sun Island Park is the most important scenic spot on Sun Island, the park has a swan lake, sun waterfall, water pavilion clouds, squirrel island and other landscapes.
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