Harbin holds an ice and snow festival every winter, which attracts many merchants with its unique culture and festival art. For Guangdong fur industry, the northeast market is their hypermarket, and Harbin is the key city for merchants. Recently, Harbin Ice and Snow Festival has been opened. Do you also go to Harbin to experience the northern scenery?
harbin ice and snow festival
The beauty in Northeast China and the scenery in winter are absolutely unique. The cold of MINUS 20~30 degrees Celsius has created a magnificent style different from the fog willow in the south of the Yangtze River. The crystal world full of Qiong Yao is the most charming place in the north. In recent years, the Northeast Ice and Snow Festival has gradually become the best place to go in winter under the strong promotion of the local government and the packaging of travel agencies.
During the Spring Festival from the end of the year to the following year, the colder and more beautiful northeast is the lowest temperature season, but it also produces an alternative northbound activity, which is called the "Ice and Snow Festival" (similar to the Japanese Snow Festival). Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, is the most popular ice and snow festival.
Harbin has the most abundant winter resources. Due to the high latitude and unusually low temperature, the condensed Songhua River provides abundant ice sculpture materials. Harbin will not only launch a series of ice sculpture art exhibitions in the urban area, but also build a large-scale theme park "Ice and Snow World" for tens of thousands of tourists to enjoy the enthusiasm of the north.
The arrangement of the world of ice and snow takes a lot of effort. Harbin's Ice and Snow Festival is well known, which creates amazing sightseeing achievements for the city almost every year. Therefore, the Harbin authorities are working harder every year. In addition to many large ice buildings, they also have entertainment facilities. In order to let tourists enjoy the unique environment in the north, the local ice cubes are fully utilized, and a dream paradise without steel bars and cement is created by lighting and ingenuity.
Ice sculpture activities are mainly concentrated in the "Ice and Snow World" near Zhao Lin Park and Songhua River, but leisure squares in the city center are not idle, including Shangzhi Street, Central Street, Dazhi Street, Jingyu Street, Heping Road and other eight main streets, as well as a series of "Century Celebration Carnival Week" activities, such as a parade of 5,000 people, disco performances by teenagers, singing competitions and so on. During the ice and snow festival, friends in the south should pay attention to antifreeze to avoid frostbite.
Brief introduction of Harbin
Harbin is known as the pearl under the swan. Although the history of Harbin is not long, as a big city compatible with Chinese and Western cultures, there are endless legends and stories in both architecture and culture. Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang Province, the political, cultural and economic center of Northeast China, and an important transportation hub connecting Asia and Europe. Aviation is an important part of Harbin's external traffic, and Harbin Taiping International Airport is the largest airport in Northeast China.
Beautiful sun island
Sun Island: You can take a ferry from Stalin Park to Sun Island. Ticket price 1 yuan. Located on the north bank of Songhua River, it is 6:00- 18:00 in summer, and its opening time is shortened in winter. Park and Friendship Park Pass 10 yuan, Children's 5 yuan.
Sun Island, located on the north bank of Songhua River, is a comprehensive cultural and leisure park. There are different parks planned in the park, among which the most distinctive ones are the Flower Garden, Shui Ge Tian Yun, China-Japan Friendship Garden and so on. Sun Island in winter is even more lively. The unique snow sculpture Art Fair has attracted a large number of tourists, and the Sun Island, which has become a world of ice and snow, is even more beautiful.
Professional tips:
Plants Harbin is rich in plant resources, with a wide variety, concentrated distribution and high economic value. Medicinal plants include Ginseng Radix, Cortex Phellodendri, Lumbricus, Radix Astragali, Fructus Schisandrae, Radix Acanthopanacis Senticosi, Radix Codonopsis, Poria, and Rhododendron. Grassland plants mainly include Cinnamomum camphora and forage grass alkali grass. There are many kinds of wild edible plants 10, such as bracken, Osmunda japonica, Hericium erinaceus, and a large number of edible fungi, such as Hericium erinaceus, hazelnut, Pleurotus ostreatus and auricularia auricula. Wild oil plants include pine nuts and hazelnuts. There are more than 30 species of wild flowers/kloc-0, among which there are more than 20 species with ornamental value, such as Sayuri, Oriental Lily, Lanzhou Lily and Swallow Flower.
Animals Harbin is rich in species and quantity of wild animals. Mammals include the precious Siberian tiger, sika deer, sable, otter, lynx, black bear, wild boar, weasel, gray mouse, fox, raccoon dog, badger and wolf. Birds include storks, black storks, white-tailed eagles, spoonbills, white geese, swans and mandarin ducks, as well as owls, eagles, osporiformes and other raptors. Freshwater fish resources are also very rich, and the economic fish with edible value mainly include Heilongjiang carp, crucian carp, pike, yarrow fish, and more than 40 species of bream, bream and catfish.
Attractive food:
Harbin grease sausage: formerly known as Spanish sausage, also known as Ibans sausage, Harbin smoked chicken is a specialty of Zhengyang Building in Harbin, with a unique flavor.
Boiled corn (including rice): It is sold in every metropolis railway station, bus station and street corner at the price of 1~2 yuan/strip.
Corn fields are everywhere in the northeast, and fresh and rough corn is eaten everywhere. Now a variety similar to waxy corn is produced in Northeast China, which is really the best in corn. Corn kernels are crystal clear and slightly sticky. Chewing for a long time naturally has a faint sweetness, and a corn can reach a meal. At bus stops and other traffic places in Chinese mainland, Obasan sells cooked corn in baskets and covers it with cloth to avoid freezing. Visitors are advised to choose carefully and choose yellow corn as the best choice.
Sausages: major bacon shops or food stores sell by weight.
This is a special sausage in Northeast China, with excellent flavor. It originated in Lithuania, a small Baltic country. This European enema has been introduced to China for a hundred years, and it has spread all over the towns and markets in Northeast China. In any remote country, you can see this kind of shop selling smoked sausages, and they are all homemade. This sausage is bordeaux-colored, sweet and smoky. Compared with sausages in Taiwan Province province, it has no meat, similar to sausages eaten in Eastern Europe and Germany.