Harbin is famed as China’s coolest ice city for annual Harbin International Ice & Snow Festival on January 5. Lasting three months from December to February, Series of festival winter activities cover ice lantern Show, ice sculpture competition, alpine skiing, dog sledding, Siberian tiger watching, winter swimming game, ice & snow carnival and firework display…
Ice Lantern Show
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Ice Sculpture
Alpine Skiing
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Dog Sledding
Siberian Tiger Watching
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Winter Swimming Game
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While I have my suspicions about this being a new take on 10-centing (especially since it’s your first post), this does look pretty cool. Now if only it weren’t such a pain for me to go visit China from Taiwan…
I have my suspicions that Harbin’s not in Taiwan.
Was offered a job there, when I was a kid. The ‘ice festival’ seemed to be the main thing they were focussing on to try and get me to take the job. Bad angle if you’re trying to recruit a 22 year old in Manchester in January. ‘Hang on. Ice festival? ICE? FESTIVAL? SERIOUSLY?’
Ended up in Bangkok.
I don’t recommend the Siberian tiger watching. In the middle of the safari they ask the passengers to pay for a live animal to be tossed into the midst of the cats (anything from a duck with clipped wings to a real cow). Really lovely spectacle to watch Chinese cheering for the mutilation of a defenseless animal. :fume:
Also the skiing is not exactly close to Harbin and you have to contend with beginners, who are about 99%, getting in your way.
Harbin otherwise is an interesting city, I’ve been there multiple times, and I hope to get the ice festival one year.
Worth a visit in summer? Ice is for gin and tonics. It has no other function, afaic.
Worth a visit in summer? Ice is for gin and tonics. It has no other function, afaic.[/quote]
Keeps me feeling young.
