Harbin: Capture Ice City's Beauty Through Various Winter Celebrations

Harbin is the capital city of Heilongjiang province. With its high latitude and low temperature, the capital city located in the south of Heilongjiang is known as "Ice City" and "the Oriental Moscow". Locals and visitors are always exposed to various celebrations during the long and cold winter, which offers them great joy.

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Among these events, the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is definitely one of the highlights that you cannot miss. Unveiled on January 5, 1985, the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is the first regional celebration with the theme of ice and snow in China, and is one of the four major ice and snow festivals in the world along with the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, the Quebec Winter Carnival in Canada and Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Norway. With its opening ceremony being held on January 5, the festival continues until the end of February. At the festival, visitors can not only enjoy snow sculptures at Harbin Ice and Snow World, ice lanterns at the Harbin ice lantern fair in Zhaolin Park, but also watch entertainment evening parties and participate in various entertainment programs such as snowmobiles and sleighs.

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In winter, in addition to the famous Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, the fishing festival at Changling Lake and Harbin Ice Collecting Festival are equally wonderful. Thanks to the unique natural environment and abundant fishery resources of Changling Lake, the fishing festival at Changling Lake works on the combination of the traditional folklore of the northeast of China and winter activities. Visitors are given a chance to appreciate fishing scene and go fishing. Moreover, they are able to participate in other activities.

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As the largest ice collecting festival in China, the Harbin Ice Collecting Festival presents both locals and visitors with the process of traditional ice collecting and allows them to know better about the relationship between human and nature. What's more, visitors can enjoy dumplings and fishes to taste the original flavor of the northeast of China. Diverse activities make the Harbin Ice Collecting Festival a highlight in Harbin in winter.