The Harbin International Snow and Ice Festival has been held annually since 1985, officially starting on January 5 and lasting for one month. As the largest and most extraordinary of its kind in the world, this great festival takes place to coincide with the Harbin World Ice and Snow Sculpture Exhibition held in Stalin Park, the Sun Island Snow Sculpture Fair. and the Ice Lantern Fair. held in Zhaolin Park (in the center of Harbin along the Songhua River).

During the festival, many events take place, for example, fantastic fireworks (on opening night), winter swimming, ice hockey games, snow football games, ski races, ice skating races. speed, ice sculpture competition, poetry jamboree, wedding. ice and snow cinematic ceremony and festival. All these events have annually attracted numerous snow enthusiasts from all over the world to visit Harbin.

Today, this festival is reputed to be the world-class Disneyland of ice and snow.

Sun `s Island

Sun Island is located on the north bank of the Songhua River, opposite Stalin Park, known for its summer resort and its winter events. In winter, when snow covers this beautiful island, tourists from all over the world will flock here to ski, make snowmen, bring the horse or dog sleds, sledding, participate in the Snow Sculpture Fair. .. lots of activities you can join. Landing on this island and taking fresh air in the world of snow, you will stay there to enjoy all the things you forget when you return to your hotel.

Ice Lantern Art Fair

Harbin is home to the art of the ice lantern. Started in 1963, it has been successfully held many times at Zhaolin Park in Harbin. This ice lantern art fair is now the largest and oldest of its kind, and the largest outdoor ice lantern art fair with classic traditional programs. Many Chinese state leaders have sung high praise and created 7 Guinness World Records in these years.

The materials for the manufacture of the lantern are from the ice of the Songhua River, water and colored lights. Stacking, building, placing, sculpting, spraying, watering, placing the ice according to different themes and general arrangements in the park, artists from all over the world will show you a myriad of fantastic lanterns before you. Ice building, ice sculptures, ice waterfalls, ice flower beds, ice slide boards, ice calligraphy, miniature ice gardens, ice advertisements, ice flowers, ice mountains … form a wonderful garden Here, wherever you move, what comes to your eyes is the various beautiful lanterns.

If you are lucky, you can take part in the international sculpture competition at Zhaolin Park. But in a word, visit the Ice Lantern Fair not to be missed on your trip to Harbin.

World of ice and snow

The Ice and Snow World camera dates back to 1999 to greet the arrival of the new millennium. With varied themes in each year, it has been reputed as the ice Disneyland of the world.

This year, the Ice and Snow World will be open on December 24, 2007 and will admit 50,000 visitors at the same time. For the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games meeting, the theme of this time will focus on the Olympic Games. Like the theme “Snow world, Olympic dreams” indicates that it will tell the origin and development of the Olympic Games in the language of ice and snow, and show its events from a different angle. The Ice and Snow World will combine snow with sightseeing, entertainment and participation.

This year, Ice and Snow World will cover an area of ​​approximately 400,000 square meters, using ice and snow 120,000 and 100,000 cubic meters respectively. It will consist of six themed scenic areas, namely the Olympic Games Sacred Flame Area, the 2009 University Area, the Holy Olympus Area, the Recreational World Area and the Fuwa Paradise Area. In the garden of the World of Ice and Snow, you will enjoy more than 2,000 scenic points or places of interest, or you can participate in many activities, and in this fascinating world, you will share the glamor and conviviality of the Olympic Games with more people.

In addition, in the garden of the World of Ice and Snow, you will be able to admire the most beautiful, grandiose and enchanting wonders of ice and snow. You can drink in the ice bars, visit the ice inns or hotels, play golf or football on the snow ground, climb rocks on the ice or look for treasures in the ice maze … and if you visit it by the night, you will see a fairyland decorated with colored lights. At that time, your dreams of ice and snow will come true there.

Snow Sculpture Fair

The 20th Snow Sculpture Fair will be open on December 20, 2007. This fair is reported to be the largest in scale and investment in history. Their theme is “French Flavor Condense in Harbin”, so you will see that the sculptures are imitations of French buildings and sculptures. Being artistic, entertaining and participable, it will be a great contest in winter.

In addition, numerous cultural activities and sculpture competitions will take place during the fair. You can enjoy the entertainment programs, the Taiji performance (shadow boxing, twice a day during the fair), the ice dragon boat race, the Heilongjiang Province Sculpture Competition, the National Sculpture Competition and the International Sculpture Competition.

Humanly, at the show, you will get some considerate services. There is a multifunctional tourist service center and convenient and fast-moving facilities; tour guide service, muffled and non-slip shoe covers, coats, souvenirs and guide maps, etc. they are free provided; and you will not shiver in the cold if you take the touring cars with cushioned cushions.