The 32th Harbin Ice and Snow Festival 2016

[Benign Persona]

The 32nd Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival opens with a theme "Pearl on the Crown of Ice & Snow" on January 5 in 2016. The festival is featured by 5 category ice snow events & activities of tourism, culture, fashion, trade and sports. It consists of four theme parks: Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo, Harbin Ice and Snow World, Songhua River Ice and Snow Harbin Valley, and the Zhaolin Park Ice Lantern Fair. As well as some new programs at Volgar Mannor and Ying Jie Scenenic Area.

17th Harbin Ice and Snow World is themed as "Ice Sets Silk Road, Snow Shines Dragon River"

28th International Snow Sculpture Art Expo is themed as "Meet at Snow Expo, Dream Back to Harbin"

42th Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair is themed as "Ice Lantern Date, Ice City Impression



More information below will follow the festival to update in time.

Introduction of Event & Activity

Date

Venue

42th Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair

Dec 22, 2015 - Feb, 2016

Zhaolin Park

28th International Snow Sculpture Art Expo

Dec 22, 2015 - Feb, 2016

Sun Island

17th Harbin Ice and Snow World

Dec 22, 2015 - Feb, 2016

Ice and Snow World

30th Harbin International Ice Sculpture Competition

Jan 6-8, 2016

Zhaolin Park

21th Harbin International Snow Sculpture Competition

Jan 4-6, 2016

Sun Island

8th International University Students Snow Sculpture Competition

Jan 4-7, 2016

Harbin Engineering University

22th National Snow Sculpture Competition

Dec 17-20, 2015

Sun Island

32th Ice Festival City Circuit Procession

Jan 5, 2016

Harbin Expo Center to Ice Snow World

32th Harbin Ice Festival Opening

Jan 5, 2016

Harbin Expo Center

32th Harbin Ice Snow Group Wedding Ceremony

Jan 5, 2016

Sun Island

2016 New Year Concert

Dec 31, 2015

Harbin City Concert Hall

2016 Internatinal Children Art Variety Tournament

Jan 5-10, 2016

Harbin Youth Theater

18th International Skiing Festival Opening

Dec 20, 2015

Yabuli Ski Resort

2016 Interantional Winter Swimming Game

Jan 1-5, 2016

Harbin Ice Festival Swimming Venue

Songhua River Ice Snow Happy Valley

Jan 1- Feb.5, 2016

Songhua River

31th Harbin Ice Festival International Trade Fair

Jan 5- 8, 2016

Harbin Expo Center

5th Central Street Ice Sculpture Art and Culture Festival

Dec 25, 2014-Feb, 2016

Central Street

 

[Benign Persona]

these pictures are from last year and the quality is not good, only i know how i took them lol i was cold to death.

 

[AndrewJin]

@Benign Persona Fascinating photos! Are u studying in Harbin now?

p.s. I recommend u insert photos in your reply.
Press "full image".

 

[Benign Persona]

@Benign Persona Fascinating photos! Are u studying in Harbin now?

p.s. I recommend u insert in the photos in your reply.
Press "full image".
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done
and yes i am studing in harbin

 

[AndrewJin]

done
and yes i am studing in harbin

I have never been to the 3 provinces in Northeast China.
I have always dreamt to this region of fairy tales!

 

[Benign Persona]

from this year festival

I have never been to the 3 provinces in Northeast China.
I have always dreamt to this region of fairy tales!
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summer is the best time to visit north east in winter you can only visit the ice festival but its too cold in winter.

 

[faithfulguy]

This is in my bucket list. So many things to do in China.

 

[Benign Persona]

This is in my bucket list. So many things to do in China.

make sure u bring alot of warm clothes when u come to visit this

 

[AndrewJin]

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summer is the best time to visit north east in winter you can only visit the ice festival but its too cold in winter.

Have u been to Mohe? The northernmost county. It is very popular among Chinese tourists, the only place in China where polar lights can be viewed, and of close crazy snow and coldness!

 

[Benign Persona]

Have u been to Mohe? The northernmost county. It is very popular among Chinese tourists, the only place in China where polar lights can be viewed, and of close crazy snow and coldness!

no i havent been there, i have been wuhan, yechang, huang shan, shanghai and harbin where i live.

 

[AndrewJin]

no i havent been there, i have been wuhan, yechang, huang shan, shanghai and harbin where i live.

U mean Yichang? I live in Wuhan.
I think the most famous places in NE China include Changbai Mountains(the volcano lake at sino-Korea border), the coastal city Dalian, forests in Heilongjiang and of course the Russian style Harbin.

 

[beijingwalker]

Annual Harbin Ice and Snow World Festival

 

[Benign Persona]