Zhaolin Park, Harbin 2018
This video was filmed at Zhaolin Park, Harbin in late Dec 2017, and again in early Jan 2018 by Thomas Clark
Zhaolin Park Ice Sculptures in Harbin,China
Zhaolin Park in Harbin,China during the Snow and Ice Festival in January. Temperature minus 26 degrees Celsius. The ice sculptures are phenomenal.
Preparation of Ice Lantern Festival At Zhaolin Park. Harbin, January 2019.
During the preparation, there is no entrance fee.
Morning At Zhaolin Park. Harbin, January 2019.
During winter there is usually an ice lanterns festival at Zhaolin Park.
ICE PARK - Harbin, China - 2020
This video is about Zhaolin Ice Park in Harbin, China. Filmed on Jan 2nd 2020 #harbin #china #travel
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China/Harbin Part 22
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Harbin is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang province in the northeastern region of the People's Republic of China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties. Harbin is the eighth most populous Chinese city and the most populous city in Northeast China. According to the 2010 census, the built-up area made of seven out of nine urban districts (all but Shuangcheng and Acheng not urbanized yet) had 5,282,093 inhabitants, while the total population of the sub-provincial city was up to 10,635,971.
Founded in 1898 with the coming of the Chinese Eastern Railway, the city first prospered as a region inhabited by an overwhelming majority of the immigrants from the Russian Empire.
Having the most bitterly cold winters among major Chinese cities, Harbin is heralded as the Ice City for its well-known winter tourism and recreations. Harbin is notable for its beautiful ice sculpture festival in the winter. Besides being well known for its historical Russian legacy, the city serves as an important gateway in Sino-Russian trade today, containing a sizable population of Russian diaspora. In the 1920s, the city was considered China's fashion capital since new designs from Paris and Moscow reached here first before arriving in Shanghai. The city has been voted China Top Tourist City by China National Tourism Administration in 2004. On 22 June 2010, Harbin was appointed a City of Music by the UN.
Winter culture in Harbin/China:
Located in northern Northeast China, Harbin is the northernmost among major cities in China. Under the direct influence of the Siberian Anticyclone, the average daily temperature is −19.7 °C (−3.5 °F) in winter. Annual low temperatures below −35.0 °C (−31.0 °F) are not uncommon. Nicknamed Ice City due to its freezing cold winter, Harbin is decorated by various styles of Ice and snow Sculptures from December to March every year.
The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival has been held since 1985. Although the official start date is 5 January each year, in practice, many of the sculptures can be seen before. While there are ice sculptures throughout the city, there are two main exhibition areas: enormous snow sculptures at Sun Island (Taiyang Dao, a AAAAA-rated recreational area on the opposite side of the Songhua River from the city) and the separate Ice and Snow World that operates each night with lights switched on, illuminating the sculptures from both inside and outside. Ice and Snow World features illuminated full-size buildings made from blocks of 2–3 feet thick crystal clear ice directly taken from the Songhua River which passes through the city. The sculptures inside the exhibition ground takes 15,000 workers to work for 16 days. In early December, ice artisans cut 120,000 cubic metres (4.2 million cubic feet) of ice blocks from Songhua river's frozen surface as raw materials for the ice sculptures' show. Massive ice buildings, large-scale snow sculptures, ice slides, festival food and drinks can also be found in several parks and major avenues in the city. Winter activities in the festival include Yabuli Alpine Skiing, snow mobile driving, winter-swimming in Songhua River, and the traditional ice-lantern exhibition in Zhaolin Garden, which was first held in 1963. Snow carving and ice and snow recreations are famous nationwide, especially among Asian countries including Korea, Japan, Thailand and Singapore.
The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is one of the four largest ice and snow festivals in the world, along with Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival, Canada's Quebec City Winter Carnival, and Norway's Holmenkollen Ski Festival.
Every November, the city of Harbin sends teams of ice artisans to the United States to promote their unique art form. It takes more than 100 artisans to create ICE!, the annual display of indoor Christmas-themed ice carvings in National Harbor, Maryland; Nashville, Tennessee; Kissimmee, Florida; and Grapevine, Texas.Wikipedia
Harbin's mystical ice park
Located in central Harbin, Heilongjiang province, Zhaolin Park covers almost seven hectares of land. Every winter, the park transforms into a world illuminated by ice lanterns for the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. When night falls, colorfully lit ice sculptures turn the park into a magical destination.
Zhaolin Park Harbin Internatioanl Ice Carving Contest
Best Attractions and Places to See in Harbin, China
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List of Best Things to do in Harbin, China
Harbin Ice and Snow World
Sun Island (Tai Yang Dao)
Zhongyang Pedestrian Street
Volga Manor
Unit 731 Museum
Zhaolin Park
Harbin Polarland
Sophia Square
Harbin Snow Fair
Ice Festival Harbin
Harbin Ice Festival - Zhaolin Park
The quaint ice festival at Zhaolin Park, Harbin.
Harbin Ice Festival at Zhaolin Park in January 2012
Harbin Ice Festival at Zhaolin Park in January 2012 -3
Harbin Ice Festival at Zhaolin Park in January 2012 -3
Harbin Ice Festival at Zhaolin Park in January 2012 -2
A world of ice and snow in China
(9 Jan 2010)
Harbin - 7 January, 2009
1.Various shots of Harbin covered in snow and ice
Harbin - 6 January, 2009
2. Various shots of the Songhua River in Harbin with ships
3. Zoom out of people preparing for winter swimming
4. Medium of people waving
5. Wide of people jumping into the water and swimming
6. Lower angel of people jumps to water
7. Close of people cheering
8. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Liu Yutang, cold water swimmer:
I like to swim to be healthy and protect myself against disease and old age.
9. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Jiang Xian, cold water swimmer, 55 years old
Winter swimming is a good exercise, I have been doing it for more than 20 years and winter swimming is very good for our health.
10. Wide of Songhua River in Harbin with ships
Harbin - 6 January, 2009
11. Wide of Zhaolin Park , where the international ice sculpture competition is located
12. Wide of flags and ice
13. Various of people working on ice sculptures
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Soren Lyngbye, contestant from Denmark,
I call it ''Crystal face '', the structure comes from snow crystal, you know snow crystal has six fingers, that ''s why I put six fingers and in the middle of it I put a face. I am imagining that this would be kind of king of winter.
15. Various of people working on ice
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chris Uyehari, contestant from the United States:
Geo flames - it''s a flame from the earth. The three flames will be three different components, it means geo flames, earth flames. It''s an abstract piece.
17. Various of people working on ice
18. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Wang Jianhua, ice sculptor from China:
My work is a reflection of life in China''s Army, the PLA (People''s Liberation Army). The piece is called Show Sword and it represents soldiers practicing the bayonet charge, and it mainly depicts military life in the PLA.
19. Zoom out of''show sword'' ice sculpture
20. Various of ice castle and cartoons
Harbin - 6 January, 2009
21. Close of ice sculpture designed to look like the famous landmark in Beijing, the Temple of Heaven
22. Wide of Ice wedding
23. Wide of newly married couples
24. Close of new couple from the Chinese Army, the People''s Liberation Army (PLA)
25. Wide of people watching ice wedding
26. Wide of newly married couples releasing balloons for good luck
27. SOUNDBITE: (Chinese) Zhang Xinjin, Bridegroom
I''m from Harbin, and I''ve been working away as a soldier. I''ve loved snow and ice since I was young, and I''ve always dreamt that I would come back on my wedding day and come back to Harbin to get married and join in the mass ice wedding.
28. Pan of a newly married couple taking photos
29. Tilt down of a newly married couple kissing
30. SOUNDBITE: (English) Benjamin Grayling, Australian tourist:
It''s great, certainly something different. I am proud to be a part of such a special event.
31. Close of a newly married couple having photograph taken alongside Cartoon figures
32. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Zhang Yin, newly wed:
It''s very romantic. We met in Harbin and felt in love in Harbin.
33. Various of sculptures created in shape of cartoons playing music
Harbin - 5 January, 2009
34. Various shots of the opening of the Ice Festival, known as Ice World
LEAD IN :
A cold snap in northern China has thrown daily life into confusion, but is ideal for the International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival.
The annual event in northern China, now in its 26th year, pulls crowds from across China and even a few visitors from overseas.
STORYLINE :
Harbin has gone ice crazy for the city''s annual ice sculpture festival.
Ships along Harbin''s Songhua River are locked in the frozen waters
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China Revealed 110: Harbin Ice Festival
Each year in northern China, a team of 18,000 workers shape nearly 400,000 cubic meters of ice and snow into one of the biggest winter festivals in the world. The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival features three of the world's most astonishing attractions - Zhaolin Park the home of ice art, Sun Island the home of the snow expo and Ice and Snow World the biggest winter theme park on the planet.
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Meeting You Again at China's Harbin Snow Ice Festival 2017
Meeting You at China's Harbin Snow Ice Festival 2017
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Harbin is China's northernmost major city,
with a population in excess of 10 million,
and over 4 million in the city center alone.
Harbin, was originally a Manchu word meaning
a place for drying fishing nets.
Historically, the city has been influenced a lot
by neighbouring Russia,
in particular after the Russian Revolution of 1917,
when the White Russians,
Russians who supported the Czarist state,
escaped the newly formed Soviet Union.
Harbin is known for its very cold winters:
it is at the same latitude as Montreal,
and winter temperatures as low as −38 °C (−36 °F) have been recorded;
in January, temperatures average -24 °C to −12 °C.
By far Harbin's biggest claim to fame,
the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival
is held every year, running from early January
until warm weather erodes the constructions (exact dates vary).
Throughout the city you will find
small ice and snow sculptures during the festival,
however there are three major site with large
ice and snow sculptures on display.
The major sites for the Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival include:
Ice and Snow World west from Sun Island.
Ice Festival, Zhaolin Park
Located in the city center at Zhaolin Park.
Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Fair
Located on Sun Island.
Other
Siberian Tiger Park
There are literally hundreds of tigers in multiple huge pens.
Sun Island.Park
offering a pleasant
to stroll during the warmer months
and on the weekends newly married couples
can be seen taking pictures.
In the winter it becomes part of the snow sculpture festivities.
This is the worlds largest such festival
and runs for one month in late winter each year.
At night the sculpture takes on a new life as coloured lights,
built into the ice, come on, turning the island into a surreal display.
Zhaolin Park.
During the winter this park houses ice sculptures for the festivals,
but during the off season, it is a pleasant stroll as well .
Unbelievable Ice City! CHINA
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Zhaolin Park 兆麟公园
St. Sophia Cathedral 聖索菲亜教堂
New Jewish Synagogue 犹太新会堂旧址
Sun Island (Songbei) 太阳岛
Stalin Park 哈尔滨市斯大林公园
Songhua River 松花江
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ICE & SNOW WORLD EXPO, HARBIN CHINA 2019
The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Chinese: 哈尔滨国际冰雪节; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn Guójì Bīngxuě Jié) is an annual winter festival that takes place with a theme in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, and now is the largest ice and snow festival in the world. At first participants in the festival were mainly Chinese, however it has since become an international festival and competition, with the 2017 festival attracting 18 million visitors and generating 28.7 billion yuan ($4.4 billion) of revenue.
[1] The festival includes the world's biggest ice sculptures.
[2]Officially, the festival starts on January 5 and lasts one month. However, exhibits often open earlier and stay longer, weather permitting. While ice sculptures are erected throughout the city, there are two main exhibition areas:
Sun Island is a recreational area on the opposite side of the Songhua River from the city, which features an expo of enormous snow sculptures.
Ice and Snow World is an area open in the afternoon and at night which features illuminated full size buildings made from blocks of 2–3' thick ice taken directly from the Songhua River. The park usually opens from late December to late February. In 1999, the first Ice and Snow World opened to public to celebrate the millennium. Each year the park has to be rebuild with newly designed ice buildings and snow and ice sculptures. In recent years, the park has been as large as 80 hectares.
During the festival, there are ice lantern park touring activities held in many parks in the city. Winter activities during the festival include Yabuli alpine skiing, winter-swimming in the Songhua River, and the ice-lantern exhibition in Zhaolin Garden.
Harbin is located in Northeast China and receives cold winter wind from Siberia. The average temperature in summer is 21.2 °C (70.2 °F), and –16.8 °C (1.8 °F) in winter. Annual lows of -35 °C (–31 °F) are not uncommon.
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