When you really want to visit harbin, you must take more cloth and prepare enough sweater. You must make it 2 pieces of luggage. One is put all your shirts and clothes. Another you must standby a set of very very thick sweater on another bag because when you reach airport then you already can feel the damn cool weather in Harbin.

I finally got a chance to try the -26c degree of the weather in my life. That was cool, really really cool. In my life I haven't try a place like that so cool. I like that place and make me full of memory. Especially eat ice cream at the weather in Harbin!!! If you got a chance to there please try it... :P

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Mr.Kenny Jowen , Japan , 2008-1-30 17:01

We were confused before we went to Harbin about where to see ice and snow sculptures. This marginally improved once we were there. Chinese tourism marketing and newspaper reporting is so vague that it is often impossible to work out what is on, where or when. Ice sculptures can be found all over Harbin during winter, with many just sitting by the roadside. The most spectacular ice sculptures are across on the north bank of the Songhuajiang at "Ice and Snow World", a commercial 'theme park'. For various reasons, we were unable to get there at all during our visit. Note that taxi drivers will simply refuse to take you there during the day. This is obviously mainly a night place, as the sculptures are lit up from inside. In town, Zhaolin Park has some awesome sculptures, but we were particularly irritated at being charged full adult rate for our two children (who are both over 1.2m tall). However, we do believe it is worth it to see these enormous sculptures, including a huge aircraft-carrier, life-size seven-storey pagodas and a 1/4 size submarine. There are hundreds of sculptures in this park. Out at the temple complex at the far northern end of Dong Dazhi Jie, the street outside the temple has a lot of particularly good religious and humorous sculptures, including one of three men sitting on a row of toilets. The ice sculptures along Zhongyang Dajie are a bit tame in comparison to these others. For snow sculptures, the main place is Sun Island Resort (Taiyang Dao) on the north bank of the Songhuajiang, not far from the Ice and Snow World Complex, but these are definitely best seen during the day. They are simply incredible, and once seen will never be forgotten. At Taiyangdao, it is not just the size and quality of the carving, but the artistic merit of the compositions. This is not just 5o foot high sculptures of Mickey Mouse or Mulan: the 200 foot long sculpture of King Neptune surrounded by nymphs, crashing waves and sea-animals was just astonishing.

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Mr.philk lagiselle 2008-1-18 16:02

There is one reason, and one reason only to travel to Harbin in the winter ... that is a most fantastic Ice sculpture festival. When I went it started on January 5th (2000)... be prepared: it's freezing (minus 20 - 30) so don't touch metal or you'll be stuck there till spring! You need to visit at night (it's illuminated) and during the day you can wander through the old streets which have amazing Russian domes.

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Ms.Gillian Mc Laughlin , United States , 2008-1-15 16:56