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Harbin Ice and Snow World enjoys the fame of "cradle of the world-famous Harbin Ice and Snow Festivals" for the wonderland of the ice artworks. And the Harbin Ice and Snow Festivals in the Ice and Snow World welcomes millions of tourists from all over the world.
In 1999 the Harbin Municipal Government inspired by its winter landscape decided to create the Harbin Ice and Snow World for the art exhibition to lure tourists to the city. The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival is considered now the largest and one of the most elaborate festivals in the world. The Ice and Snow festival usually begins during the winter and lasts for over a month from January to February.And the Ice and Snow Festival goers are welcomed and presented with five main exhibitions during the event including the Harbin Ice and Snow World Ice Lantern Garden Party Sun Island Scenic Area Yabuli International Ski Resort and Zhaolin Park.
The ice carvings at the Ice and Snow World are internationally known as some of the most intricate examples of ice art. Visitors on their Harbin of China Tours will be able to admire some of the most amazing and spectacular ice-sculpted masterpieces from lavish castles ornate temples to mystical dragons and animals. Each ice sculpture is also design to relate to the thematic elements the festival chooses each year allowing people to glaze their eyes on a variety of cultural references of the region. Highlights for the touring visitor include visiting the attraction at night. Thousands of lights in various colors illuminate these ice sculptures creating a spectacle of fantasy and magic.
Aside from the ice sculptures the ice and snow festival also offers a plethora of entertainment and recreation to your choosing. Visitors may be able to take part in meandering through ice mazes grabbing a drink at the ice bar or even staying overnight with cool accommodations at the Ice Hotel. There are also various recreation activities such as snow fights skating skiing sledding ice archery and ice rock climbing just to name a few.
Don't miss out on this frozen kingdom on your Harbin or China Tour. Ice and Snow World will provide visitors a chilling experienceespecilly during Harbin Ice and Snow Festivals!
Admission Fee:
The admission fee for Harbin Ice and Snow World varies from time to time. Every year curving artists from all over the world come to Harbin to use the ice from Heilongjiang River to make all sorts of ice sculptures. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival will be hold there and the Opening Ceremony always attracts millions of people home or abroad. Thus the authority will raise the ticket price to guide people tour Harbin in a more reasonable way.
During the Ice and Snow Festival and Chinese New Year admission fee will be as high as CNY 330. Tourists pay a visit at this time will feel crowded so that we suggest travelers could avoid the peak time to enjoy a more fascinating tour in Harbin. The admission fee at standard price is CNY 150 per adult and CNY 120 per child above 1.2 meter. Of course it is free for the seniors with a valid proof and children under 1.2 meters.
Transportation:
Harbin is the transportation hub of the Heilongjiang province and the transportation to the Ice and Snow World Festivals is also very perfect.
After arriving at the Taiping International Airport which is located to the west of the Harbin suburban you can take taxi to the downtown center. And the initiate rate is different if you take different taxi the initiate rate for Xiali and Qirui is CNY 7 within 3 kilometers and the former fees is 1.6 for per extra kilometer the later is 1.9. Jieda is CNY 8 within 3 kilometers and 1.9 for per extra kilometers.
And the total fee is about CNY 130 from the Taiping International Airport to downtown center for 1 hour. If you have any questions about the transportation you can contact 0451-82894220 or 0451-82894230.
And then take bus No. 55 80 80Z 119 211 212 213 215 216 219 346 511 or 552 to Sun Island Road Crossing (Taiyangdao Daokou) Station. Then you can easily walk to the Ice and Snow World. Or take bus no. 88 125 or 126 to the Ice and Snow World directly.
Tips:
The thick and warm clothes are necessary. The average temperature during the Ice and Snow Festival is about subzero 22°C(-7F).
The best time for admiring the Ice and Snow Sculpture is at night and the Ice and Snow Sculptures with dazzling light will impress you.
Buy the tickets in advance to save the time for long queue.
Make sure that the camera can still work within low temperature and the extra battery is needed.
From: http://lvpad.com/attraction/Harbin/Harbin-Ice-and-Snow-World/194
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