The 5th f January is the traditional date of the official opening ceremony of a memorable festival that lasts until the end of February and brings stunning ice sculptures in the Sun Island, ice lantern art fair in the Zhaolin Park, winter sports, including apres-ski activities and Ice & Snow World in the west of the Sun Island.
For those who want to discover the beauty of the Harbinese winter, a fine selection of winter tours to Harbin is available. A larger perspective is made possible by the numerous China Travel Packages.
But the experience of this festival is enhanced by emotional and unique art events such as ice and snow carnival, ice and snow film art show, painting exhibition, calligraphy display, photo exhibition, folk song and dance performances, wedding ceremonies on ice etc.