Harbin, the Ice City; Daqing, the Oil Capital; and Qiqihar, the Crane City, are the main destinations on this route. Harbin was the first city in China to develop ice-and-snow tourism and winter sports, earning it the title of China's ice-and-snow tourism birthplace. Daqing and Qiqihar are abundant in wetlands, lakes, and hot springs. Visitors can enjoy ice lanterns and snow sculptures, go alpine skiing, witness winter fishing, see red-crowned cranes dancing across snowy fields, experience the contrast of "fire and ice" in hot springs surrounded by snow, and try various ice-and-snow recreational activities. They can also savor an array of winter specialty dishes.

Harbin Ice and Snow World

Route Stops

Lao ChuJia → Harbin Ice and Snow Culture Museum → Polar Park → Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo → Harbin Ice and Snow World → Harbin Ice and Snow Carnival → Eastern Dumplings King → Yabuli Ski Resort → Daqing Lianhuan Lake Hot Springs Scenic Area → Beiguo Hot Springs → Sihe Mammoth Ice and Snow Park → Heming Lake Wetland Fishing Festival → Qiqihar Zhalong Nature Reserve → Meilisi Daur District → E'ermenqin Village → Manggetu Village → Ang'angxi Rossiya Street → Shuishiying Manchu Town → Shuishi Forest Hot Spring Resort → Meilisi Lake → Chahannuo Village

Recommended Dishes

Iron pot stew, sweet-and-sour pork, dumplings, Shengli live fish, sticky rice bean buns, pork stew, perilla seed pancake, hand-held mutton, milk-boiled noodle soup, spicy mixed vegetables stewed with tofu, and Manchu Eight Great Bowls

Sweet-and-sour Pork

Sticky Rice Bean Buns

Hand-held Mutton

Featured Events

Harbin Ice Harvest Festival, Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, Lindian Snowfield Hot Springs Festival, Meilisi District Winter Fishing Festival