Harbin highlights

作者:LI YINGXUE来源:China Daily
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The world's largest ice and snow theme park — Harbin Ice and Snow World

The 26th Harbin Ice and Snow World covers a total area of 1 million square meters and uses 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow. The park replicates iconic landmarks from the 45 countries and regions of the Olympic Council of Asia in ice and snow. It attracted over 1 million visitors in the first 20 days following its official opening on Dec 21.

Asia's largest outdoor public ice rink — Harbin New Area Outdoor Ice Sports Center

Spanning 800,000 sq m, the Harbin New Area Outdoor Ice Sports Center is currently the largest outdoor public ice rink in Asia, featuring the most comprehensive ice sports and athletic facilities.

Beyond ice skating, the venue also hosts ice tug-of-war, snow football, ice obstacle courses, ice bowling and curling.

The world's earliest large-scale outdoor ice lantern art exhibition — Harbin Ice Lantern Art Park

Since its inception in 1963, the Harbin Ice Lantern Art Park has become the world's longest-running large-scale outdoor ice lantern exhibition. It is also recognized as the birthplace of China's ice lantern art form. Held at Zhaolin Park, the exhibition has welcomed 30 million visitors over its 50 editions.

The largest curling sports complex in Northeast China — Harbin Aoyu Curling Sports Center

Covering 20,000 sq m, the Harbin Aoyu Curling Sports Center includes two curling venues with seven international-standard sheets. It hosts the National University Curling Championship, serves as the training site for the national wheelchair curling team and was also the base for China's women's curling team that won gold at the 31st Winter Universiade.

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