Chinanews.com, Harbin, June 5 (Reporter Wang Lin and Liu Xiju) The "Charming Harbin Summer" cultural tourism activity and the Harbin Wetland Festival opened on the 5th at Harbin Qunli Dejia Wharf, launching "Romantic Spring" and "Summer Songs" The three theme activities of "Colorful Autumn Charm" carry cultural tourism resources, products and festivals in the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn respectively, and promote the development and seamless connection of the cultural tourism industry in Harbin in four seasons.

"Charming Harbin Summer" cultural tourism activity launching ceremony photo by Lu Pin

  Harbin is known as the "Ice City" in winter with ice and snow; in summer, it is also known as the "Xia Du" with green waters and green mountains.

As China's largest original ecologically diverse city and China's capital city with the largest urban wetland area, Harbin strives to build China's first-class ecological leisure resort tourism destination, showing the four seasons and distinctive urban charm.

Actors from China and Russia jointly present a show at the opening ceremony Photo by Lu Pin

  The "Charming Summer in Harbin" cultural tourism activity starts in June each year and ends in the "Eleventh" Golden Week. It is to create an urban summer tourism brand that integrates tourism, culture, economy and trade, exhibitions, sports and other elements.

This year's event launched three chapters: "Romantic Spring", "Summer Songs" and "Colorful Autumn Rhymes", which respectively host spring, summer and autumn activities, forming a closed loop with the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in winter.

  On the same day, the theme activity of "Ten Miles of Songjiang · Ten Thousand Kinds of Customs" Touring the Songhua River officially set sail, launching three themes of "Fashion · Songhua River", "Music · Songhua River" and "Dynamic Songhua River", and creative performances at 7 points along the river Content, create a series of Internet celebrity attractions, and carry out regular river tour activities every day from June to September.

Actors dressed in festive costumes parade on the scene. Photo by Lu Pin

  The "Harbin Wetland Festival" is an important part of the "Charming Harbin Summer" series of cultural tourism activities. This year, with the "One Belt Five Points" as the main line, that is, the "Songhua River" area, it will drive the Sun Island wetland, the riverside wetland, and one lake. The ecological development of the five wet floor blocks of Sandao, Volga Manor and Baiyupao Wetland fully demonstrates the tourism resources of Harbin Wetland.

Tourists watch the trapeze performance by Lu Pin

  At the opening ceremony, the main stage was designed with the original shape of a sailing boat, and the fancy appearance of flying trapeze, motorboat and sailing boat created a visual feast of the trinity of water, land and air.

This event set up three sub-venues, the parade of floats on Central Street, the piano waltz of the Grand Theatre, and the exotic atmosphere of Volga Manor.

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