Author: Wang Lin

  I am happy when I read a place name, that is--

  Hehehehe Heilongjiang, hahahaha Harbin.

  As a city called "Ha" for short, Harbin has its own voice and laughter.

The inherent humor and graceful demeanor make it a place that people must visit in their lifetime.

  If this life is destined to come, then choose winter to come-is it necessary!

A pair of lovers hug in winter Harbin Zhang Shu/photograph

After three hard winters, I know spring and heat

  At the end of the year, a wave of "New Year's Eve Cold Wave" that quickly freezes China struck, and Harbin topped the list of the "Top 10 Hot Cities on New Year's Eve" cold index-five stars.

  "Huh? It's so cold this year?"

  "Ha! It will be colder next year."

  The Harbin Meteorological Observatory predicts that during the New Year's Day of 2021, the city's lowest temperature will exceed or approach the historically low value since 1961. The lowest temperature in Bayan, Mulan, Tonghe, Yanshou, and Shuangcheng will be -39℃ to -35℃.

The ice-plastic thermometer in Harbin Ice and Snow World/Photo by Lu Pin

  Such "cold day", heating is the "any door" for people to travel through the cold and heat, and the more intense desire to survive is the "cold-proof three-piece set": cotton trousers, cotton shoes, and coat.

  Padded jacket and mink are the standard coats of "Impression of the Northeast". The Guangzhou guy wearing gold-rimmed glasses went to Yabuli for skiing. He wore an ankle-length super-long mink. He opened his arms and slid without buttons. The cloak like Harry Potter went for a ride, fell down and sat on the snowy road for a few rough trips, and the hair was worn out.

Fishermen dressed in fur jackets catch Lupin in winter at Changling Lake, Harbin/Photo

  Today, Harbin’s winter clothing tends to be “anti-trend”. Locals prefer light and fashionable down jackets. Outsiders pay attention to the sense of ceremony when taking photos. Coats and mink are quack and earthy outfits.

Tourists wearing winter clothes eating Madiel popsicles on Central Street Sun Jiaju/painted

  Although wrapped in layers, it is still naked.

Regarding this extreme cold, Harbin people regard it as a courier to be received sooner or later, with one order every year, and the goods arrive at peace of mind; foreign visitors regard it as a blind box that has not been opened, new and unknown, and worth collecting.

Harbin citizens riding in the snow wearing warm winter clothes/photograph by Zhang Shu

  From winter to summer, from north to south, the temperature difference of more than 60℃ permeates the human body.

After experiencing the severe cold of three winters, I know the spring and the heat. The whole life and the cold is not a worthwhile trip.

Enjoy ten miles of silver outfits, and you will be happy in the world

  "Cold Beauty" is lovable because she is not only cold, but also beautiful and interesting.

In winter, Harbin is dressed in sujin, icy muscles and bones. When other places are full of red, willow, green and feasting, she looks like "there are beautiful women in the north, peerless and independent."

The profile face of a beauty carved with snow at the Harbin Sun Island Snow Expo

  Rime and snow hanging is the beauty of the earth, while ice sculptures and snow sculptures are masterpieces.

When I came to Harbin, I found the source of Chinese ice and snow art. This traditional technique carried forward in China is full of "foreign flavor" because of its proximity to the Sino-Russian border.

Harbin Volga Manor Rime

  Thousands of craftsmen built a world-class ice and snow park in only about 15 days. The highlight of Harbin Ice and Snow World this winter is to show the customs of 17 countries with ice sculptures and snow sculptures, creating the ice and snow scene of China's "Belt and Road" construction.

Harbin Ice and Snow World Landscape/Photo by Lu Pin

  The famous city of ice and snow is perfectly integrated with the city of music. The 33rd Sun Island Snow Expo will create the cultural main line of the scenic spot in the form of "music", and the "listenable" snow sculpture landscape movement is "playing".

Landscape of Harbin Sun Island Snow Expo/Photo by Lu Pin

  If Xi’an after the snow has traveled through time and turned into the ancient style and charm of Chang'an, then Harbin after the snow has passed through the space, vividly displaying the unique "exotic customs".

The Sophia Cathedral, the Volga Manor and the European-style Central Street have become more international in their winter makeup.

Harbin Volga Manor Castle Skiing

  To enjoy ice and snow in Harbin, you only need to take local materials. "Ice on the river" is a long-standing folk tradition. Ice and snow entertainment such as ice pumping, ice slides, and snow sledges have become popular.

Harbin Ice and Snow Carnival creates "Jiangshang Paradise" by Lu Pin/photo

  Snow falls on the top of the continuous peak, making Yabuli, the birthplace of China's mass tourism skiing. You can ride on the ski slopes during the day and have a drink under the moon at the cable car bar at night.

Tired of skiing, go to a snow hot spring and take pictures when your hair is frozen and standing upright.

Yabuli Sunshine Holiday Resort International Ski Resort

  The long ice and snow season lasts from January to April of the following year, Harbin is like a natural ice and snow amusement park.

After walking through the ice and snow, looking at ten miles of silver outfits, you can enjoy a simple and happy world.

Snow friends having a drink at the Yabuli cable car bar Photo by Wang Lin

Taste the mixed flavors and realize that plain is true

  Harbin is a "cold beauty", but her heart is enthusiastic.

Since ancient times, the people of Harbin have been able to use large bowls of alcohol and big mouthfuls of meat to drive away the severe cold, which has become the "hardest dish" to entertain guests.

Jiaju's hand-painted "Harbin Food Season" Sun Jiaju/painted

  This "hardness" has two meanings, one is to relieve hunger and hunger.

Northeast iron pot stew everything, swim in the river, picked in the field, raised in the enclosure, marinated in the tank, stewed in a big mess is stewed but not messy, the pig vegetable is fat but not greasy, and the tumbling soup warms the stomach and intestines , The flowing oil drives away the cold.

Six large pot of northeast iron pot stew

  Heilongjiang's famous fish "Sanhua Wuluo 18zi", in winter because of the cold and hoarding fat, the meat quality is more plump than other seasons.

Catfish stewed eggplant, carp stewed cabbage, crucian carp stewed tofu are famous dishes in Longjiang; steamed white fish, fried stewed maha, and thick lips are even more delicious.

Stewed river fish in river water

  The northeast flourishing fire grills everything, the small barbecue with big green sticks, the most social look.

In Harbin, where the summer is short and the winter is long, eating barbecue is the best option for enjoying summer with revenge, and it is also a must to survive the winter tremblingly.

When it's snowing, skewers and dipping pickles are the best match. The dipping sauce is northeast salad, and you can also dip everything.

Home BBQ

  The other meaning of "hard" is the opposite of soft, which is really hard.

In Harbin live broadcast of the Northeast frozen goods market, Beijing netizen Qianli online shopping anchor broadcast the same frozen pear.

The frozen peaches of Q bombs, the sweet and soft frozen persimmons, and the sweet and glutinous frozen bean buns have frozen the nostalgia of Harbin people and hooked the gluttons in the belly of outsiders.

Northeast frozen goods

  Eating cold drinks in Harbin in winter is like eating hot pot in Chongqing in summer.

Eating popsicles at 0°C in the weather of -30°C, drinking beer at -10°C, and igloo hot pot at -20°C... is called "jingjingliang, so cool."

Igloo hot pot Lu Pin/Photo

  The century-old Martier also launched the "Ice and Snow Banquet" this winter, putting "the beautiful scenery of ice and snow" on the plate and eating it.

The salty, hot, sour and sweet taste of the tongue resists the bitter and cold weather. The five flavors are mixed in the food. Only after tasting it will I know that the plain is true.

Mardel Ice Feast Dishes

  Welcome to Harbin in winter. Let me experience the bitter cold of three winters with me, enjoy the ten miles of silver clothing, and taste the five flavors of life. After experiencing the coldest, most beautiful, and most fragrant, you will become harder, more optimistic, and brave.

  Therefore, in your life, you must come to Harbin in winter.