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Harbin (simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱; pinyin: Hāěrbīn; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin; Russian Харби́н, Kharbin) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China.

Harbin is one of the sources of ice and snow culture in the world. Geographically, it is located in Northeast China under the direct influence of the cold winter wind from Siberia. The average temperature in summer is 21.2 degrees Celsius, −16.8 degrees Celsius in winter. It can be as cold as −38.1 degrees Celsius in winter.

The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival has been held since 1985. Although the official start date is January 5th each year, in practice, many of the sculptures can be seen before. While there are ice sculptures throughout the city, there are two main exhibition areas: Enormous snow sculptures at Sun Island (a recreational area on the opposite side of the Songhua River from the city) and the separate "Ice and Snow World" that operates each night. Ice and Snow World features illuminated full size buildings made from blocks of ice. Winter activities in the festival include Yabuli Alpine Skiing, winter-swimming in Songhua River, and the ice-lantern exhibition in Zhaolin Garden. Snow carving and ice and snow recreations are world famous. (From Wikipedia)

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  • Yes it is thank you!!!!

  • It's from a famous movie and I'm pretty sure it's Forrest Gump!

  • Can somebody tell me what the name of the music title is??

  • And the local beer "imaginatively" named Harbin Beer is good.

    After NIBIRU passing, if the legendary death star is not a hoax, the Earth will go into a sort of ice age. The people still around will be able to do even more beautiful sculptures. The human spirit will continue

  • This is such a fabulous video! You did a great job. I would love to visit this beautiful place one day. Thanks!!

  • Fantastic!

  • is somebody able to tell me the name of the music title on this video?

    thanks in advance

    Gisi

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