Beijing Travel Bug

Haerbin (or Harbin) is a place where famous ice festival are held annually starting early January. This is located Northeast China and is the capital of HeiLongJiang. Because it’s near Russia, the architectures are very different than those in mainland China. Influence by Russian colonization, the place has still a lot of Russian translation in stores, billboards.

The Old St. Sophia Cathedral is still well preserved but already made into a museum that shows the civilization of Russian Colony.

It’s supposed to have the coldest temperature with longest winter however when we went there, it was said to have their hottest winter so to speak.

There are different kinds of showcase of snow/ice. From large ice sculpture to lighted ice blocks, they have it all. The huge ice blocks are said to came from the river nearby.

There’s also a famous shopping strip where you can view the Russian architectures though I forgot what’s it called.