Chinese Name: 冰雪大世界 Pronunciation: bīng xuě dà shì jiè
First Founded Time: 1999
Suggested Visiting Hours: 3-4 Hours
Best Visiting Time: December-February
Opening Hours: 11:00-21:30 (Tips: The opening hour will be extended on 31st December; the opening hour may change next year.)
Address: On the north bank of Songhua River, Songbei Avenue, Songbei District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
Building Function: The Ice and Snow World was first held to welcome the Millennium Celebration of the Century Tour in China.
Type of Ticket | Ticket Price |
Adult aged 19 – 64 Visit time: One day |
290 yuan |
Adult aged 19 – 64 Visit time: Two day |
460 yuan |
Early Ticket For adults who purchase tickets to enter the park before 11:00. |
200 yuan |
Concession Ticket 1. Children taller than 1.2meters 2. Children aged younger than 18 |
200 yuan |
Ticket for 31st December Visit time: After 22:00 on 31st December |
160 yuan |
1. Above ticket prices are the Ice and Snow in 2019. The ticket for 2020 is 100 yuan for everyone because of the COVID-19. And the price may change in 2021.
2. Two-day adult tickets can only be used on the day of purchase and the following day, and enter on-site by face recognition. Only by face recognition to enter the park, ID card and QR code are not supported; you can only enter the park through face recognition once per day.
1.Children no taller than 1.2 meters(included);
2.Seniors older than 65 years old.
Harbin Ice and Snow World founded in 1999. Taking advantage of Harbin's ice and snow seasons, it shows Harbin’s ice and snow culture and the charm of ice and snow tourism.
Since 1999, Ice and Snow World has been held annually. Each year, there are different themes, different scenic spots, and different ice and snow landscapes that are created according to the different major events that happened that year. It is characterized by a huge amount of ice and snow. Here, the skilled craftsmen in the “ice city” use wisdom and skill to depict magnificent pictures in the artistic language of ice and snow sculpture.
During the previous Ice and Snow World, the entertainment projects include big slides, mazes, snow battles, skating, and hundreds of entertainment activities to make people have so much fun as to forget to return home. Those facilities are all made among ice and snow.
Previous performances include Korean folk song and dance performances, Russian national ice ballet performances, fireworks, ice sculpture performances, snow-screen movies, and other cultural activities.
In the Ice and Snow World, there are the most ice and snow art sceneries and the most complete ice and snow entertainment projects. It is the best among the same kind of parks. The Ice and Snow World has become a business card of ice and snow tourism in Harbin.
Harbin Ice and Snow World was built in 1999. Since 1999, the project of Ice and Snow World has been held annually. There are different themes each year.
The 6th Ice and Snow World earnestly implements the spirit of the China-Russia Year proposed by the central government. The theme of the park planning is “China-Russia Friendship Year”.
In the 8th Harbin Ice and Snow World, the total planned area and ice and snow consumption reached the largest ever. There are 2,000 ice and snow artworks exhibited in the five-theme area. Many works also reached the greatest ever, such as a 10,000-square-meter skating rink, and a 230-meter long ice slide.
The 9th Harbin Ice and Snow World took “welcome the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games” as the main content, and the theme was "Ice and Snow World, Olympic Dream". The dreamy ice and snow landscapes interpret the Olympic slogan of "One World, One Dream".
The 11th Harbin Ice and Snow World had the theme of "Ice and Snow World, Welcome the Winter Games". Through the new design concept, it combined the ice and snow landscape with sports.
In 2004, Harbin Ice and Snow World was awarded the title of "National Cultural Industry Demonstration Base" by the Ministry of Culture.
In 2006, Harbin Ice and Snow World won the Special Contribution Award for Culture and Art awarded by the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Association in Macau.
On 5, January 2017, the 18th Harbin Ice and Snow World opened to the public. The CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the year of the Rooster had set up a branch venue here, allowing people across the country to feel the charm of the ice and snow in Harbin.
The 34th China-Harbin International Ice Sculpture Competition was held in Ice and Snow World. Artists from all over the world came together and carried out artistic creations, thus producing wonderful and ingenious ice sculpture artworks.
The China Harbin International Ice Sculpture Competition is one of the three international ice sculpture competitions regularly held in the world. It is an important part of the China Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival. The competition generally lasts three days. Usually, it is held from January 6th to 8th every year.
In each event, famous ice sculpture artists from different countries and regions get together to participate in competitions and exchange ideas. So far, it has received representatives from more than 50 countries and regions including China, Japan, Russia, and Singapore, and so on.
This was the first dynamic dome screen cinema in Harbin. It adopts multi-scene, phantom, and fast-paced performance techniques, combined with fantasy 6D technology to show a romantic world of ice and snow. Now, the 6D Cinema becomes the most popular entertainment item in the Ice and Snow World, which really shows the charm of ice city-Harbin.
The grand slide was the most attractive activity in the 21st Ice and Snow World. During 21st Ice and Snow World, 6 ice slides were designed for visitors. Every slide was equipped with a light perception design. When tourists slide, the lights will follow the tourists to gradually light up. Visitors could not only experience the excitement of rapid slide but also enjoy the beautiful ice and snow scenery.
There were different types of ice slides, including single, double, triple, four-person, six-person slides, and children slide.
There were many ice sculptures in Harbin Ice and Snow World. Among them, the main tower called "the Crown of Ice and Snow" was the most magnificent one which was located on the grand central axis of the park.
The completion of “the Crown of Ice and Snow” used nearly 20,000 cubic meters of ice. It was the highest and largest single ice-sculpture landscape in the park.
The main tower was built based on the concept of inheritance, innovation, and development. The appearance is designed with twin towers. The main tower was 40 meters high, which was equivalent to 15 floors.
In addition, the lights of different colors of the main tower also had different meanings. The blue symbolized the snow theme park--Harbin Ice and Snow World; red symbolized the warm invitation to tourists of Ice and Snow World; silver and gold symbolized that the ice and snow are like “the Golden Mountain and Silver Mountain”, which means very precious.
Actually, these four themed castles were the ice sculpture landscape. All of these four castles were built by using ice.
The Slide Castle was a classic item in Ice and Snow World that you cannot miss. In the slide castle, 12 interesting ice slides with different routes had been designed. Tourists can take the ice slide to shuttle through the castle and feel the charm of the ice sculptures. In addition, there were many small viewing platforms in the slide castle for tourists to enjoy the scenery and take pictures.
Visitors could enter the castle from the mazes on both sides of the castle. And they could experience the fun of traveling through the ice maze. At the same time, visitors could also walk to the top platform of the castle to enjoy the snow and ice beauty of the park.
The Bicycle Castle belonged to Byzantine architecture. It was full of exoticism and conveyed hope and beauty. It’s called Bicycle Castle because it’s a parent-child interactive project for tourists. There were not only ice sculptures suitable for taking pictures, but also specially designed ice bike interactive projects. Visitors can ride on the ice, experience the fun of sports, and enjoy the fun of playing with ice.
The Zodiac Castle was a romantic castle with a gothic architectural style. The interior of the castle was specially designed with the sculptured landscape of the Zodiac. The main lighting of the Zodiac Castle was pink, which represented sweetness, dreams, and a bright future. In addition, the fountain in the center of the castle would not freeze even in the weather of minus 40 degrees. It represented eternal love. Every year, couples express their love and make a proposal here.
With the theme of "Ice Dance Miracle", the Ha Bing Show presented a passionate carnival originating from the ice and snow. 35 world-class ice artists from 5 countries performed emotionally on the ice, presenting high-level European-style singing and dancing performances for tourists.
Snow Buddha is a Buddha made of snow and ice. Every year, it is peacefully located in the northeast corner of Harbin Ice and Snow World. Visitors can make a wish and pray in front of the Snow Buddha to express their good wish for the coming year.
It was the gate of Harbin Ice and Snow World. Its design was inspired by the idea that the silk interweaves with snow city. The design of the gate symbolized the ice and snow history of Harbin Ice and Snow World in the past 20 years. It also symbolized the development and inheritance of Harbin's ice and snow culture.
It is a very distinctive ice landscape in Harbin Ice and Snow World Park. The landscape uses icicles as the main structure, combining with sound, light, and electricity. With the rhythm of the music, the lights will change to different colors. The icicles have a wonderful look under different colors of lights.
It is a 360-degree viewing platform, on which visitors can have a full view of the ice and snow landscape in Harbin Ice and Snow World. The viewing platform adopts the "ice edge" design, with sharp edges and corners. As the second-largest landscape in the park, the viewing platform is 30 meters high. Visitors can board a 6 meters high platform to look around the park.
The Dream Big Stage is a Chinese-style building. The most popular outdoor performance "The Rabbit Dance of Ten Thousand People" was performed here. The event was presided by Brother Left and Right, who has 570,000 Tik Tok (a very famous mobile app) fans. Under the ice and snow atmosphere, tourists dance to the passionate music feel the charm of Ice and Snow World.
The Romantic Ice Stage is composed of tens of thousands of light points with variable colors. It is located in the eastern sub-stage of Harbin Ice and Snow World. Combined with the reputation of Harbin Oriental Paris, the stage is designed with the typical European architectural style. Actors present a variety of ice art performances it such as ice ballet and ice waltz.
The Clock of the Century is located on the central axis of the West District of the park. It is the only non-ice landscape left by the Harbin Ice and Snow World from the first to the present. It has a history of 20 years. It has witnessed the development of the Harbin Ice and Snow World. The highlight of this year's Century Clock is the combination of sound, light, and electricity systems. The lights on the surrounding four pillars will rise with the sound of the bell, giving visitors a better interactive experience. Visitors can also ring the bell to pray for health, safety, and happiness in the New Year.
It is a place where there are children's drama and string music performances. Children's drama performances take the image of dolls as the protagonist, combined with stage scenery, music, and popular dances to interact with children on the spot.
String music performances make tourists be closer to classical music and enhance the overall artistic atmosphere of the park.
In some areas of the park, especially the crowded areas, you can see performers wear doll costumes to interact with tourists. They dance, play games with visitors. By doing so, the suffering of queuing is relieved, thereby enhancing the tourist experience.
There are various amusement items in the Ice and Snow World.
The snow circle amusement item has an overall Russian style. The three-dimensional snow circle slides down through multiple slides, allowing visitors to truly feel the fun and excitement of ice and snow entertainment.
It is a paradise for beginners and intermediate skiers. The reception hall of the skiing can accommodate 400 visitors at the same time. And various ski equipment is provided for free. It is opened once an hour. Visitors can choose a time period for the skiing experience according to their schedule.
It was an amusement item suitable for all ages. It was interesting with a very high safety index. The friction of the sledge on the ice rink merged the cheers of the tourists together, making the cold winter full of enthusiasm.
Take tourist bus 1 or 4 and get off at the Bingxue Dashijie Station(Ice and Snow World Station).
Chinese: 请带我去冰雪大世界。English: Please take me to the Ice and Snow World.
If you go to the Ice and Snow World from the Harbin Railway Station, it takes about 30 minutes(about 25 yuan).
If you go to the Ice and Snow World from the Taiping International airport, it takes about 50 minutes(about 80 yuan).