THINGS TO DO AT HARBIN ICE FESTIVAL

Get up early and drive to visit the Snow Sculpture Exhibition on Sun Island. Every year tourists go there to see all kinds of snow sculptures. Sun Island International Snow Art Expo is the birthplace and the leader of international snow sculpture art. Artist from different countries in the world go there to make amazing snow sculptures. Some of the sculptures are very big. The exhibition continues for 60-70 days. The ice sculptures look beautiful at night too. It is a free activity.

In the afternoon go to the Siberian Tiger Park to see the tigers. It is the largest natural park for wild Siberian tigers in the world. It is a safari-style adventure. There are about six hundred tigers in the park. You can feed the tigers and take photos with them. Tigers sometimes jump on the cars. When a tiger jumps on the car and sits there, a worker throws some meat out of the windows and the tiger leaves the jeep to take it. It costs $14 for adults and $7 for children to enter the park.

You can go to the Central Street. There are many Russian bakeries, French fashion houses and Japanese restaurants.

Every year there is a winter swimming competition at the Harbin Ice Festival. Swimmers swim in the cold water to be the champion. It is usually -18 °C in winter in Harbin. Many local people swim in the cold water of Harbin. They think that it is a very healthy and fun activity.