Snow-where else like it
City's world-famous winter theme park has grown in both scale and appeal
Since its opening on Dec 21, the 26th Harbin Ice and Snow World, in the capital city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, has welcomed numerous tourists from home and abroad.
With the theme of "Dream of Winter, Love Among Asia", the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park has been expanded from 810,000 square meters to 1 million this winter.
"The park's design and construction fully integrates elements of the 9th Asian Winter Games, creating a more dazzling ice and snow theme park this winter," said Luo Xin, deputy general manager of Harbin Ice-Snow World Co.
A series of activities, including an ice harvesting festival, a new fantasy show, outdoor performances and ice carving competitions, among other events, have been held during the winter.
Gliding down an ice slide more than 500 meters in length, Zhang Jiajia felt like she was flying, and that her one-minute experience had been worth the hour-plus wait in line.
"It's super exciting, and my heart soared with me," said Zhang, a tourist from East China's Zhejiang province, after completing her descent.
