Tips for the Journey to Harbin in Winter

If you plan to visit Heilingjiang Province in winter, then you must “armed heavily down to your teeth”. You cannot be too careful to prepare everything that can keep you warm, such as hat, scarf, respirator, mitten, cotton-padded coat, pants, shoes and socks. But don’t be worry, the heating in house is quite warm.

Finishing the weather, let’s hit the local flavors. Many people from southern China are perhaps not used to the rough food in northeastern China. “ Drinking wine with bowls and gobbling meat with big mouth ” is exactly a vivid reflection of local people’s bold characteristics. If you want to order dishes, be remindful that northeastern restaurant is different with that of south. Big plates with large amount of vegetables—so don’t order too much food and avoid wasting. Here are some recommended dishes: Pot Package Meat, Chicken Braised with Mushroom, Dried Bean curd fried with Pepper, Fried Chrysalis etc.

There are many unique restaurant in Harbin. At night, the stores and restaurant usually close very early, but there are open-all-night pubs on Center Street. If you want to watch local performance, here are two choices: First, song and dance duet on Liu Laogen Stage; Second, lap dancing performed by Russian girls in Moscow troupe.

As “Eastern Paris”, Harbin is influenced a lot by Russian customs, such as in architecture, food. You can arrange the schedule according to your time. After finishing the inner city tourism, if you still have time, you can consider about the following two tours: the famous snow town and the holy land for skiing—Yabuli. After that, you can consider about Mohe, the northmost place of China, according to your schedule and experience how it feels to live in environment of 40 degrees below zero.