Getting There

From Beijing, it takes about 3 hours to get to the winter festival sites, including the flight to Taiping International Airport (2 hours) and taxi to the sites (1 hour). The airport is about 30 kilometers outside the city. Buses travel between the festival sites and the airport. Most of the trains between Beijing and Harbin are overnight trains that leave in the afternoon and arrive early the next morning.    

What are the highlights to see?

There are three places where travelers can see ice sculptures and lanterns and other winter activities: the Grand World of Ice and Snow for a great variety of snow activities, Sun Island Park where ice sculptures are displayed, and Zhaolin Park for ice lanterns show.