Zhaolin Park
Finishing my photographic tour of St.Sophia Church, I move on along Zhaolin Jie to its north tip where Zhaolin Park is located.
It was first built in 1906 and its name had gone through change for 5 times till in 1963 it was finalised as "Zhaolin Park".
Zhaolin is the name of a national hero who fought bravely in the flight against the Japanese invaders in 1930s. Later he was assassinated by Guomingdang. In memory of him, the provincial government of Heilongjiang decided to build the park in 1963, hence the name - Zhaolin Park.
The park occupies an area of 84 thandsand square meters. It is a combination of Chinese and western style building featuring China's traditional gardening.
In 1963,at the suggestion and advocation of Harbin Government of that time, the gardeners made over one thoudsand ice lanterns, and dozens of ice flowers naturally by us of washbasin, buckets. They also made the first snow carving works in history - "A new world". All these ice and snow products were on show during the lantern festival in 9163. This caused a stir in the whole city, thus starting the tradition of ice and snow carving festival in Harbin.
Now very year, Zhaolin Park holds a ice and snow carving festival with different theme each year. The Ice Lantern Garden Party is spectacular at night. It can easily take two to three hours to see everything in this spectacle. The ground can be icy and slippery. There are a number of small ice slides. There are many fair rides like a ferris wheel available for fees. Small huts are present with snacks and drinks.
Add: 37 Senlin Jie ( northern tip of Zhaolin Jie ), Daoli District, Harbin
Tel: 0451-82618888
Entry fee: free except for the ice and snow festival ( RMB 100 )
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