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Having the largest scale of ice and snow art landscape the most numerous ice and snow entertainment items and most beautiful evening ice and snow scenery in the world-Harbin Ice and Snow World Amusement Park incorporates the essence of the ice and snow art and the ice and snow amusement activities. Strolling in the grand and wonderful ice and snow world, tourists can appreciate the highest, the most magnificent and most charming ice and snow view and scenery, and can experience the colorful ice and snow activities, for instance, the snow motorcycle, Carting car, ice rock climbing and cableway sliding, etc, and can also participate in almost ten items of interesting cultural and entertaining activities.......People will feel to be put into a fairy kingdom, enchanted and enticed．

Harbin is famous in China for its cold winter. There are lots of places of interests in Harbin for snow and ski related activities. The Ice Cavings in Harbin attracts millions of travelers to Harbin and the Yabuli Ski Resort is one of the best in Asia. Harbin is also home to quite a large Muslim populations. Among all mosques in Harbin, the Daowai Mosque is the most famous mosque in Harbin. The best time to visit Harbin is winter when the temperature in Harbin might be minus 20 -30 degree centigrade. IslamiChina has summarized the following Harbin Muslim travel tips to our Muslim brothers and sisters to travel Harbin during a short period of time.

Tour Itinerary Planning

For Muslim Business Travelers

If you are in Harbin for a business trip and you have one day free to travel around Harbin, you may visit Harbin’s Ice & Snow World and then ski at Erlongshan Ski Resort. You may join local Muslims at Harbin Daowai Mosque for Salat prayers.

For Muslim leisure travelers

The best time to visit Harbin is winter. It can be extremely cold in Harbin, therefore, you need to pack warm clothing for your Harbin vacation. One of the best Ski Resort in Asia is in Harbin, named Yabuli Ski Resort. Yabuli is located over 100 km away from Harbin, there are hotels inside the resort. You may plan to stay at the Ski Resort for a few days just skiing.

Accommodations

There is no Muslim hotel in Harbin, you may choose to stay at international brand name hotels such as Sheraton, Hilton, Holiday Inns and dine at local Halal restaurants in Harbin.

Halal Restaurants in Harbin

The easiest way to find a Halal restaurant in China is to look for local mosque. Mosque is always located in the center of a Muslim community, no doubt, Halal restaurants can be found around Mosque serving local Halal food. In Harbin, Halal restaurants are also located in other part of the city serving Southeast Asian Cuisine, local Harbin Halal cuisine and Xinjiang Uyghur Cuisine, Lanzhou Beef Noodles can be found in many parts of Harbin.

Mosques in Harbin

Harbin East Mosque (now called Daowai Mosque), Harbin West Mosque, Harbin Guxiang Mosque, Taiping Mosques were constructed since then. By the year 1990, there were seven ethnic groups in Harbin who believed in Islam and the Muslim population in Harbin reached 34664. By 2002, there were eight ethnic groups in Harbin who believed in Islam and the Muslim population reached 40420. Currently there are 20 mosques in Harbin.

Money Exchange

You can exchange traveler's checks or cash at most banks, and most 5-star and 4-star hotels always have a money exchange counter. You can also get a cash advance on your credit card on ATM machine. The exchange rate all over China are the same fixed by Bank of China. To change money, you have to have your passport at hand. If you want to change money in a hotel, you usually have to be a guest there. Sometimes if you are not a guest in a hotel but need to change money there, you can just say a random room number, but this doesn't always work. Remember to keep the exchange slip well because you need this slip to change the Chinese Yuan back to your currency if you do have this need at the end of the tour. At present, the RMB is not exchangeable on the International market, so it is only usable within the country. So when you are changing money, don't change too much, because it is difficult to change back into other currencies. To change RMB back into your home currency, you must retain the exchange slips that are given to you at the bank or money exchange counter.

Harbin is one of the largest commercial cities in Northeast China, local products can be divided into two main categories:Russia food and accessories, Northeast specialty. You can get Russian bread, Russian chocolate, candy, as well as Russian necklace which are relatively cheap in Harbin. In addition, you may also buy tea, paintings and decorations fromRussia and Eastern European countries. Ginseng, pilose antler and mink skin are named the Three Treasures of Northeast China. You can easily find  those things in shops of Harbin. The vacuum-packed Harbin sausage, smoked salmon are also well worth buying. In addition, the Northeast black fungus, mushrooms, dried fruits are available at local food market, supermarkets and large shopping malls.

Central Avenue Pedestrian Street

Harbin, a famous city in the North of China, was identified as a national-level historical and cultural city in 1994. Central Avenue Pedestrian Street is a notable representative and prominent sign of Harbin. Since June 1^st, 1997, being constructed as the first commercial and pedestrian street in China, the Central Avenue Pedestrian Street has become the first-class street in China and renowned overseas at the moment, and it has become a unique cultural charm pedestrian Street, including commercial, tourism, leisure and entertainment. All of that adds a hint of a new charm to Harbin, known as the Oriental Small Paris and the Oriental Moscow.

Central Avenue Pedestrian Street is 1, 450 meters long and 21.34 meters wide (the width of quadrel road is 10.8 meters). All the blocks of Central Avenue Pedestrian Street cover 94.05 hectares (about one square kilometer), east from Friendship Road  to the construction red line of the west side of Jing Wei Street, west from Friendship Road of Tong jiang Street to the construction red line of the east side of Jing Wei Street, south from ShangZhi Street to the construction red line of the north side of Tong Jiang Street, north from ShangZhi Street to the construction red line of the south side of Tong Jiang Street and the plaza of the Flood Control Monument Square.

Around the blocks, there are 17 leisure areas, 18 car parks, 152 Continental classical lamps, 14 turfs (about 2600 square meters), 5 Pieces of sculptures and 3 fountains in total. And there is a monitoring center and 30 cameras were set up for uninterrupted monitoring the whole blocks for 24 hours non-stop to ensure that all types of emergent events can be timely and effective coped with.

Local Specialties of Harbin

Harbin is the largest commercial city in Northeast China. The specialties can be divided into two kinds: the Russian style specialties and local specialties. The Russian style specialties include food and ornaments, such as Dalieba bread, Russian chocolate and violet gold necklace. Those souvenirs are cheap and easy to carry. As to the local specialties, the three treasures in Northeast China may be the first things that rush into your mind. The three treasures in Northeast China refer to ginseng, pilose antler and marten. Visitors should pay special attention in case of being cheated. Besides, Harbin sausage and Smoked Salmon are also nice souvenirs.

Department Stores & Super Markets

Harbin has many shopping stores, such as Churin Company, Harbin Department Store, Jiangnanchun Shopping Mall, Hate Plaza, Manhattan Shopping Mall, New World Department Store and Songlei International Shopping Mall etc. Besides, the city also has a lot of large scale whole sale markets, including Jianshenjie Shoe City, HaxiDressing City and Dafa Wholesale Market. What’s more, there are lots of shopping streets in Harbin, such as Central Avenue Pedestrian Street, Jinjie Underground Commercial Street and Renhe Underground Street.

Harbin Taiping International Airport is an important international airport in Northeast Asia. There are 58 airlines linkingHarbin to large–scale domestic cities and many foreign countries. Harbin Railway Station was firstly established in 1889.Harbin railway station is one of the biggest railway stations in China. It is located in the downtown area of Harbin and is also an important transportation pivot in Northeast China. There are 7377.9 km highways around the city, including 6 country grade highways (838.9km), 8 provincial grade highways (842kn), 41 county grade roads (1782km), 164 rural area roads(2614.6km) and special highways (1300km). The highway cover rate is 13.87 km per hundred square kilometers.

Getting to Harbin by Air

Formerly known as Yanjiagang Airport, Harbin Taiping International Airport is located about 33km (21 miles) away from Harbin and was constructed in 1979 with further expansion between 1994 and 1997. In 1984 Harbin airport was upgraded to an international airport status.

Getting to Harbin by Train

Harbin railway station is one of the biggest railway stations in China. It is located in the downtown area of Harbin and is also an important transportation pivot in Northeast China. Built in Oct 1899, Harbin Railway was one of earliest railway stations built by Russians.

Getting around Harbin by City Bus

Harbin is a key transportation pivot in Northeast China, thus the highway system here is well developed. There are four national highways radiating from Harbin to other regions in China.

Getting around Harbin by Taxi

The taxis in Harbin mainly have three car types: Charade, Jetta and Cherry. The starting fare of Charade is 7 yuan for 3 km, and then 1.6 yuan per kilometer.

Harbin is the most northeastern and coldest provincial capital in China. The city has a long cold winter and a short cool summer. Rainfall here is pretty minimal and even winters are surprisingly dry. The annual average temperature, the highest monthly average temperature and the lowest monthly temperature is 3.5 degree, 23.2 degree and -15.8 degree respectively, and the annual rainfall is 462mm.

Rain will fall between July and August. Snow starts as early as November and the coldest month is January.

It is possible to visit Harbin all year round (it is impossible to stay outside for extended periods of time in winter inHarbin). Most people visit in summer (July-September) for the exceptionally cool weather and in winter (November-February) for the breathtaking Ice Lantern Festival. Harbin offers some of the best ski resorts in China.

Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, is situated in the northeast of China. Harbin is called pearl of Eurasia thanks to its location in the center of Northeast Asia. The Province features a rigid temperate continental monsoon climate, thus honored as Ice City for its long winter and short summer.

Harbin has profound history and was the origin of Jin and Qing Dynasty. Harbin exercises jurisdiction over eight districts, ten counties (country-level cities), with a total area of 53,068 square kilometers and a population of 9.748,4 million, in which 4.642,4 million citizens live in the urban area of 7,086 kilometers. Harbin, as the biggest capital city inChina, is the core of politics, economics, culture, science and tech. and transportation in Heilongjiang Province.

Harbin has a thriving commerce, including the newly established or newly enlarged state-owned retailing businesses. Her commercial networks have come to be composed of 159,000 services, an average of 21 for each thousand people. Harbin city is an important material collecting-and- distributing point and the center of commerce and trade in the northeast of China, with a complete system of purchase storage, wholesale, retail and service management.

Harbin is one of the important industrial cities. Harbin has developed mechanical and electrical industries as its "Pillar" industries, light industry, textile, medicine, foodstuff, automobile, metallurgy, electronics, building materials, chemical industry help to form a fairly comprehensive industrial system. Harbin power Equipment Group Company, Northeast Light Alloy Processing Factory, Cutting and Measuring Tool Group Company, Boiler Plant, and Linen Textile Mill are key enterprises among those of same industries in china.

As one of largest metropolitan cities, Harbin was not only historically famous, but also financially well- known. In the late 1920s, the finance of Harbin is becoming more and more prosperous, mow a super structure of financial facilities, in which the dominant national portions and various other forms coexist peacefully and reciprocally, is in smooth process of formation. The financial and non-banking facilities had developed into a network of 13 subsystems.