I visited Harbin's Ice and Snow Festival!

[@gmansingh4916]

The guy singing on the swimming pool is on another lever ✌

[@李斯基-i7y]

Level, I can gecha, absolutely next level

[@yudax5057]

#grammarnazi

[@zhetaolu963]

@@yudax5057 lmao

[@jasonlee148]

Reminded me of eggman xue hua piao piao

[@vanessatian6700]

@@jasonlee148 DEAD

[@tamterence5561]

when I was a child growing up in south part of china , they already put ad on tv about this annual ice and snow festival, at that time, I sweared I must visit there . then last year-end, I finally visited there, and I was soooooo excited like u hahhaha.super awesome,,,,

[@BlondieinChina]

it's beautiful isn't it!!

[@tamterence5561]

Blondie in China yes just too cold for me haha I can't stay too long.

[@987derekchen]

@@tamterence5561 传说中的被冻哭的小姑娘就是你哈哈哈哈

[@sarahye3529]

羡慕你 我从小就想去哈尔滨看冰雕 现在快四十了 还没去过 太失败了

[@麻阳老田特产店]

meimei Ye 等疫情结束后带你去😄

[@TravelInteresante]

Never heard of it before and now so tempted to see it! This looks like an icy wonderland. Amazing! ❤️

[@TravelInteresante]

@grimm reaper wow, that's amazing!

[@BlondieinChina]

you should definitely go check it out!!! The ice and snow sculptures are awesome

[@TravelInteresante]

@@BlondieinChina Added on the bucket list! ;) Thanks and amazing video!

[@honestboy2573]

Wow looks really great they might have spent alots time and money

[@blank.9301]

I Chinese girl on the tram accidentally told me she was 91 instead of 21, lol. But she quickly realized and we laughed about it.

[@PaddyMan1988]

I visited Harbin in Chinese New Year of 1985. It’s freaking cold (-20 degree Celsius) but the ice festival is amazing.

[@tubeYouLXD]

1985...before I was even born

[@PaddyMan1988]

光饼超人 🤣🤣🤣

[@noahkurstein8764]

tHATS 20 yE A R S BEFORE I WAS BORN IMNDDKSNSMSNSNS

[@xz1891]

That was a warm day

[@f1111v]

1985... i was not born...

[@cz6620]

Amazing! Thank you Amy for showing us these fantastic places😍 Love from Italy🇮🇹

[@BlondieinChina]

Thank you for watching Cerbiatto!!

[@pairotelee]

Amazing Harbin, especially the ' Ice & Snow Festival ' is so unique in the world ...... my hearty CONGRATULATIONS! from ' The City of Angel ', Bangkok. As a China-born, Thai national of 76, I still couldn't visit all of China & hope to do so when I have a chance. I was born in Gingle, a county of Guilin, Guangxi, China when my medical father was assisting the Chinese Red Cross during WWII before going back to Hong Kong (HK) & later being recalled by his parents to the Kingdom of Thailand (formerly Siam). At 12, I was sent back to HK for 9 years & another 5 years in the US for my education. Afterward, I have been doing over 30 professional jobs & traveled the world in many businesses, especially in HK, China, Europe, & the US. I love to swim in cold weather (of Guilin, Guangxi) & swam in the Lake District of the UK & cities of Germany in cold water & I am looking forward to swimming in Harbin's pool in the future ......

[@joycesoh8900]

When everything goes back to normal, I MUST visit Harbin in winter!!! 😂😂 This video is just really awesome~ *New checklist added*

[@joycesoh8900]

@@reality5953 Perfect, thanks!!

[@CS-bl2sz]

Warm Welcome!

[@mrdoom3686]

You again hahaha

[@LearningwithLani]

You’ve taught me so much about China culturally through your videos even though I studied Chinese for over a decade, studied abroad in China, and went on two Chinese culture summer camps. 😅🙃 Your videos make me want to visit more of China.

[@劉楚風]

We Chinese people welcome all friends from all countries.

[@iadoreapplehead]

I’ve only been to China once but it literally feels like I’ve only seen 2% of the country 😅 need to see mooooore of China!

[@burnheartgames9875]

Harbin looks so beautiful. When the Ice Festival is up and going it looks like a fairytale. Like somewhere the Ice Princess would stay.

[@danialaqilsulaiman6987]

Your videos about Harbin is very interesting. Keep up the excellent work Amy! 😊 - Love from Malaysia

[@BlondieinChina]

Thank you Danial!

[@hensschr868]

96 years old??? Holy cow. I should start to put ice cubes in my tub.

[@monajackson9377]

Henss Chr maybe 69，he said wrong

[@lumanliu8457]

69 is still holy cow

[@mnbr6884]

Google the wim hof method

[@PR60Y]

😂😂😂

[@shuojiang6347]

He looks like 80 but it’s possible he’s really 96. My grandma who lives in Harbin for her whole life looks like 60 when she’s 80. Seems living in a cold place is like living in the refrigerator, it does work to maintain young and fresh hahaha

[@thorin5591]

Quite similar to the winter festivals we celebrate here in Yellowknife NT canada 🇨🇦 with all the ice castles and snow forts etc. I actually went into a polar dip at -30C once.

[@utubecriis]

True that. People should put it on their to do list. It's amazing. They cut the ice out of the river.

[@shaodu1627]

I have to say it proudly that Harbin is my hometown!

[@BlondieinChina]

Lovely hometown! I plan to go back for chinese new year next year :)

[@patroprabeen9]

Miss the great city Harbin,Thank you for bringing back the memory,Young Beautiful lady.

[@dearxsera]

Omg! Definitely wanna go there when it’s safe to travel again. I cannot believe that people can swim in that kind of weather...

[@BlondieinChina]

I can't believe it either! I was so impressed

[@simonk3049]

I love how dynamic this video was! Kept me interested every second! Great job Amy.

[@BlondieinChina]

Ohh thank you Simon! Glad you liked it!

[@ashmarowl]

Definitely enjoyed the video😘..i have to admit that am soooo addicted to Blondie in China video contents😂..lots of love Kenya,Africa💖💕

[@BlondieinChina]

Ohhh so nice to hear that!!! Sending love to you in Kenya from Sydney, Australia

[@straydog163]

Too short, more!x3..😁

[@BlondieinChina]

hah next one will be longer!

[@aa1944-k2r]

apparently there is a snow village some where just outside of Harbin, it is very good too.

[@Michael-kv9pp]

Fantastic place.... Been there in summer and it was beautiful. I guess winter is better. Thanks Amy fantastic video.

[@laaarry5533]

You are so lucky to visit all of these right before they were locked down, kudos to your lovely videos.

[@emmajiang6565]

As a girl that raised in Harbin, and resident in Perth right now, I really enjoy your video to show how beautiful the winter of Harbin is! You should try some Russian style cursin when you were there and the 冰糖葫芦。Even for me imagine go back to visit my parents in winter is too freezing to do so.

[@BlondieinChina]

Glad you enjoyed it Emma!!!

[@doctorzhong8599]

没见过下雪的广东人路过😂

[@hongbinzhang2755]

福建人表示没见过雪

[@patrickd4358]

@@doctorzhong8599 hahha

[@NAN-xb4zh]

道外区老乡向你问好

[@annerson3139]

Thanks Amy for how you show the truth how lovely my countrymen are. After these years, I find them most adorable, just like my old father. LOL

[@NordicAdvRider]

Thank you for this video, it was great to see. I have been traveling to China frequently since 2003 but I never visited Harbin. But for sure it's on my to do list. Awesome ice sculptures.

[@jifa17]

OMG, I have never been to Harbin. I never thought it is beautiful at this level.

[@yanx4788]

The ice building at night is breathtaking!

[@BlondieinChina]

I know!! I've never seen anything like that

[@cz2440]

15 days! It takes 15 days for TPG to connect my internet.

[@Reporterfy]

Another Blondie Classic

[@BlondieinChina]

hahahha

[@georgia9852]

I absolutely love every time you upload! You inspire me to actually travel to China and see a part of the world that a lot of travellers don't really go to see. Will surely be booking a plane ticket after all this is over and Scomo lets us out!

[@BlondieinChina]

So nice to hear that!! After the world gets back to normal definitely give it a go and do some exploring!

[@benlandry5]

Harbin, here I come!

[@Richard-bq7br]

I've gotta visit that city sometime in the future.

[@Xan3130]

I’m glad you were able to go at night! It’s simply magical! I hope I can go see it again some day.

[@LetticeTravels]

I love Harbin. I want to go back! Maybe next winter.

[@xinghanlee4592]

China is a huge country with so many different views and people.But the western media have turned China into a single symbol.

[@lockebah3154]

Fake news

[@safarfsaf]

If it makes you feel any better they constantly lie about our own countries too.

[@stephallan2543]

xinghan lee Not everyone agrees with the Fake News Media...much encouragement, support and blessings. 🙇🏻‍♀️🔍🔑❤️👍🏽🙏🏽🇺🇸

[@iadoreapplehead]

Sadly western media doesn’t just do that to China. I remember seeing footage of someone travelling through Pakistan and I was like 🤯🤯🤯 according to my media, that country is just a desert filled with terrorists and camels, nothing else to see here 🤷🏻‍♀️ While in reality I learnt Pakistan is very diverse too, so then I started looking for authentic and real footage from other ‘terrorist’ countries and have come to the conclusion that western media sucks. China is amazing, I don’t care what the media says. Can’t wait to go back!

[@hecmec5114]

Like I was just saying earlier the western media like to film some run down wet markets in Indonesia and label it China. it is unfortunately a common practice but just imagine if China makes the same documentary about western countries....

[@EazyMandarin]

Definitely going to Harbin with my family this winter, my boy will love these ice sculptures, and my Dad will definitely love diving into the freezing water to swim for a little while 😁

[@kw8346]

The Festival is awesome!

[@mikebo3775]

i can't stop smiling watching Amy's video, so much passion!

[@chrisuy1973]

Nice. Ive been to Harbin with my family long time ago. It was under negative 20 degrees so cold but wonderful experience once in a lifetime.

[@jennybian5697]

You are so cute to introduce HarBin here . I always love to watched your video on my daily day . You makes me very happy

[@iam3918]

OMG!! Thank you for showing this! That's a lot of fun!

[@BlondieinChina]

Glad you liked it!!! Thanks for watching x

[@quotywood3862]

I’ve been loving in Shenyang since 2014 yet never have visited this beautiful place.

[@Wizamatox]

Oh, you've brought back such fond memories! I was in Harbin at roughly the same time (unless the sculptures are all the same every year 🙂), I'm also from Sydney, so I found winter in Harbin so incredibly cold to begin with, but after a while temperatures of minus ten degrees Celsius start to feel positively tropical.

[@dragade101]

I love sandals and shorts weather but glad you could enjoy this!

[@hqb117hqb7]

The ice and snow festival looks so much bigger and better than the last time I visited like 1983? Amazing video !

[@iheartchina8160]

This was soooooo fun to watch!!!!!! LOVED IT!!! Hope you are doing well!!

[@cheese-df1yx]

so beautiful! I will come next time! Already planned in fact during this Chinese new year but I had to cancelled due to Covid-19. So Amazing! Thanks for sharing!

[@hanli6712]

O M G !!!!! I have added it to my travel play!

[@BlondieinChina]

yay!!! Hope you enjoy it when you get to go!

[@RajDeelish]

Those massive ice sculptures are amazing!!!

[@Truthstelling]

absolutely beautiful!!

[@billycheung8836]

Lovely to see you again in China Amy and thank you for your another amazing video!👍👍👍👏👏👏💪💪💪

[@BlondieinChina]

Ohh such a sweet comment! Thank you William!

[@威仔-e3p]

冰雪节，是我小时候最梦幻的回忆

[@kunalsarafcool96]

Love your energy in the videos

[@BlondieinChina]

Thank you Kunal!

[@treg9492]

Great city. Was in Harbin in 2010 in Dec. It was -30c at night amazing night scenery during the festival. Then took train to Yabuli ski resort 3hrs away. Was even colder there particularly with the wind slicing at your face at night. Amazing.

[@lfuca3676]

Tourbier Gren now high speed railway is available... 1 hour 13 min :-)))

[@freddywong5234]

Oh my goodness, i been there on 2015, some of the sculpture i still remember, it is a must see places.

[@aliceadventure]

Great video! I recently went to Harbin and it was amazing!

[@BlondieinChina]

Thanks Alice!

[@litte_chiwi6547]

I remember visiting this place when I was younger, just before our family immigrated from China to New Zealand (I’m from Liaoning). Feeling nostalgic!! I’m trying to convince my kiwi hubby to visit Dongbei in winter!

[@gzpeng157]

1:44 Makes lots of sense: it is much warmer in the water...

[@nickwu7294]

You are such a joyful person. You make me want to visit all these cool places :)

[@jeffreyshowell1]

I was just telling people yesterday about this ice swimming pools. Nice video little sister. I really appreciate videos such as this of Harbin.

[@BlondieinChina]

Thanks Jeffrey!!!

[@xiupingwu3952]

There is another place to check out: Yabuli Ski Resort. But the ice and snow world is the most famous one. I remember when I was a child. My family and I can't afford such a price of the ticket for Ice&Snow World. Because of my small body size, I burrowed through the railing next to me and evaded the ticket. LOL :p

[@KellyS74]

Amazing 😍... Will definitely be visiting...You know, eventually 😁

[@francoisehembert3243]

Enjoying life to the fullest. You go girl! ♥️ from Belgium.

[@JoolsUK]

Thanks Blondie the Harbin Ice festival has been on my bucket list for years now, you did it justice. But that guy was not 96.

[@BlondieinChina]

hahahh yeah I don't think he was either!

[@ShiYue217]

I guess he should be like 69 yrs old ,tried to speak in English but mad it wrong XD

[@LordKarma101]

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if the guy was 96. If you google Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, he is still active politicking at the ripe age of 98 yrs old as of 2023! In fact he became the oldest Prime Minister of Malaysia at a ripe age of 92 yrs old.💪😂

[@LS-td6sz]

I've been there in 2005, and I remember walking along side the Songhua river, I was walking against the wind and tear in my eyes, I blinked, then the tear turned into ice and I couldn't open my eyes, it's true... I have to warm my eyes with hands

[@outlier926]

amazing harbin

[@rxlky]

Amazing beautiful Harbin

[@WOLF90310]

Proud of my hometown.

[@yangfan4871]

What an interesting video! I enjoy so much, I am also from a small city in Dongbei, which is two hours journey from Harbin.

[@KatiePrescott]

So many memories!! Makes me miss Harbin so much 😭 Absolutely loved your time playing on the Songhua river haha! We walked across the ice to Sun Island and came across people ice fishing there too, really interesting 😊

[@BlondieinChina]

Ice fishing would have been awesome to see!

[@KatiePrescott]

@@BlondieinChina yeah it was so interesting! They basically bored a hole through the ice (it's like a meter thick!) and were fishing through it, because it's so cold though it kept refreezing over so they were constantly trying to dig the fishing line back out again 😂 Looked like an awful lot of effort though just to catch a fish!

[@ilookatnews9745]

i got off the plane in hrbin wearing a short sleeved shirt. was -12

[@Vector12138]

and where are you currently treated?

[@fierylilbow7176]

Hope to visit Harbin one day

[@charlieff2]

Lovely reporting! Quite an eye-opening! Thank you, Blondie, for sharing this.

[@charlieff2]

Subscribed!

[@BlondieinChina]

Thank you!!! Glad you liked it!

[@giovannastenzel212]

Lol you gotta know that Harbin is my dream destination!!! It seems so crazily cold and I love skating on ice!

[@xiaochenwu9980]

Welcome to harbin,people are extremelly kind and funny

[@jessicali9187]

WOW great job Elsa nice!

[@Lotus.F]

Thanks for sharing this magnificent part of China to the world. Really want to visit .

[@王冠男-j8z]

If you like ice lanternsYou should go to Zhaolin Park，And you can basically see a lot of ice lamps and snow sculptures when you walk on the street

[@jinkunhou5137]

Thank you for your video sharing😁

[@jkjkjk100]

The editing on this is on point. Production value is superb. Do you plan to write online travel guide or more detailed itinerary as well? These videos are awesome but foreign travelers would probably appreciate also if you provide more details like admissions fee, taxi or bus, how to get there, which restaurant you eat, etc. there are way too many english information that’s legacy out there.

[@BlondieinChina]

Yep! Definitely planning to do that and will release it when travel to China reopens!

[@jkjkjk100]

Blondie in China awesome! Can’t wait to get back to China as well! Not sure how is the situation down under, but seems like businesses are still open. If you ran out of content would love to see chinese people’s reaction in Sydney when you speak chinese in restaurant. Anyway, Keep up the good work, still can’t get over that the videography and editing of this video is so awesome. Reminded me of casey neistat times. 😂

[@kwongyuetli3183]

The man told you age 96?! Wow,I guess he is 69, haha!

[@BlondieinChina]

I think that's probably more likely lol

[@王际洲]

I think 96 is more likely to be the truth because he spoke in English. The Generation who are now 69 (born around 1951) didn't receive as good education as the Generation born in 1930s. This is only my opinion.

[@topbiggun]

我估计他是英语说错了，96就太疯狂了

[@chit-kwaiyuen6360]

nice

[@rickyli27]

Yeah, he doesn't look like to be 96. 69 very possible.

[@Bailey110489]

Haha life-long amaaazing memories from there, I miss it !

[@evanyeung3801]

Wow, this is amazing! I have to visit Harbin sometime!

[@yaz0333]

I'm in Liaoning but I've never been to the Harbin ice&snow festival, hoping to visit soon after the pandemic

[@BlondieinChina]

Yeah you should! I will go back for Chinese New Year :)

[@alanning9385]

as always nice video ，love it . thanks amy ! keep it up!

[@Aukmn556]

就差大东北没去过了 这几年太忙了 回国了一定要去玩

[@lime35p]

Hi Amy! I just wanted to say thank you sooo much for vlogging around the different areas of China and being transparent about it (just discovered your channel this morning, now Im a subscriber after binging ahaha). I was personally worried of visiting China since I never seen much vlogs about it but now I feel reassured thanks to your videos :) If I may ask, did you visit places like Hangzhou, Zhejiang or Xuzhou, Jiangsu ?? I might end up studying in either of those two places for university this coming fall semester. tysm :')

[@BlondieinChina]

Thanks for the lovely comment Stephanie! So happy you found my channel and that you find it bingeable! Best compliment hahaha :) Don't be scared to visit China. I have visited both those places - both very nice and great places to study! Good luck choosing xx

[@hodgenhe]

Hangzhou is a better place than Xuzhou, in most of Chinese's opinion.

[@lime35p]

@@hodgenhe oh that's great then! I ended up choosing the uni in Hangzhou ahaha. Thanks for telling me :)

[@lime35p]

@@BlondieinChina Thank you :'D

[@tkkworld1196]

such a beautiful video to watch

[@gandolfwitchard8110]

Nice ice sculpture 💓

[@drdeath5724]

That is awesome, thx for sharing

[@joeextraknow2854]

Wow, absolutely amazing!!!

[@BlondieinChina]

Thanks Joe!

[@kin9225]

I guarantee if I ever jump into that swimming pool, I'll die of shock!

[@hangtuah888]

OMG, Amy, a friend of mine did exactly the same thing across the Song Hua River, and he fell in a crack and to date we are yet to see him again. Mind you this was in 1949, October 1 as we still celebrate the anniversary hoping he will resurface but alas not yet. Watch this video to hopefully catch a glimpse of him walking the streets of Harbin. Please tell him if you run into him that all is forgiven and he can come home. He has a head, two hands and a pair of legs.

[@banja1470]

The banana boat seems fun! It looks intense and I love it.

[@BlondieinChina]

SO INTENSE! I thought I would die

[@timestremera8763]

Very nice place!

[@paddy4478]

Living in Qld now, I miss ice & snow back China.

[@guangsihan]

I'm from Liaoning, and people here in Liaoning and northeast all know this ice and snow world since we were young, and some of us have been there (myself included), but it was until one year the CCTV spring festival gala that was taken place there and thus became nation-wide popular and people from all over the country (and even the world) start going there. As someone who has been there, I had to say, it is so damn 'cool'. (Did you get me? So 'cool' lol)

[@BlondieinChina]

hahahahah indeed very 'cool'

[@kokleongliew3381]

Really impressive!!

[@solotraveler2095]

Awesome videos, i'm very impressed with the translations. Did you translate all by yourself? some of the impressions are spot on and very accurate. Well done!

[@zhongyingqin7107]

Beautiful!

[@dancy2334]

时隔多年 看到了童年回忆 谢谢你！