She said the winter waters in her home city are warmer than those in Harbin, where the water temperature hovered around the freezing mark. The experience strengthened her confidence in winter swimming ...

7, 2025. Credit: AP/Andy Wong Harbin resident Yu Xiaofeng said that winter swimming in her city can be dated back to the 1970s, after locals saw Russian Orthodox faithful being baptized in the river.

Decked in thick winter jackets, dozens of people stood in subzero temperature next to a pool at Harbin in China’s northernmost ... to watch members of a local swim team to take their plunge ...

The northernmost province of Heilongjiang allows visitors to experience the winter the way it should be experienced. The ...

Visitors pose in front of the mascots of the Asian Winter Games at a baroque style historical and cultural block in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Jan 8, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua ...

Harbin, with its rich ice and snow resources and a diverse array of winter activities, has emerged as one of China's top winter travel destinations. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei) An aerial drone photo taken on ...

Have you heard of Harbin, the "Ice City" in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province? This winter, Harbin is even more attractive. Let's take a look.

She said the waters in her home city were warmer than those in Harbin, where the temperature was about 0 C (32 F). The experience strengthened her confidence in winter swimming, a sport she has ...

Yu Xiaofeng leaps as she jumps into a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ...

Residents watch a woman jump into a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ...

in Harbin, the capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, attracting lots of tourists. Themed "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia," the park was built using 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow ...