Harbin Facts
Harbin Ice Snow Festival Facts
The Harbin Ice Festival is one of the world's four largest ice and snow festivals, together with Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival, Canada's Quebec City Winter Carnival, and Norway's Ski Festival. The below is list of facts about the festival for your info.
Culture in Harbin
The Harbin local culture is based on Han culture, combined with Manchu culture and Russian culture. This combination of cultures influences the local architecture style, food, music, and customs. The city of Harbin was appointed a UNESCO City of Music on 22 June 2010 as part of the Creative Cities Network.
Ethnic Groups & Religions in Harbin
93 percent of Harbin's residents are the Han Chinese. Ethnic minorities include Manchu, Koreans, Hui, Mongolian, Xibe, Daur, Ewenke, Elunchun, Keerkezi, Hezhe.... Among them the first largest minority group is Manchu, contributing 70.26 percent to the minority population.
The Jews & Jewish Community Sites in Harbin
The hisotry of Jews & Jewish Community in Harbin was witnessed by many Jewish historical sites such as famous Jewish synagogues, cemetery, middle school, Jewish community center, hospitals, banks, cinema and more.
The Russian Influence & Russians in Harbin
Harbin today is still very much influenced by its Russian past. A city once under Russian rule, it is now a center of trade with that country. The influence of Russia came with the construction of the China Far East Railway....
History & Facts of Harbin
Though human settlement in the Harbin area dates from at least 4000 years ago, Harbin started to be known as the capital of Jin Dynasty called Shangjing in 1115 AC and became a birthplace of the Qing Dynasty. However, the region of Harbin was still largely rural with over ten villages and about 30,000 people until the 1800s.
