China's Ice City BLEW ME AWAY! : The Harbin ICE Festival Experience
Summary
TLDRThe video transcript describes a vlogger's experience visiting the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. The vlogger expresses excitement about finally being able to attend the festival after wanting to go for years. Upon arriving, the vlogger is amazed by the scale and intricacy of the ice and snow structures. He is impressed with how the structures are engineered and illuminated with LED lights. As he explores, the vlogger notes the chilling temperatures but says his excitement keeps him warm. He points out accommodations like non-slip stairs to make the experience safe. The vlogger recommends visiting the festival, noting that if you live in China as an expat you absolutely should make the effort. He suggests arriving early to avoid long lines for attractions like the Ferris wheel. The vlogger observes that he hasn't seen any other foreigners at the festival and wonders if the extreme cold deters them. He films areas under construction, indicating the festival is still preparing for the formal opening the next day. The vlogger plans to return and film with his drone to capture aerial footage. He notes the festival likely generates tourism revenue for Harbin. The vlogger buys a traditional candy treat but finds it frozen solid in the cold and has to go inside to thaw it. He grabs a coffee and continues exploring the massive venue, impressed by the size and variety of structures. As the evening grows late, the vlogger expresses fatigue from filming all day in the freezing temperatures. He decides to call it a night but is glad he bought tickets to return the next day. The vlogger closes by recommending the video, giving it a thumbs up, and inviting viewers to subscribe if they enjoy China content.
Takeaways
- The video shows a tour of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in China
- The festival features impressive ice sculptures and structures lit up with colorful lights
- It takes workers just a couple weeks to build the enormous ice constructions
- The video focuses on describing the sights and providing reactions to the festival
- The host was very excited to finally visit after wanting to go for years
- The festival appeared to be having a soft opening or pre-opening when the video was filmed
- It was very cold but the host stayed warm from the excitement of experiencing it
- The festival is challenging for foreigners not used to the extreme cold temperature
- The festival brings in many tourists and money for the city of Harbin
- The host plans to return the next day and fly a drone to capture aerial footage
Q & A
Where is the festival located?
-The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is located in Harbin, China.
What is the festival known for?
-The festival features massive ice and snow sculptures and structures with colorful lighting.
How long does it take to construct?
-The host mentioned it takes the workers just a couple weeks to build all the ice constructions.
When did the host visit?
-The video was filmed on the opening day and soft opening of the festival.
How did the cold affect the host?
-The host said he stayed warm because he was very excited to finally experience the festival.
How much were the tickets?
-The host said tickets were around 288 RMB (about $30 USD).
What was challenging for foreigners?
-The extreme cold temperatures can be very challenging for foreigners not used to it.
How does the festival impact Harbin?
-It brings many tourists and money to the city of Harbin.
What are the host's plans?
-He bought tickets for 2 days and plans to fly a drone to capture aerial footage on the second day.
Would the host recommend visiting?
-Yes, he highly recommended that people visit the festival if they have the opportunity.
Outlines
Introduction and Excitement to Visit the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival
The speaker expresses excitement about finally being able to visit the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival after wanting to go for years. He shows his ticket and talks about the large crowds and soft opening happening that night.
Awe at the Massive Ice Structures
The speaker is in awe of the massive ice structures built for the festival, including buildings, bridges, and staircases. He wonders how they construct such elaborate things out of ice and lights them with LEDs.
More Description of the Large Scale and Variety
The speaker continues to describe the large scale and variety of ice structures, including a temple, sled runs, and more. He recommends visiting and plans to get drone footage to share.
Seeking Warmth Inside and Getting Food
The speaker goes inside to warm up after being out in the cold for hours. He checks out the shops and restaurants inside and gets a coffee at KFC and frozen strawberries, which are difficult to eat frozen.
Back Outside and Overview of Experience
After warming up inside, the speaker returns outside for more exploring. He talks about the long line for the ferris wheel that he won't wait for tonight. He ends by encouraging viewers to visit if they can handle the cold.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄHarbin Snow and Ice Festival
đĄIce and snow sculptures
đĄLED lighting
đĄConstruction and design
đĄWeather and climate
đĄCrowds and popularity
đĄVendors and shops
đĄDrone footage
đĄNight vs. day experience
đĄForeign tourists
Highlights
Narrator is very excited to finally visit the Harbin Ice Festival after wanting to go for years.
The ice structures and buildings are massive and intricately detailed, with colored lights inside.
It's incredible that the entire ice city was built by hand in just a couple weeks.
The Harbin Ice Festival must bring huge tourism revenue to the city.
The cold is challenging for filming and operating equipment, with hands and batteries freezing fast.
There don't seem to be any other foreigners visiting, perhaps due to the extreme cold.
Blue tickets may allow access to more attractions than red tickets.
There are shops, restaurants, and even a stage inside for breaks from the cold.
The Ferris wheel has an enormously long line that snakes around the park.
Narrator plans to return tomorrow and arrive early for the Ferris wheel.
Drone footage shows the ice structures under construction over previous days.
It gets dark at 4pm in Harbin's winter, so it feels much later than it is.
The cold is exhilarating at first, but gets tiring for filming all evening.
There is a surprising lack of foreigners visiting this famous festival.
The ice structures and scale are even more impressive in person than expected.
Transcripts
okay guys it's prime time
I'm here at the Harbin snow and Ice Festival
I've been looking forward to this for so long
I've been wanting to come here for a long long time
I've got my ticket look
it's about 270 RMB to come in
I've got my ticket
Any minute now we're going to be going in
they haven't opened the doors yet by the looks of it
but I think we'll be going in soon
it's really busy here
loads of people
it's the first night
I think it's a soft opening
I've actually bought two tickets
one for today and one for tomorrow
it's a bit crazy here at the moment
but I think we're going in soon
don't people are going in yet or not
but let's give it a go
I'm super excited
Blue ticket please go that way
turn left at the gate
ok, Thank you
I seem to have a blue ticket
everybody else has got a red ticket
I don't know why
Are you cold?
oh, not cold
do you speak English?
a little, a little
why this blue ticket and some red ticket?
what's the difference?
Can you translate?
Blue ticket is individual ticket
Red ticket is group ticket
oh why is some red some blue?
what's the difference?
I don't know
oh okay, thanks
doing my ticket just scan me in
I'm good to go
whoa I'm in, man
oh my God
this is going to be super exciting I think
whoa look at that
that is ... oh my God look at that
oh my God
that is crazy cool
there's a map on the wall over here
let's just have a look at that
it's huge, man, look at that
oh my word, look at this
it's nuts, man
whoa
IÂ can't believe all this is built of ice
that's crazy
can you believe they've built that from Ice
that's huge, man
I have a video of where they're actually building this construction
it's got loads of cool Drone footage in
of all the guys building it
so if you want to see that video check it out here
cuz that's a really good video the way they're building it all
but it's just mental how they can build all this out of ice
just check that out, man
and it's all got LEDÂ lighting inside it and everything
oh my
I think ... tonight it's the 17th of December
IÂ actually think this is a soft opening before they open properly
I think the proper opening is tomorrow
it's a bit strange though cuz the guy on the door
told me it wasn't open but it obviously is
it's absolutely huge
I honestly don't know how they've build
such structures out of snow and ice
it's just mental
look at this
everything's all wired with LED lighting and everything
I've got to say this is the first time
I've ever seen anything like this on this scale
I'm going to have to bring my drone here tomorrow night
and get some Drone footage for you guys
cuz this is just something on another level
it's absolutely mad
in fact I'm so excited I don't feel cold anymore
look at this
epic ain't it?
look at the structures
there's a big wheel over there, look
wonder if the blue ticket lets you on the big wheel maybe
I don't know
I'm going to have to go on there though
it is absolutely amazing really
I've been coming here for the last 3 days in the daytime
watching with my drone and watching them construct it
and now I'm finally inside
and I'm just breathless, man
I just don't know how they can do such stuff out of ice
I mean I suppose it's just like building with bricks
but ice is slippy how do they make it all stick together
I have no idea
but it's absolutely mental, look
there's a big Ferris wheel over there
it's just so nice, it is so nice
it's still tiding up a little bit I think
as I say it's like a pre-opening as far as I'm aware
IÂ don't know what that is over there
check that out later
but look at this look at that
how on Earth do they build this
and I wonder what all the guys do
who build it after it's finished
look at this, it's ice steps and an ice Bridge
how bloody cool is that
it is just mental
it's absolutely crazy
wow
it's mad
look at this
the steps are made from Ice
have you ever been up at ice stairway before?
I haven't that's for sure
look at this building in the middle
holy moly
it's absolutely crazy ain't it?
look at that
oh my God
they've put like this fabric on the stairs
so they're not slippy
cuz obviously if it was just ice
you'd be slipping all over the place wouldn't you?
so what I'm also going to do
I'm going to do a walk video here as well
where I actually walk around it all so you can see it all
if you want to grab that you can go to my walk fly drive Channel
get it there
we got a character here look
wonder if he's warm in that or is he cold
hello, hello
it's spectacular
I just find it unbelievable that
this is all built out of ice
it's kind of beyond belief really
look at this, it's so lovely
oh this must be the center attraction here, look
this great big thing
look at this
it's absolutely fantastic
I've literally waited 3 or 4 years to come here
all the time I've been in China
I've wanted to come and I never have
and then when I had the opportunity
it was Covid so I wasn't able to
but now I've come
and I'm seeing this
it is just it's just stunning
it's just incredible that you know
I think it only takes them a couple of weeks to build it all
so I'd love to know what the planning is behind all this
cuz it's pretty amazing really
and look at it all
so much of it
it's a huge area
I didn't realize it was so big
doesn't look so big when you're droning it
but when you get in here it's huge
it's very cold mind you
right now it's probably about minus 20 something
but cuz I'm excited of being here
I don't feel cold
but I am super super impressed the way all these
big ice blocks have all been built into such a structure
literally they've built a city out of ice
that's what they've literally done
they built a city from ice
that's got to be like cool ain't it?
what's also quite strange
I've been in Harbin like 5 days now
and in the whole time I've been here
I haven't seen one other foreigner
and do foreigners not come here?
it is challenging for sure the weather
somebody who's not used to dealing with tempreture this low
it is very very challenging and especially
when you're trying to film
cuz equipment and batteries and your hands
you you can't operate the equipment with gloves on
so you take your gloves off
and you know your hands and stuff ...
oh my God there's loads more over there
good the hell it's massive
it's challenging but I tell you what
if you're an expat living here in China
you want to be coming here
cuz it is absolutely stunning
well let's go and have a look around this
look at at that
it's it it is bloody amazing really
I wonder what time it stays open till
I hope it's like 10:00 or something
I hope it doesn't close too early
there's a lot of people in here
but saying that I I got to the station it was busy
you can get here on metro line two
and the station is actually called ice and snow world
let's have a look here wow
look at this
it's just amazing
look at that, at all that ice
the ticket was about I think it's about 288RMB to get in
and I had a blue ticket
which I'm not at this point sure why I had a blue ticket
there's different color tickets
there was blue tickets there was red tickets
and there was green tickets
I just presumed there was one type of ticket
and that's what I got
she gave me a blue one so I don't know whether that means
I don't know whether that means I can go on other things or not
I can't go up there at the minute apparently
but as I say, I think it is a soft opening tonight
this is well thought out
they've got all like this kind of fabric
that they've stuck to the steps
so you don't actually slip
this must be the largest
if not one of the largest ice structures in the world I guess
because I I don't know anywhere else that has something like this
and you know let me know in the comments
if you know any different one
but this has got to be one of the the
biggest ice structures in the whole world
it's absolutely fantastic
I mean this is It's really big
I'm going to work my way over to the ferris wheel over here
it's the first time I've seen it all lit up
cuz I've been droning it in the daytime in the mornings
as I say if you want to check out that Drone footage video
you can pop over to my Flight Drive Channel
cuz I'll be putting it on there
got this truck looks if it's got to been stuck here
oh they're trying to get it out
it's got stuck in the snow
I think he's giving it too much REV though
he needs to put it in second gear
yeah he ain't going to get out REVing it like that is he
look at this it's just beautiful
absolutely beautiful
wow
I don't really know what to say
cuz I've not ever seen or experienced anything like this before
and it was just amazing
what's this is it some sort of tobogan run?
let's have a look
it looks like some sort of tobogan run this does
is it a tobogan run?
oh no, I think that's for sledges
but people seem to be walking on it
I don't think they're supposed to be walking down it
I think it's supposed to be sliding down here
I think this is for sliding down
I think you meant to get some sort of thing to sit in
maybe because it's the soft opening tonight
it's not available but I reckon that's what it's for
they look like some sort of bobsleigh or Luge kind of runs they do
let's carry on off here and another a look
we walk all the way up to the top
I don't know whether we can
maybe we can
just getting a bit difficult
oh see that's why it's difficult
you got to be careful
yeah perhaps that's not an option
I think I'll go back down
yeah that wasn't so clever
I thought this was a pathway up here
but it's obviously not
this is some sort of ride I reckon
I don't reckon you're supposed to be walking down there
I reckon for some sort of slide maybe
I'm not sure though
I could be wrong
but maybe we'll see tomorrow
cuz I've actually bought tickets for two days
cuz I didn't think one day would be enough
it really is smart
it looks like they're still doing a little bit of tidying off what's expected
I have no idea how long it takes them to build this
but I've seen a huge amount of progress
in the two or three days I've been coming here
burying some cables here look
yeah I mean even even yesterday
the place was full of cranes and bulldozers and diggers
and today it's all like ...
oh these steps haven't got that fabric on
these are slippy
so I need to be a bit careful on these I reckon
don't want going to be slipping over and falling
hello, hello
I'm actually getting a bit hot now
oh yeah yeah I think you're supposed to slide down actually
I reckon you should
IÂ reckon you need to sit on something and slide down then
but it's obviously not open yet
ah you see, that's what you need
you need one of these to slide down look
she's got the right idea
she must have bought that herself because
I haven't seen any of them anywhere
it's a sled kind of run
so IÂ thought so
these are like the Russian dolls over here look
see
oh the colors are just spectacular
it's really really nice
look at all that
it's quite mind-blowing really
it really is quite mindblowing
I'm extremely impressed by what they've done here
I would 150% recommend you come and visit here
cuz it's it is absolutely spectacular
it's hard to kind of explain the size it's on really
it's a must be a huge task
mind you it must make money it's great for Harbin
it must bring a huge amount of tourists
but as I say all the tourists I've seen here
are from China I haven't seen one Foreigner
in the whole time I've been here
that's pretty amazing really
maybe the cold weather scares them off or something
I don't know
but definitely worth coming to definitely
lots of photographers here
I guess there's a lot of press here today
cuz it's the opening day
they'll be reported in a lot of press around China
hi, hello, hello
okay we can go through now
oh my God it just goes on and on and on
well I've seen this a number of times on videos
but I'm finally here
and it's pretty exciting really
it's even better than what you think
you've got to come here, man
it's it's amazing really, it really is
I know I just keep saying that but
I'm just gob-smacked by the amount of effort they must put into this
although you may think the tickets are expensive
it's about £30 English which in Chinese terms is probably a little high
but the amount of effort they've put into this is just incredible
for me it's 100% worth that price for sure
I'm going to have to go for one of these sugar-coated candy
,sugar-coated strawberry, I really really like them
they're a little bit expensive at 25Â RMB
but I suppose you got to expect that from the tourist place
Thank you
there you go, look
sugar-coated strawberry, I love these
holy moly that's cold
how do you eat the strawberries? They are frozen
I can't bite the strawberries, they're frozen
oh my God, how do I deal with that?
I didn't think about that
need to go inside so the strawberries can thaws out a bit
so I've come inside here
and I've managed to warm up a little bit
I was absolutely freezing
I was walking around out there for almost 2 hours
shooting video and having a look around
and it's quite interesting here
there's quite a range of shops
there's a Pizza Hut over there
there's a KFC
many restaurants and little stores in here
places to eat drink
there's even a stage in the middle where a woman's performing
Starbucks is not here yet, look
opening soon
I was actually looking for some coffee
I believe uh KFC do coffee
so might go and see if I can get a coffee at KFC
okay so coffee sorted
and I've come back out to have a little more walk around
there's a couple of things over here which are just amazing
there's this like Chinese temple
it's just all pretty awesome really
they're really really good
there's definitely a lot to see here
it's a huge area
I don't know exactly how big it is
I'll try and find out but yeah it's really good
I've actually bought tickets to come tomorrow as well
it's uh pretty tiring walking around
taking video all the time in this weather
as I said before it's really challenging
you can't have your hands outside your gloves for very long
cuz they just freeze, man
anyway let's head over to the big ferris wheel
it's a very large one
not sure quite how tall it is
but got some cool drone shots of it as well
oh my God
that's not the queue for the wheel is it? surely
bloody hell, I think it is
holy moly
that's the queue for the wheel
hello
is it for this?
yeah okay, thank you
wow massive queue for the wheel
oh my God I ain't waiting in that tonight
I'm going to have to get here early tomorrow
and go on now I don't want to wait in all this queue
that's just too much
I should have gone on earlier
there wasn't many people waiting earlier
snakes all around here
oh my God it goes all around there
look how far he goes
bloody hell
it'll be a all night waiting for that
but it does look pretty good
I'll come back tomorrow
but if there's a queue like this when I arrive tomorrow
I ain't going to be waiting in that
it's just wait way too much
so the queue comes all around here
and this is where it finally goes
God, it takes so long to to get around there
I'd like to go on
but I ain't going to wait that long for sure
I think it's time to quit for tonight
I've got editing to do back at the hotel
and I'm getting a bit cold and tired now
it's about 8:00 I think
it's weird here
cuz it gets dark at like 4:00
so you actually feel it's later than it is
like in the UK, in the winter time
I suppose not much difference in the summertime in the UK
it doesn't get dark till 10:00
well you don't get that in China unless you go to Xinjiang
like Shenzhen is dark about half six or seven
but here in the winter in Harbin
it's dark at 4:00 just after 4:00
so it feels like really weird
because you don't realize what time it is
you think it's later than it is
I hope this video is enjoyable for you
it's really been enjoyable for me
as I say check out the video I'm going to put up
about the construction of it
cuz that will be an interesting one
if you do like the video please please give it a thumbs up
it will mean the world to me
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