The Bird's Nest Fun Ice & Snow Season, held at the National Stadium, is a signature winter event spanning the New Year and Spring Festival holidays, offering a diverse slate of frosty activities. The carnival is divided into an outdoor snow play area and an indoor leisure zone. Outdoors features a super snow‑drift slide, a snow tubing park, and snow banana boats suitable for all ages. Indoors you'll find ice bumper cars, interactive games, and family entertainment facilities. Operating hours: Open da

In winter, Hemu village in Xinjiang becomes a snowbound fairy tale. Rustic wooden cottages with steep roofs and pebbled riverbanks are blanketed in thick white snow, each scene radiating romance and purity. If you're fortunate, you may even glimpse the rare aurora borealis here. At Hemu's Jikepulin International Ski Resort, more than 100 ski trails wind among snowcapped peaks. The resort offers a range of experiences, including hot springs tucked into the snowy mountains, viral internet‑famous swings, an

As night falls and the city lights shimmer, Changchun's Xinmin Street quietly dons a dazzling gown of colored lights, transforming into a winter fairy tale. Every evening from 16:20 to 24:00, thematic light installations such as "Step into Chaoyang, fall in love with Changchun," "Warmth·Nest·Light·Life," "Cradle of New China's Cinema," "China‑chic Culture," and "Changchun—Always charming in all seasons" illuminate on schedule. B

Nadam, meaning "games" or "recreation" in Mongolian, is a traditional cultural and sporting event distinctive to the Mongolian ethnic group. It is typically held on the grasslands each July and August to celebrate a bountiful harvest. In recent years, various regions across Inner Mongolia have integrated this folk tradition with winter tourism, creating the vividly regional "Ice-and-Snow Nadam." The 21st Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Ice-and-Snow Nadam Fair commenced on De

The Longqingxia Ice Lantern Art Festival, held annually in Yanqing, Beijing, since 1987, is the largest and longest-running ice-lantern exhibition inNorthChina. The 40th edition opened on Jan. 15, 2026, and runs through early March. This year's festival brings the fantastical world of the classic Chinese animation Havoc in Heaven to the icy gorge of Longqingxia. More than 20 large-scale themed ice installations and over 150 finely crafted ice sculptures recreate iconic scenes from the animation. Each nigh

The Harbin Ice and Snow World, first launched in 1999, is one of the world's largest ice-and-snow theme parks. The 27th Harbin Ice and Snow World opened on Dec. 17, 2025. This edition is the largest in its history, covering 1.2 million square meters. Using 400,000 cubic meters of ice and snow, it creates a true winter "fairy-tale world." Key attractions include super ice slides with 24 lanes stretching a combined 521 meters; a 120-meter-high "Snowflake Ferris Wheel" offering a bird's-e

Rime, also called ice blossoms or frost flowers, is a fleeting winter wonder. Whether along waterways, in villages, atop mountains, or across deserts, it transforms landscapes into enchanting, fairy-tale scenes. This spectacle is strictly seasonal, requiring abundant moisture and sufficiently frigid temperatures—a delicate balancing act of winter weather. I. Riverside Rime Location: Rime Island, Jilin Viewing Period: Mid-November to mid-February Location: Gunawen Rime Scenic Area, Heihe, Heilongjian

Nestled in the eastern part of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the city of Arxan is celebrated not only for its rolling mountain ranges but also for its hot springs and spectacular winter landscapes. Arxan's unique geology and topography create layered, panoramic scenery. When the first snow falls, the golden forests are draped in thick white. As the sun sets, the lingering sunglow lengthens the trees' shadows, casting a second golden forest across the snowy ground. Across a seven-month snow season,

Each year, Fuhai county in Altay prefecture, Xinjiang, hosts the Winter Fishing Festival. Ulungur Lake freezes in November, and an official fishing moratorium begins in December; nonetheless, from mid‑ to late‑December through March the lake becomes the prime season for regulated winter fishing. The festival, held in mid‑January just before theSpring Festival, draws people onto the ice to watch folk performances, savor fish-and-lamb stew, bid on the"first fish" and return home with plentiful

Nestled on the slopes of Jiangjunshan Mountain at an altitude of more than 1,300 meters, Jiangjunshan Mountain International Ski Resort pairs high-altitude skiing with urban convenience. In recent years it added night skiing, letting visitors extend their snowy adventures under the stars. Night skiing guide: Sunset EDM Party — Daily at 6:00 p.m. (subject to adjustment based on sunset), a vibrant electronic music party starts at the mountaintop to kick off the evening. Blue-hour photo moment —