Harbin is a national historical and cultural city, the birthplace of "one country, two dynasties", that is, the birthplace of Jin Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. The first capital of Jin Dynasty was Acheng, Harbin, and Timur, the ancestor of Qing Dynasty, was born in Yilan, Harbin. As a result, the Jin and Yuan cultures spread throughout the Northeast and carried forward the whole country. It is a popular tourist city and an international ice and snow cultural city, and is known as "Ice City", "Oriental Moscow" and "Oriental Little Paris".

Harbin's characteristics:

Ice lanterns in Harbin began in the early 1960s and developed on the basis of traditional folk art forms. It relies on garden art, takes architecture and sculpture art as the expression method, and takes electric light as the light source to make all kinds of ice scenes.

In the second half of the 20th century, ice lanterns gradually developed into a representative ice and snow culture and art in Harbin. The annual Ice and Snow Festival and Ice Lantern Expo have become a grand view garden of ice lantern art, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to visit.