Situated on the Songhua River, Harbin is the Capital of Heilongjiang province.
We visited there at the wrong time for the Ice Festival, but the temperature was already dipping below zero.
Harbin West Station
Intricate Dolls
Central Street aka Zhongyang Street
Bilingual sign
Russian influence
Chinglish
The little emperor is well rugged up against the sub zero temperature
around St Sofia's cathedral
down an alleyway.
Morning card game
Russian influence
I had to learn the mandarin word for smog - a real pea souper
Garfield comes to Harbin
Russian souvenirs
Central Street by night
Subway entrance
Espousing family values
Zhaolin Park
Zhaolin Park
Zhaolin Park
Prominent Billboard
From a bus shelter
Russian-built hotel on the riverfront
Floating restaurant on Songhua River
Crossing the Songhua River through the murk.
Songhua River fishermen
Stalin Park
Stalin Park Tai Chi
Catching up
Gaudy pleasure craft moored for the winter
Early morning exercises on the apparatus.
Look at him!
A more passive gent just down the way
Sidalin is mandarin for "Stalin"
The Flood Control Monument.
Faberge eggs?
chilly early morning street
Selfie
A bit of Russia, a bit of China
Entry to Central Street
St Sofia's Catheral
At the Siberian Tiger Preserve
Entry to the Tiger Preserve
Tiger
More bloody tourists.
The severe smog gave a lovely looking background to the photo