Harbin

In January Deanne had the opportunity to visit Harbin. Harbin is located in northern Northeast China, Harbin is the northernmost among major cities in China. Harbin is well known for the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival which is held between December and March and started in 1985. If you would like to learn more about Harbin visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin.

Photos from Deanne's visit to Harbin.

Deanne also visited the Harbin Siberian Tiger Park. The Siberian Tiger Park covers an area of more than a million square meters (more than 250 acres). It was set up as a place to breed and house Siberian tigers. The Siberian tiger is the largest of the big cats. The breeding program has been very successful, and there are now about 800 Siberian tigers (about 100 can be viewed) there along with other large cats like lions and pumas. This is amazing, since in it is estimated that there are only about 500 Siberian tigers left in the wild. Almost all of these wild ones are in Russia, and maybe 12 are in China. It is China's 2nd largest Siberian tiger park.

Photos from the Siberian Tiger Park.