Customs in Harbin

People's daily eating habits: Harbin residents are mainly Han people, and most of them are immigrants from Shandong and Hebei provinces. In the old society, there were many foreigners in Harbin, most of whom were Russian overseas Chinese. The lifestyle and customs of foreigners have some influence on the eating habits of Harbin people. People in Harbin used to eat big cakes (tortillas) as their staple food. It turns out that local residents like to eat small rice and stew; Shandong people like to eat pasta and fish; People in Hebei like rice and sorghum rice porridge. Influenced by the dietary customs of ethnic minorities, Harbin people eat sticky cakes, sticky bean bags, Leba and sausages. Do you like to drink "Su"

Picnic: In Harbin, picnics are essential to organize or carry out picnics. The picnic in Harbin has a historical origin. Influenced by the eating habits of northern minorities and the lifestyle of European immigrants in the later period, Harbin people gradually formed the picnic custom from the 1920s.

Outing: Influenced by the tradition of northern nomadic people in history, Harbin people regard outing as an important part of their lifestyle. As early as the 1920s, Harbin had the custom and tradition of outing. After liberation, it became more popular in the community. Many units should organize spring outing or autumn outing, and some families have picnics.

Drinking beer: Harbin people like drinking beer very much, and many people regard beer as an ordinary drink. In Harbin, many people take the amount of drinking as a measure to show the heroism and enthusiasm of northerners. Harbin has been producing beer since the beginning of the 20th century, and its per capita beer consumption ranks first in China. The annual beer consumption in Harbin market is more than 300,000 tons, which is monopolized by Harbin Beer and New Samsung.

Yangko: Yangko originated in the northern rural area of China more than 200 years ago and is a traditional folk dance of the Han nationality. In the 1990s, it became a mass fitness activity for self-entertainment.

Winter swimming: Winter swimming is a sports activity with its own cultural characteristics in Harbin. From the end of 12 to the middle of February of the following year, the outdoor temperature in Harbin is mostly-15 to -39 degrees. Winter swimmers usually go into the water around 5-6 o'clock before sunrise, and the performance time of winter swimming is between 10- 14 o'clock. The venue is a specially built swimming pool on the Songhua River, which is an ice swimming pool built after the ice on the river is scraped off.

Ice lanterns: Ice lanterns in Harbin are developed on the basis of traditional folk art forms. It was made with electric light as the light source, garden art as the support, and architecture and sculpture as the means of expression, and began in the early 1960s. There are more than 1500 ice lantern artworks in each ice lantern festival. In recent years, Harbin Ice Lantern Festival has received more than 400,000 tourists from home and abroad every year, and the comprehensive economic benefits have reached several million yuan.

Group Wedding on Ice: "Wedding on Ice" is sponsored by Harbin Youth Palace and has become an integral part of Harbin's annual ice and snow festival. Ice wedding has become a fashion activity that young people actively and enthusiastically participate in.

Ice and Snow Banquet: 1985 At the beginning of the first ice and snow festival, Jiangnan Spring Hotel took the lead in holding the first ice and snow food science and technology competition, which opened the prelude to the ice and snow food culture. It is novel, beautiful and exquisite, just like a carved work of art, which fully shows the exquisite skills of famous chefs in Ice City. Many guests appreciate and taste the characteristics of Harbin culture from the novel, mysterious and regional culture-rich ice and snow diet.

Sugar-coated haws: The content and style of sugar-coated haws in Harbin are constantly changing. Besides hawthorn fruit, there are apples, bananas and red dates.