Great Finds Along Harbin Central Avenue
by topbird
Aug 6, 2025
Day 1️⃣ Nanjing 7:00–9:50 Harbin✈️
📍Stay at a hotel on Central Street. The hotel is really nice, very clean and spacious! The twin room has two vanity mirrors at the sink!! The bathroom is dry-wet separated!!
♨️13:00 Experience the Northeast China bathhouse. The lady scrubbed my knees until they were shiny~
🥐Had Shanhutun Iron Pot Stew👍It was really delicious! So delicious! The sweet and sour pork was too sweet⚠️
Day 2️⃣ Central Street–St. Sophia Cathedral–Daoli–Songhua River Bridge
📍10:00 Central Street is a bustling commercial street lined with Russian-style buildings.
11:00 St. Sophia Cathedral is a 15-minute walk away.
12:00 Daoli Market is a 1-minute walk away, just across from the church. The kvass there is good👌
15:00 Walk to the end of Central Street, turn right➡️and you will see the Songhua River Bridge. We caught the sunset that day, it was really beautiful! The whole walk takes 20 minutes.
🥐Had sauerkraut dumplings/zucchini and egg dumplings🥟delicious😋/Madieer popsicles are very milky/Grilled red sausage is not my favorite/Northeast China spicy hot pot is delicious😋
Day 3️⃣ Harbin Station🚉–Yanji (high-speed rail RMB 198/3h)
📍Stay near Wanda West, very convenient~
🥐Had Lao Han's Ginseng Chicken Soup, Pork Knuckle Rice, quite delicious~/Zhengtan Fried Chicken is delicious!/Mingzhe Tuna Seaweed Roll Rice is soft and delicious🤤
🧚♀️Dressed as a Yanji princess, the makeup artist is very skilled!
Day 4️⃣ Yanji–Xueling–Erdaobaihe–Lanjing
📍8:00 am, carpool from Yanji to Xueling and Erdaobaihe, RMB 188 per person including tickets🎫
10:00 Walk and take photos along the way to Xueling, about an hour up and 30 minutes down. It was snowing and the road was slippery!
12:00 Xueling–Erdaobaihe–Lanjing (the hotel shuttle bus picked us up/very cost-effective!🆓A separate taxi costs RMB 60)
🏠Stay at Lanjing at night, soak in the hot spring, really warm and comfortable~
Day 5️⃣ Lanjing–Changbai Mountain
🚌Take the hotel shuttle bus at 9:30 am (the hotel shuttle bus to the scenic spot and station is free! It departs every hour, see the attached picture!)
Hot Spring Waterfall–Lvyuantan–Underground Forest–Tianchi, the whole tour takes about four hours (depending on the person, taking photos takes time)
Day 6️⃣ Lanjing–Heping Ski Resort–Erdaobaihe Town (free hotel shuttle bus)
🚌Take the hotel shuttle bus at 10:00 am (the hotel offers free ski tickets, go to the butler to get them, make an appointment, and rent ski suits from the hotel butler for RMB 120/set)
Day 7️⃣ Changbai Mountain Station–Longjia Station (more than 1 hour)–Longjia Airport (15-minute walk)
🥐Tianxiang BBQ/Xiaoshi's Strawberry Milkshake/Charcoal BBQ/All delicious!
I recommend wearing layers and bringing warmers~
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