Last few snaps in Snow Town before boarding the bus back to Harbin. 🚎 🏔❄️ During that time, cases of Coronavirus were flourishing in Wuhan, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and other major cities in China. Thus, I was forced to cancel my Beijing trip, that supposed to be the third leg of my city tour in China. I thought the scare wasn’t that serious, but at the border entering Harbin, our bus was stopped by the army and health personnels went on board to check our temperatures. In spite of the coronavirus scare, I had the most amazing time in the snow wonderland of Xuexiang. It was a dream came true! 💫❄️⛄️ #bestislandtraveltowns#nationalpark#roadtrip#hikingtrails#urbanexplorer

We went to the pinnacle of the mountain for about 60 minutes. We passed through two settlements and a snow-covered pine forest while following the snow track. The broad vistas full of snow, accompanied by beautiful sky and breathtaking surroundings, greeted us in the mountainous landscape! Yangcao Mountain, at an elevation of 4,429 feet (1,350 meters), is located to the northwest of the settlement. We had to ride in a snowmobile driven by a professional driver on the last slope. I'd like to take command, but I'd rather leave it to the professionals! It was a 15-minute rocky ride through a tiny snow route. It was a wonderful adventure. The plants on the summit were sparse when we arrived. Snow had accumulated on the trees. The vision is clear since there were no obstacles in the way. The top gave a fantastic observation point to see the vast magnificent snowscape of the hills, valleys, and rimes, with no obstructions in the way. According to the guide, Yangcao Mountain is the greatest site in China Snow Town to observe the sunrise and sunset due of its elevation and vast perspective. I should have just stayed in Snow Town longer. #roadtrip#givethanks#naturalwonders#hikingtrails#urbanexplorer

Snow Town has a gorgeous view in the morning and when the night comes, the village transformed into a dazzling and lively fairly land. After nightfall is the finest time to photograph Dream Home. When all of the houses are illuminated at 17:30, the park will become a magical place. Even at night, the village is stunning. Red lanterns will be used to decorate the homes of the locals. The town appears to be a charming painting of winter with rural qualities under the light of the lanterns. Sleeping on a traditional heated kang bed, a common bed heaped high with bricks and warmed by fire in northern China, must be an amazing experience for tourists at night. 💫✨🌙❄️🌨 #naturalwonders#hikingtrails#hotelstay#urbanexplorer

"Snow mushroom" has always been one of Snow Town's distinctive signboards. A dense blanket of pristine white snow blanketed the houses. The snow on the roofs of the houses made them stand out one by one. Some looked like snow curtains, while others resembled snow cakes or snow mushrooms. The wooden buildings in the small settlement were festooned with golden maize strings, dried red chili, and other decorations. 🌨❄️🏔🏡 #nationalpark#roadtrip#hikingtrails#hotelstay#urbanexplorer

The picturesque snow-covered village of Xue Xiang is endowed with the purest snow and beautiful snowscape in the world. In winter the snow here can reach up to two meters. The town is 500 hectares in size and is at an elevation of 1,500 meters. It is made up of about twenty wooden cottages that are festooned with golden maize threads and dried red chillies. In the winter, the snowfall might exceed two meters. This absorbs sound and transforms the space into a winter wonderland. ❄️☃️ #bestislandtraveltowns#naturalwonders#hikingtrails#urbanexplorer

absolutely beautiful animals it was great to get so close to them. The majority of tigers roam freely and have large spacious living areas however some other big cats have quite small homes and some appear to be unhappy or distressed

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Somewhat underwhelming but interesting to see tigers up close. The bus ride is typical/once the people who bought scraps of meat to feed tigers start getting up and moving around, you end up seeing much of it through the lense of someone else's camera so easier to just join in and barge your way through if you want to get good views. The place seems somewhat worn, like it's seen better days. Some tigers seemed anxious, pacing around in their cages. Not sure how I felt about that. They looked healthy enough - maybe fatter than expected actually, but that could be winter fat. I only saw one white tiger, right at the very end.

Wonderful winter wonderland, very commercial but very nice to see so many lights, wooden shops with snow covered roof tops, snow dogs and if course the [short] party/rave in the central area. You can spend a night here and then go up the mountain (hike or snow mobile) and then down the other side to Snow Valley (very similar but nowhere near as big).