This February, the weather in Harbin is cold but very lively.

The 9th Asian Winter Games is being held here, and more than 1,270 ice and snow athletes from 34 Asian countries and regions gathered in the "Ice City" to share this ice and snow sports event.

As the birthplace of modern ice and snow sports in China, this is the second Asian Winter Conference held in Harbin. After 29 years, when Asian Winter will return to this black soil again, what "Erbin" presents unique and wonderful things to the whole of Asia.

This Asian Winter Games, the number of participating countries and regions and athletes set a record high. Among them, the Cambodian Sports Delegation and the Saudi Arabian Sports Delegation made their debut at the Asian Winter Games, marking the further expansion of the Asian ice and snow sports territory.

Ice and snow dream together, Asia is the same heart. In and outside the stadium, everyone communicated with each other and made progress together, fully feeling the charm brought by ice and snow sports.

In the freestyle ski men's slope obstacle skills field, Thai team player Paul Henry Vieud won the bronze medal, achieving a "zero breakthrough" in the medal at the Asian Winter Games.

In the aerial skills simultaneous stadium, Ivanov/Raimukulov won the first gold medal in the snow event for this Asian Winter Games with his perfect performance in the last round.

In the curling arena, two pairs of "sisters" of Qatar team played together, showing the popularity of ice and snow sports in this desert country.

At the same time, athletes from different countries and regions also deeply felt the host's enthusiasm.

"This is a very beautiful city, the audience is very enthusiastic, I am like I am at home."

"There are a wide variety of food here and the taste is also very good."

"The venues and services of the event are very good, and the volunteers are very polite."

The ice and snow are also gold and silver mountains. The Asian Winter Conference was held again, which made the "Erbin" that was out of the circle even more popular.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Central Street was still crowded. Holding Madier popsicle in one hand and using his mobile phone to photograph the scenery along the street with his mobile phone. The weather at minus 20 degrees Celsius cannot stop the enthusiasm of tourists at all.

"We are from Guangzhou, we are here to travel, and we also went to see the Asian Winter Games." Ms. Liu and her friends told reporters, "'Erbin' is very beautiful. How to say it in Northeastern dialect, gaga is fun!"

This ice and snow season, Harbin seized the favorable opportunity of hosting the Asian Winter Games, connected the event venues and surrounding scenic spots, and launched a new gameplay of "traveling with the event" and "traveling while competing", forming a "event + tourism" craze, further stimulating the potential for ice and snow consumption.

Related data shows that during the 2025 Spring Festival (January 28 to February 4), Harbin received a total of 12.151 million tourists, an increase of 20.4% year-on-year; the total tourism expenditure was 19.15 billion yuan, an increase of 16.6% year-on-year based on comparable calibers. The number of tourists received inbound tourists increased by 144.7% year-on-year, and the number of tourists received and the total tourism spending reached a historical peak.

In "Erbin", meet the Asian Winter Games and meet the beauty!