Best joke in Harbin is - Waiter: do you want refrigerated beer or normal temperature beer? The normal temperature beer is colder than the ones in fridge. LOL
In China, we have the ethnic Russians which belong to the 56 minority nations of China. The mixed culture at boundary of two close countries is really charming.
It is Russian tradition to eat icecream when it is cold outside. First of all icecream temperature is higher so it fells different (not these icecream you bought outside) and that's a way to fell and enjoy pure taste of iceream.
Lol it's not. How many Russians do you know who eat icecream while outside in -25 degree weather? It have never been a tradition so why u said so? :/ This thing with eating icecream in winter is as weird to russians as it is weird to other foreigners
@@kirabby803 Today, some Russians even wear gloves at -10. In my childhood, everyone ate ice cream in the cold. I could not even think that this is something strange for non-Russians.
I am a russian myself, and the only time I've seen anyone eat ice cream in winter was a bunch of chinese tourists at the red square. Probably from Harbin lol.
2:18 They call it "oriental Paris" although the streets look like typical St.Petersburg. Considering that most architects who came to Harbin were probably from St.Petersburg, it's more like "oriental St.Petersburg" than Paris. Although, of course, St.Petersburg had a lot of French influence itself.
I lived in Harbin for 1 year while teaching English. Friendliest people ever! And yes, Harbin is indeed the Paris of the Orient, as well as the Moscow of the Orient!
Hey! We have just stumbled onto your channel! Your energy, vibe, presentation of your content, and knowledge is a very rare to find on TH-cam. We quit our jobs to travel full time before the current global crisis and were planning to visit China as part of our journey. We will just travel virtually with you for the time being but hope to purpose these videos as a guide in the future! Thanks! :) Gokce & Steve
I've spent half a year in Harbin for university. My hometown is Shenyang, also a freezing city in Dongbei as your previous videos said. But I have to say, HARBIN IS SO FREAKING COLD. But the temperature in our dormitory was usually 27 to 30 degrees. So we just bought dozens of ice creams and put them on the balcony. No freezers needed! XD
me too, family trip was cancelled due to Convid-19. It is a pity. Will re-plan when everything is over globally. Hope you can re-plan too. lovely ice world!
I've been living in Harbin from birth until 12 yrs old, then my family moved to Ontario, Canada. Honestly, even Ontario is warmer than Harbin. Your video really brings me nostalgia, miss Harbin so much.
my dad went to Harbin in 1950, my mum 1956, according to them, in 1950s more Russians than Chinese in the city. My first 10 years was in Harbin. Need to go back and visit it again.
Love your video!! My wife is from Harbin. Yes eating ice cream in the winter there is crazy! When we walk around people come up to me and speak Russian, but soon they realize I don't understand. The kids want to practice their English with me, its so cute!
Imagine being that guy that so used to removing his gloves when going inside a building, you risk ripping off skins of your finger when holding those ice glasses. Also, Amy, now you have eat ice cream on -25C, next, ultra spicy Indian curry in India during heatwave.
Central street's ice cream is so famous. I literally ate it on a day with - 30 temperature just because one of my friends said that if you are in Harbin, you got got eat that ice cream😂
im from harbin, As I know,we usually don't eat ice cream in winter. the reason they eat that in zhongyang street. it's because that icecream(Modern ice lolly) is the most famous and special one in harbin ,so whatever the weather is, the ice cream sells good
Do you know why vodka is the drink of choice in one of the coldest countries in the world? Because it usually has one of the highest content of alcohol, and along with other such high alcohol content drinks, they freeze at much lower temperatures, which makes them stay liquid and thus more drinkable.
“I’m not scared the ice-cream is gonna melt” hahah that’s so cool, I heard the ice-cream from that street is quite famous so maybe that’s why everyone’s having one in cold winter? 😂 so chill
Your charm is irresistible!!😁 You look energetic.💪 You have a great smile. I love you!!😘 I have a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to begin or hitting a plateau can feel demoralizing and make it hard to hit the books and study like you know you should…Having friends from other cultures makes me more creative. In fresh ways about space and how people create their own world and environment. It is best way to connect between creative thinking and cross-cultural relationships😘🤗😁
This reminds me of my childhood!!! I was born in the US but my family is in Harbin, and we'd visit every break we had. Haven't had a chance to go back in a while, but damn it I miss those popsicles.. tip though, if you go to the store (马迭尔, aka "Modern")and go inside, their ice cream is equally as delicious if not more delicious (It's my personal fave and a must eat regardless of what the weather is!) They also have really yummy raisin bread hahaha.
@@itsmidtrib1569 I can't imagine such temperatures, when we have -10°C for few hours, it's like apocalypse for us, most of winter we had between 0 to +10°C :-D Freezing is very retro for me because it reminds me childhood when lower temperatures were common every winter.
when my girlfriend first visit Harbin. when we walk on central street. she can't wait to tell her parents : they are selling ice cream without fridge. I was like she was a lil bit over react : really?this is very common like we use water wash face.
I only eat ice cream in the winter. I can’t look at it in the summer, all I want to do is drink water then, but in the cold I crave lots of fat and it feels so part of the vibe idk haha
I have eaten thia exactly one year ago.I think it was 5 rmb price. Harbin is only good for tourism ,not for all time living. It is like a deep freezer in Winter.lol
Just discovered your channel and I love your content so much.. I lived in Shanghai for over a year and I miss China deeply . Hopefully I can go back soon.. Also for me eating Chinese food and tasting all of their delicious staples made me gain weight like crazy when I first got there, don’t know how you can keep such a good figure 😂❤️. Well it’s genetics I guess and I know you said you are an active person but still..😅😅. Love love love your content 😅 谢谢你 😁
I spent 4 years in Harbin Institute of Technoloyg(HIT) and got my B.S. degeree. This video call my happiest memories in Harbin to my mind. As mentioned in the video, Harbin was prosperous because the Russians built Manchuria Railway (a history of humiliation to China, though) And my college, HIT, was established by Russian for training railway engineers as the name of Harbin Sino-Russia Industrial College at the beginning. It has always been the best university in Northeast China since its establishment.
@@xiaotaowu1169 Borsch (bitroot soup), buckwheat, pelmeni and vareniki (same stuff as pierogi in Poland), Shti (sourkraut soup), the bread like the one in the video, pickled mushrooms, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet rice porridge with milk, butter and honey, bakery such as pierojki (dont mix em up with polish stuff) and much more😁 Apart from that, there's lots of other kinds of quisine in RF: the peoples of Central Asia, Siberia, the Far East, Caucasus really make it varied. Come to see it all for yourself!
As a southern Chinese, I felt shocked while seeing such a beautiful city in northern China. Guess I had to go for a visit someday. 卧槽我中国人都不知道哈尔滨这么美，有时间一定得去转转，哈哈哈以前只知道红肠好好吃（🤦♂️
To the north of China, Harbin (ice sculptures and the unique chinese-russian blend) and Xinjiang (the more western/turkish feel) is what I hope to visit some day. I think there are many well known ice skaters from Harbin. Being next to Russian, allows them to train with the Russian ice skaters too as Russian ice skaters are world class. Waiting for covid to be over.
I'm from Finland so I'm used to -25c weather during winters, but eating ice cream outside when it's that cold is still super weird to me, I've never done it. I'll have to try it next winter.
@@i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i5394 lol. it's still weird. though your comment made me remember that I've eaten ice cream outside during the winter... in Russia. But it was just like -5c or something, there wasn't even that much snow. It was alright.
@@vffncl0 well if you love ice cream and summer is 6 month away, who cares? plus russian plombir is soo good, Chinese go crazy over it, to the point that Putin pulled up with few cases to Xi.
Majority of people coming to Harbin:........... Damn it feels cold in here.... Russians coming to Harbin:................. Ah feels just like mother Russia...
Well, most Russians were visiting to Suifenhe, Hunchun and Heihe (especially before 2014 when ruble was not f*cked up by sanctions) since these are very close to the Russian border, and traveling there costs almost nothing for people from the regions bordering China, and you can just take a bus from Russia to China and buy Chinese products for cheap. Harbin is not too far from Russia, but still most Russians prefer going to the cities closer to border. But yeah, Harbin looks interesting, and that pedestrian street with old imperial era buildings reminds me of Arbat in Moscow or downtown Vladivostok, pretty cool.
3:09 You translated "拜拜美女" as "Bye, blondie!"? 😂 While that's a very liberal translation (as you know 美女/mei nü means "beauty/pretty girl/compliment for female customers" and doesn't really refer to blonde people or your channel specifically), your video was nicely put together overall. Thanks for the effort and dedication! На здоровье/干杯/cheers!
@@johannanordwall3542 Agreed, in her channel she refers to herself as 'blondie" so by using this word she's not claiming to be a "beauty". Both are cute nicknames anyway; translation doesn't need to be literal.
Yeah...two brutal dictatorships forging a bond out of convenience and self-interest. It is only a matter of time until the relationship implodes like it always historically has.
Im a Russian living in US for most of my life and i agree with you. I feel like im much closer to Chinese culture than i am to American... Well America has no culture.
I solo backpacked to Harbin and Changbaishan last Jan 2018 and that's the first time I felt the f**kin' insane cold. I checked the temperature on phone screen, it showed -32°C!! Beside of that, I also experienced the heartwarming interactions with some locals there even though I lack the language. Met local tourists and became travelmates along the journey, and we still keep in touch in WeChat ever since. Madier or Modern ice cream is one of the highlights on Zhongyang Dajie. At the first and second days, I wonder what this crowd at a street food vendor all about. Turns out they flock to buy a popsicle (vanilla ice cream). My thought like, _"How come these people eat ice cream in such freakin' cold day?!"_ I did curious and finally bought one at the 3rd day. A guy in hostel told me that tourists and locals eat the ice cream to warm up their bodies. Because ice cream temperature is warmer than the air. Nice one! :D
I'm just surprised your mobile phone still worked in such cold weather. My iPhone battery died many times when I went to Beijing where the temperature was just - 11.
I went to both Harbin on January 2018 and to Changbaishan on October 2017. I was a student at Changchun for a couple years. Actually, that was an out of the ordinary winter, it was so cold!! I was back in winter 2019 and it was so warm that they had to close the ice festival the earliest in its history! Temperatures already rose above 0 in early February. the snow melted and everything looked so plain, also songhua river wasn't fully frozen 😔
I'm Indonesian studying at one of the universities in Harbin, but because of covid-19, I can't go back to Harbin. Thanks a lot for ur video, I can feel Harbin’s vibes
There's people that drink hot tea on hot summer days. In Russia it's common to eat ice cream in the winter, maybe because no freezer is needed and I would always see vendors in the winter. It doesn't melt and tastes better when it's ice-cold, just like tea tastes best scorching hot.
Not that common I would say... But I am just telling from my point of view - I live in Siberia, where it comes down to -40 in the winter. If you just try, definitely get sore throat. Maybe your words seem true for some warmer regions. Last year it was -35 in my hometown, I flew to Moscow and it was raining there - no glimpse of frost. Why not to taste some icecream then?
I am from Siberia and I think that the best way to eat ice cream is melting hot summer when you can feel the coolness from ice cream, juisness and at the same time a very pleasant taste.
you were in track but missed, see ppl in Uzbekistan have to drink hot tea during summer work in the desert in order to maintain contra, russuans do opposite at winter sometimes even driving with windows down
as a chinese i love this part of russia i am so happy to see this russian influenced architecture very proud of this. russia and china always help each other. russians are always welcome to china!
Aww it's my hometown and I missed this place. If you got time, Huamei Restaurant at the Central Avenue is a cool place to eat - semi Russian cuisine. Also the ice cream bar called "Modern" (or 马递尔 in Russian) is worth the visit - the icecream and kefir yogurt taste so great and unique comparing to north American ones. Also, for local Chinese food, I recommend "百年蒸饺“ or roughly translated as "centennial steamed dumpling" . Also "老边饺子" was pretty good but that's according to my memory from 28 years ago. For experience, if you got a chance, you can try some bathhouse, although they are not as lavish and traditional as Hammam in Turkey.
My father's parents fled Russia and the revolution.Harbin had a large Russian contingency there. Papa was born and raised there. At 18 he went to Shanghai and left the country ahead of the advancing Communists. He went by ship to the Philippines and eventually arrived in San Francisco where he met and married my mother. Papa has been gone 8 years now. I love you, papa!
We don’t say “na zdorovye”. It was said by Polish actors playing Russians in Hollywood movies. We wish health (здоровье - zdorovye) an lots of different forms, but never in the form of “na zdorovye”.
@@juliabrylinska5850 “na zdorovye” is never used as “cheers” when we drink. We may say “na zdorovye” in response to “thank you”. Like “thank you - you are welcome”, but never as a drinking salute.
Went to Harbin in 2019 during the Ice and Snow Festival. It really is cool. Darker history as well you can see what's left of the Unit 731 site there and museum about Harbin under Japanese/Manchukuo control (Worth seeing too.). Most of the ethnic Russians that were there by the mid-twentieth century were of White Russian (Czarist/anti-Communist) exiles who were purged when the Soviet Union invaded Manchukuo in 1945. Similar story with Xinjiang- There were strong Russian communities there too but Bolshevik interventions in Civil War and later Soviet incursions in the 1930's saw a lot of the Russians there purged or sent to gulags.
😂ага. В ГУЛАГ. Страшным KGB😂 Слушайте, а можно что нибудь действительно интересное придумать, окном страшного ГУЛАГа, КГБ и прочих финал ЛГБТ - ну что б забыть, забиться, захрипетт? Мне правда интересно - мифу про страшных пьяных русских в ушаеках и с медведями на Красной площади уже 500 лет. Вы там за жто время ничего пооригинальней сварганить не смогли?
there were lots of Russians living there,bhut during ww2 many of them were killed by Japanese because they want to protect their home...nowadays those living here arent their posterity.just want people to know what happened in harbin,what we did to fight against jnvasion of Japanese militarism and fascism
Yea, it is really interesting how people that live in the cold love to eat cold things like ice cream. They do the same thing in Bulgaria where it is literally -10 or -5C which is not as extreme as Harbin, but they still love their ice cream in the freezing winter. lol.
Well, it's kind of the same for north africans... We live in very hot country but we also drink very hot tea because we think that's better refreshing drink
I love your channel and China is my favourite country to visit. I was going to visit these places like Shenzhen, Shanghai, Liaoning, Tianjin, Chongqing, Harbin, Xian, Beijing ...etc this year but because of the outbreak I have to postponed it to next year. I only hope the length of your vlogs increases to 15-20mins in coming episodes. I want to see more of it. Thank you. 👍🌹🥰
Oh man. You brought back a lot of memories for me. I used to live there from 2017-2018. Harbin is certainly a unique place in China and I used to walk many of the streets you were on. I miss it so much.
A lot of Russians live in Harbin. The city is focused on Russians. Signs and street names are duplicated in Russian. Many sellers, waiters and generally working personnel speak Russian.
I was in Asahikawa, Hokkaido in Feb 2020 and the overnight minimum on the 9th was -26°C, while just 25 min from the city in Etanbetsu River it got as low as -36°C. There was a display of photos and souvenirs from Harbin Ice Festival - a sister of Asahikawa Winter Festival. Harbin and Asahikawa are friendship cities. Harbin is certainly on my bucket list, but at least I won't be shocked by the cold anymore!
I went to Harbin 2 years ago. It was a great trip. I took a night coach to go there. It was very cold once I arrived but I loved the ice sculptures. I'd love to visit the north east of China again.
Best joke in Harbin is - Waiter: do you want refrigerated beer or normal temperature beer? The normal temperature beer is colder than the ones in fridge. LOL
哈哈哈哈
Hahahahah
对！
Come to think of it, you can't get a normal temperature beer. It would have been frozen. The funny part is you put things in the fridge to keep warm.
It should be: how do u want your beer? Cold or frozen?
As a russian,it truly melts my heart and yes the architecture looks like a mix of Moscow and Saint-Petersburg
I'll be responding to you in russian real soon just you wait
@@adriangudino3412 хорошо бумер
Your heart is too cold to be melted :-P
@@supercruiser4925 that's a good one
In China, we have the ethnic Russians which belong to the 56 minority nations of China. The mixed culture at boundary of two close countries is really charming.
It is Russian tradition to eat icecream when it is cold outside. First of all icecream temperature is higher so it fells different (not these icecream you bought outside) and that's a way to fell and enjoy pure taste of iceream.
Icecream feels warm in mouth when in winter
Yes, I also had ice-cream during my last visit to Central Street in Harbin. It's great that the ice-cream didn't melt and drip.
Lol it's not. How many Russians do you know who eat icecream while outside in -25 degree weather? It have never been a tradition so why u said so? :/
This thing with eating icecream in winter is as weird to russians as it is weird to other foreigners
@@kirabby803 Today, some Russians even wear gloves at -10. In my childhood, everyone ate ice cream in the cold. I could not even think that this is something strange for non-Russians.
I am a russian myself, and the only time I've seen anyone eat ice cream in winter was a bunch of chinese tourists at the red square. Probably from Harbin lol.
2:18 They call it "oriental Paris" although the streets look like typical St.Petersburg. Considering that most architects who came to Harbin were probably from St.Petersburg, it's more like "oriental St.Petersburg" than Paris. Although, of course, St.Petersburg had a lot of French influence itself.
@Рамис Карама thanks that’s very interesting knowledge.
I’m harbin guy! Miss home!
harbin guyhere!
I lived in Harbin for 1 year while teaching English. Friendliest people ever! And yes, Harbin is indeed the Paris of the Orient, as well as the Moscow of the Orient!
Best thing about those drinking glasses made of ice: washing dishes with a hair dryer! ;- )
BAHAHAAHAA just making them disappear! classic
Genius！
good idea😂
I just started learning Chinese and the moment I heard you talking about bread, I was all: *I KNOW THAT WORD I KNOW THAT WORD*!!!!!!!!
you are so cute
her videos are good to learn chinese cities :)
bread-----面包
所以面包到底可不可数，我到现在都分不清蛋糕和面包哪个是可数的
FlyXanthus Lee 中文没有可数不可数的概念，像你说的面包和蛋糕可以说一个面包/蛋糕，两个/面包，都是一样的；需要注意的是，一个名词前面需要用到相应的“量词”（measure word）（比如一“条”鱼🐟，一“只”鸟🐦），在中文没有类似英文名词复数的形式。
As a chinese i havnt even been to this many cities in China, nor do I know much about Haerbin
Crying with envy
also I love your vids!
Hey! We have just stumbled onto your channel! Your energy, vibe, presentation of your content, and knowledge is a very rare to find on TH-cam. We quit our jobs to travel full time before the current global crisis and were planning to visit China as part of our journey. We will just travel virtually with you for the time being but hope to purpose these videos as a guide in the future! Thanks! :)
Gokce & Steve
Don’t forget to visit the concentration camps.
@@FrenchViking466 wait what
@@FrenchViking466 you need to build them first.
scipion34 Look it up, millions of people have been taken to so called “re-education camps”..
@@FrenchViking466 yes ik but usually its uyghurs
I've spent half a year in Harbin for university. My hometown is Shenyang, also a freezing city in Dongbei as your previous videos said. But I have to say, HARBIN IS SO FREAKING COLD. But the temperature in our dormitory was usually 27 to 30 degrees. So we just bought dozens of ice creams and put them on the balcony. No freezers needed! XD
oh wow!!! hahah
Always so cheerful with vibrant positive vibes. Thanks!
I am supposed to visit Harbin this winter but it got canceled :(
*screaming internally*
aarghhh that sucks :( sorry Joyce!
me too, family trip was cancelled due to Convid-19. It is a pity. Will re-plan when everything is over globally. Hope you can re-plan too. lovely ice world!
Dude same here haha
Oof
I went to Harbin near 10 years ago and was planning to go again this year...
I've been living in Harbin from birth until 12 yrs old, then my family moved to Ontario, Canada. Honestly, even Ontario is warmer than Harbin. Your video really brings me nostalgia, miss Harbin so much.
U go to uoft?
@@xinyaoyin2238 no
I really love your video today .You such a lovely person to speaking perfectly Chinese these days .I am so admire you .Lots of love ❤️ to you all
Aww thank you Jenny! What a lovely message to read
Blondie in China I am your loyal fans for a while .I am so glad you have had fun to living in China these days .Love you
I love the way your mum said "OMG" when she knew you were in a place 7 degrees colder than the fridge.
hahahahh
@ Gaiseric Lee, no mate.She was comparing to the freezer, not the fridge.
my dad went to Harbin in 1950, my mum 1956, according to them, in 1950s more Russians than Chinese in the city. My first 10 years was in Harbin. Need to go back and visit it again.
Love your video!! My wife is from Harbin. Yes eating ice cream in the winter there is crazy! When we walk around people come up to me and speak Russian, but soon they realize I don't understand. The kids want to practice their English with me, its so cute!
Imagine being that guy that so used to removing his gloves when going inside a building, you risk ripping off skins of your finger when holding those ice glasses.
Also, Amy, now you have eat ice cream on -25C, next, ultra spicy Indian curry in India during heatwave.
Central street's ice cream is so famous. I literally ate it on a day with - 30 temperature just because one of my friends said that if you are in Harbin, you got got eat that ice cream😂
There were also many Poles in Harbin.
im from harbin, As I know,we usually don't eat ice cream in winter. the reason they eat that in zhongyang street. it's because
that icecream(Modern ice lolly) is the most famous and special one in harbin ,so whatever the weather is, the ice cream sells good
As my mom always says, your diet should follow the season. So, ice cream in winter and hot tea in summer, no problem 😉
hahhahaha yeah! Gotta get used to that
Do you know why vodka is the drink of choice in one of the coldest countries in the world?
Because it usually has one of the highest content of alcohol, and along with other such high alcohol content drinks, they freeze at much lower temperatures, which makes them stay liquid and thus more drinkable.
“I’m not scared the ice-cream is gonna melt” hahah that’s so cool, I heard the ice-cream from that street is quite famous so maybe that’s why everyone’s having one in cold winter? 😂 so chill
Your charm is irresistible!!😁 You look energetic.💪 You have a great smile. I love you!!😘 I have a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to begin or hitting a plateau can feel demoralizing and make it hard to hit the books and study like you know you should…Having friends from other cultures makes me more creative. In fresh ways about space and how people create their own world and environment. It is best way to connect between creative thinking and cross-cultural relationships😘🤗😁
Yeah its awesome diving into other cultures and seeing such rare things like this
Eating ice cream in Harbin reminds me of Bostonians drinking iced coffee in the New England winter 😄
i live in canada and as a kid i bought ice cream from my local corner store and the store owner gave me a look like i was crazy
What a great video, that’s my hometown, now I am studying in Macquarie Uni
ice cream in such a cold weather??? blondie it is really fun watching your adventures.....hahaha...
Mundanjiang which is very close to Harbin is my hometown. It’s so nice to get to know the culture of our area from an Australian! 😂
This reminds me of my childhood!!! I was born in the US but my family is in Harbin, and we'd visit every break we had. Haven't had a chance to go back in a while, but damn it I miss those popsicles.. tip though, if you go to the store (马迭尔, aka "Modern")and go inside, their ice cream is equally as delicious if not more delicious (It's my personal fave and a must eat regardless of what the weather is!) They also have really yummy raisin bread hahaha.
Selling ice cream with no freezer needed....Russians.... :-D
😂 Russians indeed lolol
@@itsmidtrib1569 I can't imagine such temperatures, when we have -10°C for few hours, it's like apocalypse for us, most of winter we had between 0 to +10°C :-D Freezing is very retro for me because it reminds me childhood when lower temperatures were common every winter.
欢迎来我的家乡
welcome to Harbin
thanks for the video, i have lived in shanghai for one year and i feel pity i didnt visit harbin
Blondie in China Absolutely a successful TH-cam Channel.
It was also a bit Polish
真的希望Amy的粉丝能快点涨上来。
不可能的，现在反中是政治正确
艾米飯加油💪💪💪
Can't wait to watch this one!
when my girlfriend first visit Harbin. when we walk on central street. she can't wait to tell her parents : they are selling ice cream without fridge. I was like she was a lil bit over react : really?this is very common like we use water wash face.
I definitely want to put this city on my bucket list!
Awesome. Thx
I only eat ice cream in the winter. I can’t look at it in the summer, all I want to do is drink water then, but in the cold I crave lots of fat and it feels so part of the vibe idk haha
Blonde, your videos are too short. We want more! Keep up the good work.
I have eaten thia exactly one year ago.I think it was 5 rmb price. Harbin is only good for tourism ,not for all time living. It is like a deep freezer in Winter.lol
The fact that you can eat ice cream without worrying about it dripping because it's so cold outside HAHAHHAA
Just discovered your channel and I love your content so much.. I lived in Shanghai for over a year and I miss China deeply . Hopefully I can go back soon.. Also for me eating Chinese food and tasting all of their delicious staples made me gain weight like crazy when I first got there, don’t know how you can keep such a good figure 😂❤️. Well it’s genetics I guess and I know you said you are an active person but still..😅😅. Love love love your content 😅 谢谢你 😁
So glad you found my channel! Hope we can both get back to China soon xxx
I spent 4 years in Harbin Institute of Technoloyg(HIT) and got my B.S. degeree. This video call my happiest memories in Harbin to my mind.
As mentioned in the video, Harbin was prosperous because the Russians built Manchuria Railway (a history of humiliation to China, though)
And my college, HIT, was established by Russian for training railway engineers as the name of Harbin Sino-Russia Industrial College at the beginning. It has always been the best university in Northeast China since its establishment.
I heard there were many Russians and Jews in Harbin in the 1920s and 1930s.
haha, I had an apartment in Montreal for a while, -46 degree, I checked, it was 16 degree colder than Finland
haha you got the seasoning on your hoodie
Amy: *mentions bread*
Me: Aha, бутерброд (buterbrod) it is. Eh, close enough
Nice 🤗
already make me smile watching Amy's video, ha ha
哈尔滨欢迎你！！！
Able to eat ice cream without worrying about melting, that's a huge plus.
Indeed!
Big fur market there to
Fyi I don't think there were railways in the late 18th century (1700's). Maybe you meant 19th? Anyway, great video 👍
When you doesn't have to worry about your ice cream melting... it's the best!
Yep!
It's like you've been to Russia
not all Russia is like thisб only centers of big cities, most russia is like this th-cam.com/video/vFTt1B60Lm8/w-d-xo.html
The cuisine in Harbin tastes nothing like Russian cuisine, don't be fooled!
The only russian cuisine I know is caviar.
@@xiaotaowu1169 Borsch (bitroot soup), buckwheat, pelmeni and vareniki (same stuff as pierogi in Poland), Shti (sourkraut soup), the bread like the one in the video, pickled mushrooms, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet rice porridge with milk, butter and honey, bakery such as pierojki (dont mix em up with polish stuff) and much more😁
Apart from that, there's lots of other kinds of quisine in RF: the peoples of Central Asia, Siberia, the Far East, Caucasus really make it varied.
Come to see it all for yourself!
Great video 👍
As a southern Chinese, I felt shocked while seeing such a beautiful city in northern China. Guess I had to go for a visit someday. 卧槽我中国人都不知道哈尔滨这么美，有时间一定得去转转，哈哈哈以前只知道红肠好好吃（🤦♂️
哈尔滨的烧烤也好吃 很多好吃的
ice-cream in winter -25, that is funny :D
I've only watched one chinese related video and my is now like a counterfeit market.
Guys witch application she use for Writing ?
Graduated from HIT, almost my second hometown!
I lived my childhood in Harbin
The people of Harbin really are showing off how well they can stand the cold by eating ice-cream in that weather, haha
haha yeah! I was impressed
It probably warms them up lol.
That's humanity, that's friendship. Informative video. Great thanks. And of course, that's eating the Russian way.
To the north of China, Harbin (ice sculptures and the unique chinese-russian blend) and Xinjiang (the more western/turkish feel) is what I hope to visit some day. I think there are many well known ice skaters from Harbin. Being next to Russian, allows them to train with the Russian ice skaters too as Russian ice skaters are world class. Waiting for covid to be over.
I am Russian and I lived in Southern city in China but after watching your video I DEFINETELY will visit Harbin. Feels like home!
Or perhaps you should go back to Russia and stay with the rest of us
Most of Russian students study in Harbin night life extremely well
I love Russia
@@glebsokolov9959 Но Китай лучше.
@@antonishedsp2036 С какого это перепугу? Даже учитывая нашу стагнацию при Путине, у нас ваше ВВП. Тем более в Китае живёт совсем другой народ.
I'm from Finland so I'm used to -25c weather during winters, but eating ice cream outside when it's that cold is still super weird to me, I've never done it. I'll have to try it next winter.
The Swedes make a beeline for the ice cream truck in the snow. I thought their immediate neighbours in the Nordic region did that too.
just imagine its +25 duh, no wonder ppl call finns slow))
@@i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i5394 lol. it's still weird. though your comment made me remember that I've eaten ice cream outside during the winter... in Russia. But it was just like -5c or something, there wasn't even that much snow. It was alright.
@@vffncl0 well if you love ice cream and summer is 6 month away, who cares? plus russian plombir is soo good, Chinese go crazy over it, to the point that Putin pulled up with few cases to Xi.
@@i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i5394 Actually we eat ice cream INSIDE the room bcz it's very dry and kind of hot indoors...
Outside it's cold, really cold.
Majority of people coming to Harbin:........... Damn it feels cold in here....
Russians coming to Harbin:................. Ah feels just like mother Russia...
Well in Yakutia (Sakha Republic) of Russia the coldest recorded temperature is -71.2C so Harbin would almost feel like summer to them lol
@@YummYakitori Trust me I am from Canada... I know what "actual cold" feels like too.... lmao
Unless you are from the Krasnodar region
Well, most Russians were visiting to Suifenhe, Hunchun and Heihe (especially before 2014 when ruble was not f*cked up by sanctions) since these are very close to the Russian border, and traveling there costs almost nothing for people from the regions bordering China, and you can just take a bus from Russia to China and buy Chinese products for cheap. Harbin is not too far from Russia, but still most Russians prefer going to the cities closer to border. But yeah, Harbin looks interesting, and that pedestrian street with old imperial era buildings reminds me of Arbat in Moscow or downtown Vladivostok, pretty cool.
@@huzefagirnary1064 not really, russian siberian cities are actually colder. Unless youre living in the prairies or the territories.
I am Russian and I love visiting Harbin. It feels like a second home. Very beautiful buildings and ice sculptures.
Китайско-российская дружба длится вечно
@@令和风 Wish it didn't end in the Soviet era... Possibly the largest factor to its overthrow.
3:09 You translated "拜拜美女" as "Bye, blondie!"? 😂 While that's a very liberal translation (as you know 美女/mei nü means "beauty/pretty girl/compliment for female customers" and doesn't really refer to blonde people or your channel specifically), your video was nicely put together overall. Thanks for the effort and dedication! На здоровье/干杯/cheers!
Ms. Me I think she did that to be humble lol
@@johannanordwall3542 Agreed, in her channel she refers to herself as 'blondie" so by using this word she's not claiming to be a "beauty". Both are cute nicknames anyway; translation doesn't need to be literal.
Does Chinese have the word "blond?" 金发? I suspect that this word meant another until the 18th century.
@@radziwill7193 we just call all foreigners "old outsiders"
@@diggingmystyle Why old?
As a chinese, I absolutely love Russian architecture. I think it is great that Russia and China are continuing their strong relationship to this day.
Yeah...two brutal dictatorships forging a bond out of convenience and self-interest. It is only a matter of time until the relationship implodes like it always historically has.
...it is problematic.
Im a Russian living in US for most of my life and i agree with you. I feel like im much closer to Chinese culture than i am to American... Well America has no culture.
@gwynbleys7171 Canada and USA have no culture.
@@GwynBleyslmao absolutely brain dead take. Why don’t you move to China then buddy
I solo backpacked to Harbin and Changbaishan last Jan 2018 and that's the first time I felt the f**kin' insane cold. I checked the temperature on phone screen, it showed -32°C!!
Beside of that, I also experienced the heartwarming interactions with some locals there even though I lack the language. Met local tourists and became travelmates along the journey, and we still keep in touch in WeChat ever since.
Madier or Modern ice cream is one of the highlights on Zhongyang Dajie.
At the first and second days, I wonder what this crowd at a street food vendor all about. Turns out they flock to buy a popsicle (vanilla ice cream). My thought like, _"How come these people eat ice cream in such freakin' cold day?!"_
I did curious and finally bought one at the 3rd day.
A guy in hostel told me that tourists and locals eat the ice cream to warm up their bodies. Because ice cream temperature is warmer than the air. Nice one! :D
Ice cream tastes best in winter. Everybody knows that.
Mate is it for real, ice cream to warm up?
harbin and changbaishan were 2 of the places i went to on my first trip to china. i’d love to return when i grow older😭 china is so nice
I'm just surprised your mobile phone still worked in such cold weather. My iPhone battery died many times when I went to Beijing where the temperature was just - 11.
I went to both Harbin on January 2018 and to Changbaishan on October 2017. I was a student at Changchun for a couple years. Actually, that was an out of the ordinary winter, it was so cold!! I was back in winter 2019 and it was so warm that they had to close the ice festival the earliest in its history! Temperatures already rose above 0 in early February. the snow melted and everything looked so plain, also songhua river wasn't fully frozen 😔
I'm Indonesian studying at one of the universities in Harbin, but because of covid-19, I can't go back to Harbin. Thanks a lot for ur video, I can feel Harbin’s vibes
Me too
Cool
HIT?
“I’m not scared it’s gonna melt. “ Heaven
Tracy L heaven with coronavirus is odd
@@agdasqurshi2328 Nope, If you want Crona, go to the US. In China, Chrona is locked down so people don't have to worry.
What about Global Warming and/or Climate Change? I don't know if it is impacting Harbin's temperatures as of now but
This is my hometown，I like living here，I also like the life here，Of course, I appreciate your promotion of my hometown，Thank you.
hope you see a nice warm beach someday!
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There's people that drink hot tea on hot summer days. In Russia it's common to eat ice cream in the winter, maybe because no freezer is needed and I would always see vendors in the winter. It doesn't melt and tastes better when it's ice-cold, just like tea tastes best scorching hot.
Not that common I would say... But I am just telling from my point of view - I live in Siberia, where it comes down to -40 in the winter. If you just try, definitely get sore throat. Maybe your words seem true for some warmer regions. Last year it was -35 in my hometown, I flew to Moscow and it was raining there - no glimpse of frost. Why not to taste some icecream then?
I am from Siberia and I think that the best way to eat ice cream is melting hot summer when you can feel the coolness from ice cream, juisness and at the same time a very pleasant taste.
Stellar KTG you guys are just too cold :P
you were in track but missed, see ppl in Uzbekistan have to drink hot tea during summer work in the desert in order to maintain contra, russuans do opposite at winter sometimes even driving with windows down
as a chinese i love this part of russia i am so happy to see this russian influenced architecture very proud of this. russia and china always help each other. russians are always welcome to china!
Thanks, bro! nice to hear) you are also welcome in Russia!!
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Aww it's my hometown and I missed this place. If you got time, Huamei Restaurant at the Central Avenue is a cool place to eat - semi Russian cuisine. Also the ice cream bar called "Modern" (or 马递尔 in Russian) is worth the visit - the icecream and kefir yogurt taste so great and unique comparing to north American ones.
Also, for local Chinese food, I recommend "百年蒸饺“ or roughly translated as "centennial steamed dumpling" . Also "老边饺子" was pretty good but that's according to my memory from 28 years ago. For experience, if you got a chance, you can try some bathhouse, although they are not as lavish and traditional as Hammam in Turkey.
My father's parents fled Russia and the revolution.Harbin had a large Russian contingency there. Papa was born and raised there. At 18 he went to Shanghai and left the country ahead of the advancing Communists. He went by ship to the Philippines and eventually arrived in San Francisco where he met and married my mother. Papa has been gone 8 years now. I love you, papa!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful family history with us
Сочувствую вам😢😮😊🎉
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@@koruki这并不美好，是一个悲惨的经历，被迫背井离乡😂
We don’t say “na zdorovye”. It was said by Polish actors playing Russians in Hollywood movies. We wish health (здоровье - zdorovye) an lots of different forms, but never in the form of “na zdorovye”.
Олжас Есенбаев вы понимаете, что мы говорим об абсолютно разных контекстах?
Олжас Есенбаев коммент адресован автору, она поняла о чём речь. Видео совсем короткое, посмотрите и поймёте о чём я. Так вы только запутаете человека.
yeah im polish and we say na zdrowie and i think it is not the same as russian
@@juliabrylinska5850 “na zdorovye” is never used as “cheers” when we drink. We may say “na zdorovye” in response to “thank you”. Like “thank you - you are welcome”, but never as a drinking salute.
@@ErmakBrovar oh okay now i know thank you so much
36% C here in Malaysia, very hot, let's get some ice-creams,...reasonable. -25% C in Harbin, very cold, let's get some ice-creams,...weird. haha
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Why is this weird? Outside, the temperature is -25, the temperature of ice cream is -15. Ice cream warms a person.
Hmmm. .....Not wire see many Malaysian drink hot coffee hot tea very hot soap under hot Malaysian weather ya
I have been 5 times to Russia and indeed it reminds me of there. Two amazing countries!!
Went to Harbin in 2019 during the Ice and Snow Festival. It really is cool. Darker history as well you can see what's left of the Unit 731 site there and museum about Harbin under Japanese/Manchukuo control (Worth seeing too.). Most of the ethnic Russians that were there by the mid-twentieth century were of White Russian (Czarist/anti-Communist) exiles who were purged when the Soviet Union invaded Manchukuo in 1945. Similar story with Xinjiang- There were strong Russian communities there too but Bolshevik interventions in Civil War and later Soviet incursions in the 1930's saw a lot of the Russians there purged or sent to gulags.
So thats why there's not a lot of Russians in harbin, guess they chilling at Siberia now
@@raymondwen4210 yes chilling on the bottom of lake baikal
😂ага. В ГУЛАГ. Страшным KGB😂
Слушайте, а можно что нибудь действительно интересное придумать, окном страшного ГУЛАГа, КГБ и прочих финал ЛГБТ - ну что б забыть, забиться, захрипетт?
Мне правда интересно - мифу про страшных пьяных русских в ушаеках и с медведями на Красной площади уже 500 лет. Вы там за жто время ничего пооригинальней сварганить не смогли?
Harbin’s beautiful & awesome.The architectures are towards Russian styles,super amazing & it’s very modern,cool!👍🏻👏🏻The snow & ice sculptures are fantastic 👍🏻👏🏻😆
The architecture is Polish, not Russian. Polish engineers built the city, and first President of Harbin was Polish.
there were lots of Russians living there,bhut during ww2 many of them were killed by Japanese because they want to protect their home...nowadays those living here arent their posterity.just want people to know what happened in harbin,what we did to fight against jnvasion of Japanese militarism and fascism
哈尔滨人在悉尼。今年春节回哈尔滨赶上了疫情从开始到严重。因为临近俄罗斯和外来输入现在哈尔滨控制疫情有很大压力。希望正常生活早日恢复
现在回黑龙江要居家隔离28天😂14天酒店+28天居家
哈尔滨人在悉尼＋1
绥芬河的口岸加上一些当地领导的不利应对，我父亲仍在当地，和你一样，希望疫情早日过去。
现在好多了，但是小区还没有解封，路过大家都不害怕了，大不了再封一次。
哈尔滨人在悉尼+2
Yea, it is really interesting how people that live in the cold love to eat cold things like ice cream. They do the same thing in Bulgaria where it is literally -10 or -5C which is not as extreme as Harbin, but they still love their ice cream in the freezing winter. lol.
Well, it's kind of the same for north africans... We live in very hot country but we also drink very hot tea because we think that's better refreshing drink
in warmer climate, somehow people wanted to eat hot thing and now I know why like how during rain or cold, people eat cold thing.
When the ice cream is -10, and outside - 70C °, it seems warm. (Resident of Novosibirsk, Russia)
I love your channel and China is my favourite country to visit. I was going to visit these places like Shenzhen, Shanghai, Liaoning, Tianjin, Chongqing, Harbin, Xian, Beijing ...etc this year but because of the outbreak I have to postponed it to next year. I only hope the length of your vlogs increases to 15-20mins in coming episodes. I want to see more of it. Thank you. 👍🌹🥰
Oh man. You brought back a lot of memories for me. I used to live there from 2017-2018. Harbin is certainly a unique place in China and I used to walk many of the streets you were on. I miss it so much.
A lot of Russians live in Harbin. The city is focused on Russians. Signs and street names are duplicated in Russian. Many sellers, waiters and generally working personnel speak Russian.
I spent a year studying in Harbin, had an amazing time - thanks for the video, brings back so many memories ❤️
Honey I'll eat ice cream still if the sun won't shine on earth for 6 days
Harbin is my hometown, but now I'm in the U.S. Hence I'm so happy to see this video on TH-cam, thank you!
I was in Asahikawa, Hokkaido in Feb 2020 and the overnight minimum on the 9th was -26°C, while just 25 min from the city in Etanbetsu River it got as low as -36°C. There was a display of photos and souvenirs from Harbin Ice Festival - a sister of Asahikawa Winter Festival. Harbin and Asahikawa are friendship cities. Harbin is certainly on my bucket list, but at least I won't be shocked by the cold anymore!
I went to Harbin 2 years ago. It was a great trip. I took a night coach to go there. It was very cold once I arrived but I loved the ice sculptures. I'd love to visit the north east of China again.