Ice structures in Harbin's Ice and Snow World.[Photo provided to China Daily]

6.Winter fun in North China

Dalian-Shenyang-Changchun-Harbin-Hohhot-Chifeng-Manzhouli-Baotou-Erdos.

The route offers breathtaking natural and artificial winter scenery, winter sports and ice-snow art in northern China.

Recommended sites: Laohutan Ocean Park in Dalian, Liaoning province; Museum of the Imperial Palace of the Manchu State and Jingyuetan Park in Changchun, Jilin province; Sun Island in Harbin, Heilongjiang province; Dazhao Temple in Hohhot, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.