This park is next to a frozen lake. There are two sides, one decorated with rocks and one with wood. This is the rock side.
That's the lake, with a dock and little building sticking out into it.
Rock side.
The walkway on the wood side.
Wood waterwheel, inactive during wintertime.
Wood sign.
Wood bridge.
Another wood sign.
Jin Chao and Xu Chen on the covered wooden walkway. Note the cool wooden statue on the left.
There were tons of these beautiful handmade wooden murals.
Jin Chao's dad's coal block factory. They take coal powder, coal dirt, and other ingredients, mix them with water in a machine, and out pops blocks that are used all over for cooking and heating.
A truck full of coal dirt about to be unloaded at the factory.
The blocks with round holes are the finished product. These are just laying in the dirt. In the winter they don't actually make the things, just stockpile ingredients because the water would freeze and they wouldn't come out right.
Yichun has a mini ice festival. It's not much compared to Harbin, but still beautiful.
Jin Chao, Xu Chen, and Jin Chao's cousin.
Tower in the park.
Bridge over the frozen river.
Bridge again.
The three of us from the dorm in Harbin, myself, Xu Chen, and Jin Chao from right to left.
Jin Chao's two cousins.
Arguably the wierdest thing I've eaten yet: tree frog.
This is what a plate of deep fried tree frog looks like, in case you were at all curious.
Looks like he's about to escape, doesn't it?
A table selling stuff to burn and send to your ancestors.
My birthday dinner.
Good times at the best ice cream place in Yichun.
Don't ask.
One of the fireworks stands and the jolly lady selling them.
Mmm local specialties at the market.
I found some live ones.
Tobacco.
The new year's eve spread at Jin Chao's grandpa and grandma's place.
From the top of the hill in a park near Yichun.
For some reason the building in the park had lots of cool mirrors so I took some pictures.
A few of us outside the park - Jin Chao and I, his grandma, two cousins, and aunt.
From my right that's Jin Chao's dad, mom, and he himself.
And he switched with his cousin to take this one.
