An island would be more beautiful when visited in Summer, i think. Lots of trees and large Russian houses/mansions scattered around. It seems like a nice, big park. Also, nice to visit in Winter, when the festival areas are packed with sooooooo many people and the large tourist groups dont visit the island. Try walking to the island via frozen... More

Don't get me wrong -- the snow sculptures are impressive, but after seeing both Zhaolin Park and Snow and Ice World, the Sun Island sculptures were less festive in comparison. Of course, the Sun Island sculptures are only available in the daytime whereas the latter two are better to see at night. If you have some time, head south toward... More

I am here in March. The river ice is 2 feet thick and the walk looked inviting. so i joined the 30 or so on the whole river to take the 4 km walk. i liked the island bc no one was on it. it felt like my own peaceful setting. There are some russian build vacation homes from a... More

The sculptures were wonderful and I am happy that I saw them, but I think the entrance fee was too high for normal Chinese standards. More

We visited the Sun Island for the Snow Festival in mid-February, arriving at about 4pm. Tickets were 240 RMB for adults and 120RMB for children under 1.2m. After some argument, we managed to get a discount for our eldest (11 year old) daughter too by showing a copy of her passport. The ticket office staff were pretty rude and brusque.... More

Cold. -2F cold. But very cool! You can walk from the entrance of Sun Island down to the attraction but we took one the little shuttle vehicles because of the cold. This was a great way to spend a few hours. Scores of snow sculptures that are, I don't know, about 10 or 15 feet high and about the same... More

This is where they have snow sculptures in the winter and amusements in the summer More

do not take the internal bus (20Y), the park is 200 meters and the view is worth a few photos!!!!!! More

230 RMB for a snow park is way too much! The whole city during the ice festival seems to be just a huge rip off! More