A Day with a Harbin Family: Market, Dumplings and Mahjong
百姓菜市场 · 百姓家访（包饺子 · 学做东北菜 · 打麻将 · 写福字）
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- Full day
- Daily in winter
- English guides
Winter season only. Runs while Harbin's ice and snow parks are open, roughly mid-December to late February. Spring Festival dates are quoted separately. Compare all 5 →
Overview
What this day is
No sights on this one. You shop with your guide at a neighbourhood market, then go home with a local family to make dumplings, learn a few Northeast dishes, play mahjong and write a fu character for luck. An English-speaking guide and a car stay with you from hotel to hotel.
Your day
Hotel pick-up
Neighbourhood market
Home visit: make dumplings
Cook Northeast dishes
Play mahjong
Write a fu character
Back to your hotel
Tour ends: Back at your hotel.
Departures & guide languages
Every departure runs daily. Price shown is per person, retail, in US dollars.
| Guide | Departs | Ends | Meeting point | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | On booking | At your hotel | Your hotel in Harbin | $138 |
Where to meet
Your hotel in Harbin
Door-to-door car pick-up, time confirmed on booking
Send us the hotel name when you book and we confirm pick-up from that address.
Show the Chinese text to a taxi driver if you are not taking the subway.
What’s included
- Home visit and its activities
- English-speaking guide
- Car with driver, hotel pick-up and drop-off
Not included
- Meals
- Gratuities for the guide
- Hotel accommodation
Good to know
- Runs in the ice season only, while Harbin's ice and snow parks are open — roughly mid-December to late February. Spring Festival dates are quoted separately.
- Pick-up is from your Harbin hotel. Send the hotel name when you book and we confirm the pick-up time.
- Minimum 2 guests, maximum 20.
- −25 °C is normal in the season. Dress for a full day outdoors: thermal layers, insulated boots, gloves and a hat.
$138/ person
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