The ‘city of ice’, Harbin in Heilongjiang province expects to show its special characteristics at this year’s China (Wuhan) International Garden Expo, which will open its gates to visitors on Sept 1, Hubei province, with exhibits from Harbin and at least 100 other cities from China and abroad.

The show will have miniature landscapes across the garden from all the cities and Harbin has announced that it will be brining miniature versions of its most popular attractions, such as the stone pavement on Central Ave, St. Sophia Church, and Dragon Tower, on a 2,800-square meter area, about half a football field.

The entrance to Harbin Garden will have plants native to the province’s wetlands on a 660-sq-m space and its main exhibition will feature a big glass house where visitors can feel the city’s icy coolness with man-made snow and ice in Wuhan’s famously hot, humid summer.

The Municipal Landscape and Forestry bureau expects to use this event opportunity to pitch its own northeastern cultural and artistic brand.

The China International Garden Expo is a high-level garden and flowers event initiated in 1997. It is co-hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the government of the host city every two years.

The first China International Garden Expo was held in Dalian and the ninth China International Garden Expo was held in Beijing in 2013.