The 2025 Asian Winter Games host city Harbin became a cultural melting pot this week as athletes and diplomats from 34 countries and regions gathered to celebrate China’s Lantern Festival! 🎉 Combining tradition with tech, the event featured robot dogs, tangyuan-making, and electrifying dance performances that had everyone snapping selfies. 📸
International guests dove into lantern riddle games and crafted fish-skin paintings — yes, fish skin! — while vibing to the beats of the Long Drum Dance and Northeast Yangko. 🥁 One visitor from Qatar joked, 'I’ve mastered dumplings better than my grandma’s recipe!' 🥟
The star of the show? A patrolling robot dog straight out of a sci-fi flick, stealing hearts (and TikTok clips 🤖). Delegations from Saudi Arabia to Sri Lanka joined the festivities, with Ho Zhen Ting of the Olympic Council of Asia praising the 'unity through culture.'
With a record 1,270+ athletes competing, this year’s Games are making history. And guess what? Saudi Arabia’s debut team is already prepping to host the next Winter Games! ❄️✨
