Ice making assembly and ice maker

An ice making assembly, comprising:

• a water receiving box and an ice making evaporator,
• wherein the water receiving box is rotatably disposed to an ice making position or an ice discharging position;
• the water receiving box is a container provided with an opening, when the water receiving box is in the ice making position, the opening faces upward, and water is storable therein;
• when ice making is completed and ice discharging is required, the water receiving box is rotated to the ice discharging position, after which ice cubes are dischargeable;
• and the water receiving box comprises a front side and a rear side, and the front side of the water receiving box is an ice discharging side;
• and
• wherein the ice making evaporator comprises an elongated body and a plurality of ice making heads, and the plurality of ice making heads are arranged one after another along a length direction of the body;
• one end of the body is connected to a refrigerant inlet pipe, and another end of the body is connected to a refrigerant outlet pipe;
• the water receiving box is disposed along the length direction of the body and located under the body;
• and each of the refrigerant inlet pipe and the refrigerant outlet pipe extends outward after passing through and/or straddling corresponding side walls of the water receiving box along the length direction of the body.