Taste the ice city of Harbin Dong different environmental qualities ( Photos )

If the time allocated back to the 1920s, to the lack of selection of the best taste of Chinese cities, Harbin will be able to break into the top three. At that time the Russians and Chang Tso-lin is the Northeast struggled, Harbin, almost from the" foreign residents" control, foreigners accounted for more than half of the city, even a street named China's main road, but also because" foreign residents" strongly opposed to the central the street. Passage of time, interracial blonde pulled out because of war and other reasons, those buildings are to retain the essence and culture artistically so far, showing the kind of temperament that Harbin, attracting tourists far apart.

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beginning of a growing city, the builders will be given to the most authentic qualities, then regardless of how many layers are applied in different colors, this temperament Wing difficult to erase. 19th century, Russia gained in railway construction in the Middle East, Northeast China right, in June 1898, the Middle East Railway Engineering Bureau moved to Harbin from Vladivostok, before that, it is but a village of about 3 million people. With the completion of the railway the Middle East, a large number of Russians, Poles, Jews and other foreigners settled in this new city. After the October Revolution of 1917, ushered in the Russian nobility exiled Harbin tide, to 1922, Harbin, the foreign population of about 196,000, up to 28 nationalities.

Central Avenue as the center of Harbin city, its history is also a condensed history of the city, it is also the essence of building a concentration of Harbin. 1898 Central Avenue, gradually formed, the majority of residents are Chinese, the (then Harbin by the Russia government) simply be named China Street. Chinese business people will make this street one day thrive, foreigners can not be indifferent to this treasure land, cycle seats and seize territory and began massive construction projects. Twenty years down, Harbin, China has become the most prosperous street," International Architecture Exhibition," street name allows foreigners who dislike the authorities in order to balance the relationship, will be renamed Central Avenue.

on Central Avenue, the building is undoubtedly the most famous Sophia church, but many people do not know, it was moved to the" outsider" . In 1907, Sofia Church by a Russian tea invested 600 million rubles built in water Thistle (now Siu Lun Street), Siberia, Russia for the Fourth Infantry Division of the army church. In 1912, the businessman financed the church moved again to hang on markets, and the original wooden structure of the building into the masonry structure. During the Cultural Revolution, the church changed to Harbin first department store warehouse and Theatre of the martial arts room, renovated until 1997, as the building museum.