Myhometown--Harbin(China)--Introduction

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　　Beforeyouvisitacity,itisalwaysusefultoknowsomethingaboutit.

　　Harbin(simplifiedChinese:哈尔滨;traditionalChinese:哈尔滨;pinyin:Hāěrbīn;Wade-Giles:Ha-erh-pin)isasub-provincialcityandthecapitaloftheHeilongjiangProvinceinNortheastChina（中国东北）.ItliesonthesouthernbankoftheSonghuaRiver（松花江）.HarbinisrankedasthetenthlargestcityinChina（中国第十大城市）,servingasakeypolitical,economic（经济）,scientific（科技）,culturalandcommunicationscenter（通讯中心）ofNortheasternChina.HarbinisoriginallyaManchu（满族）wordmeaning'aplacefordryingfishingnets'.Harbinbearsthenicknames'ThePearlontheswan'sneck'(天鹅项下的珍珠)becausetheshapeofHeilongjiangresemblesaswan,and'OrientalMoscow'（东方莫斯科）or'OrientalParis'（东方小巴黎）forthearchitectureinthecity.Harbinisalsoknownas'IceCity'（冰城）foritslongandcoldwinter.

　　Harbinwasthebirthplace(诞生地)ofJin(1115-1234)andQing(1644-1911)Dynasties（金朝和清朝）,thelatterofwhichhadaveryconsiderableinfluenceonmodernChinesehistory.Attheendofthe19thcentury,Russiabuilttheterminus（终点站）oftheMiddleEastRailway（中东铁路）here.Later,morethan160,000foreignersfrom33countriesmigratedtoHarbin,promotingthedevelopmentofacapitalisteconomy（资本主义经济）inthecity.TheeconomyandcultureofHarbinachievedunprecedentedprosperityatthattimeandthecitygraduallygrewintoafamousinternationalcommercialport（商埠）.Assimilating（吸收、融会）externalculture,Harbincreateditsuniqueandexoticcityscape（都市风景）.ThemajesticSt.SofiaOrthodoxChurch（圣索非亚东正教堂）andZhongyangDajie（中央大街）eachbuiltinaEuropeanstylehavetheeffectofbringingyouintoan'easternMoscow'.Eventhoughyouaresuretobeattractedbyvariousexoticbuildings,theDragonTower（龙塔）whichembodiesthewisdomoftheChinesepeopleisamustonyourjourney.