ICE CITY ---HARBIN
[align=center][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Harbin_Lage.jpg[/img][/align]Harbin is China's northernmost major city, with a population in excess of 10 million, and over 4 million in the city center alone. Historically, the city has had a lot of Russian influence, in particular after the Russian Civil War of 1918, when White (Monarchist) refugees escaped the newly formed Soviet Union. The influence remains clearly visible in the building styles and foods. The city was founded in 1897 as a camp for Russian engineers surveying the Trans-Siberian Railway. Labor demands brought in a collection of outcasts from across Russia, Poland and even from within Manchuria. The city eventually was captured by the Japanese during World War II and later captured by the Chinese in 1946. Once nothing more than a Russian-built outpost of the railway, Harbin has managed to become a major player in her own right as well as capital of Heilongjiang Province
Harbin (help路info) (simplified Chinese: 鍝堝皵婊 [img][align=center[align=center]]http://img3.fengniao.com/forum/attachpics/95/169/3793639.jpg[/align][/img][/align]
Harbin (help·info) (simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱; pinyin: Hāěrbīn; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin; Russian Харби́н (help·info) Kharbin) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. It lies on the southern bank of the Songhua River. Harbin is ranked as the tenth largest city in China, serving as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications center of Northeastern China.
Harbin is originally a Manchu word meaning 'a place for drying fishing nets.'
Harbin bears the nicknames 'The Pearl on the swan's neck' because the shape of Heilongjiang resembles a swan, and 'Oriental Moscow' or 'Oriental Paris' for the architecture in the city. Harbin is also known as 'Ice City' for its long and cold winter. Ice? China? Now that is news to my ears! Do they go ice fishing too?
-Samtom the pics cannot work... Hey "loveworld" nice pic! So cute:)
-Samtom
ice lantern in Harbin
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[img]http://bbs.stuhome.net/attachment/Mon_0803/194_1069_34cdc82f3f09a80.jpg[/img] Magnificent ice sculptures blinding Samtom's eyes. What other secrets does Harbin have to offer?? Poster above(ru a yue) is banned for posting only in Chinese, and spamming the same thing for multiple threads.
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