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The Volga Manor (Chinese: 伏尔加庄园; pinyin: Fú'ěrjiā Zhuāngyuán) is a theme park in Harbin, a Chinese city in Heilongjiang Province with strong Russian influence. Named after the Volga River, one of the best known rivers in Russia, the park features Russian architecture, arts and cuisine. The aim of the park is to "reproduce Harbin ...
Ice sculpture of the Sphinx erected for the 2010 festival. Swing saws are used to carve ice into blocks, taken from the frozen surface of the Songhua River. [13] Chisels, ice picks and various types of saws are then used by ice sculptors to carve out large scaled ice sculptures, [14] many of them intricately designed [13] and worked on all day and night prior to the commencement of the festival.
Chinese Baroque Street (Chinese: 中华巴洛克风情街) or Lao Daowai (老道外) is a neighborhood and tourist destination located in Daowai District, Harbin, China.The street is known for its high historic value and integrated architectural style of Baroque façades and Chinese quads (). [1]
China accepted the convention on 12 December 1985, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] China has 59 World Heritage Sites on the list, ranking second in the world, just below Italy with 60 sites. [4] Of these 59 sites, 40 are listed for their cultural, 15 for their natural, and four sites for both cultural and natural ...
The Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom of God or Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin (Chinese: 聖索菲亞教堂; Russian: Софийский собор) is a former Russian Orthodox church located in the central district of Daoli, Harbin City, Heilongjiang, China.
Pingfang is an industrial center of Harbin nowadays. Hafei (a factory producing helicopters, small airplanes, minivans, and cars), Dongan (a factory producing aircraft and automobile engines), and Northeast Light Alloy Processing Plant are the three major manufacturers there. Harbin Aircraft Industry Group (Hafei) has its headquarters in the ...
Harbin holds the China Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair each year since 1990. [26] Harbin once housed one of the largest Jewish communities in the Far East before World War II. It reached its peak in the mid-1920s when 25,000 European Jews lived in the city. Among them were the parents of Ehud Olmert, the former Prime Minister of ...