My hometown Harbin(China)--Colleges and universities

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Harbin Institute of Technology（哈尔滨工业大学） (website: http://www.hit.edu.cn)
Harbin Engineering University（哈尔滨工程大学） (former Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute) (website: http://www.hrbeu.edu.cn)
Heilongjiang University（黑龙江大学） (website: http://www.hlju.edu.cn)
Harbin Jewish Research Center
Harbin Medical University（哈尔滨医科大学） (website: http://www.hrbmu.edu.cn)
Harbin Normal University（哈尔滨师范大学）(website: http://www.hrbnu.edu.cn)
Harbin University of Science and Technology（哈尔滨科技大学） (website: http://www.hrbust.edu.cn)
Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine（黑龙江中医学院） (website: http://www.hljucm.net)
Northeast Agricultural University（东北农业大学） (website: http://www.neau.cn)
Northeast Forestry University（东北林业大学） (website: http://www.nefu.edu.cn)

My hometown Harbin(China)--Transportation

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Railway
Harbin Railway-Bureau（哈尔滨铁路局） is the first one in Chinese History, of which the railway density（铁路线密度） is the highest in China. Harbin Railway Station（哈尔滨火车站） is one of the three modernized railway-networks（现代化铁路枢纽）.

Highway
Harbin has an advanced system of highways（先进的高速公路系统）. Food and other products are shipped on these roads. The highways in Harbin have a big impact on the way of life these people have.

Airport
Harbin Taiping International Airport（太平国际机场） serves Harbin and is an important transportation hub for northeastern China（中国东北地区的交通枢纽）. It is the largest northernmost airport of China and its terminal building （航站楼、候机楼）(along with Shenyang-Taoxian Airport) is currently one of the largest in northeastern China. The technical level of flight district is 4E, which allows all kinds of large and medium civil aviations（民用航空）. There are flights to over thirty cities including Beijing, Tianjing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Qingdao, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Dalian, Xi'an, Xianggang etc. Besides, there are also fixed flights（定期航班） between Harbin and cities of some countries, including USA, Russia, Korea, Japan, and Singapore.

My hometown Harbin(China)--Harbin Summer Music Concert（哈夏音乐会、哈尔滨之夏音乐会）

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Harbin Summer Music Concert ('Concert' for short) is a national concert festival, which is held on August 6th every two years for a period of 10~11 days. During the concert, multiple evenings, concert, race and activities are held. The artists come from all over the world. The 'Harbin Summer Music Month', which was then renamed as 'Harbin Summer Music Concert', was held in August 1958. The first formal Concert was held on August 5th, 1961 in Harbin Youth Palace（青年宫）, and kept on every year until 1966 when the Cultural Revolution started in China. In 1979, the Concert was recovered and from 1994, it has been held every two years. In 2008, the 29th Harbin Summer Music Concert（第29届哈夏音乐会） will be held on August 6th.

My hometown Harbin (China)--Winter culture（冰雪文化）

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Harbin is one of the sources of ice and snow culture（冰雪文化发祥地） in the world. Geographically, it is located in Northeast China under the direct influence of the cold winter wind from Siberia（西伯利亚）. The average temperature in summer is 21.2 degrees Celsius, −16.8 degrees Celsius in winter. It can be as cold as −38.1 degrees Celsius in winter.

The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival has been held since 1985. Although the official start date is January 5th each year, in practice, many of the sculptures can be seen before. While there are ice sculptures throughout the city, there are two main exhibition areas（展区）: Enormous snow sculptures at Sun Island（太阳岛） (a recreational area on the opposite side of the Songhua River from the city) and the separate "Ice and Snow World"（冰雪大世界） that operates each night. Ice and Snow World features illuminated full size buildings made from blocks of ice. Winter activities in the festival include Yabuli Alpine Skiing（亚布力高山滑雪）, winter-swimming（冬泳） in Songhua River, and the ice-lantern exhibition（冰灯展览） in Zhaolin Garden（兆麟公园）. Snow carving and ice and snow recreations are world famous.

The "Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival" （哈尔滨国际冰雪节）is one of the world's four largest ice and snow festivals, along with Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival, Canada's Quebec City Winter Carnival, and Norway's Ski Festival.

Every November, the city of Harbin sends teams of ice artisans to the United States to promote their unique art form. It takes more than 100 artisans to create ICE!, the annual display of indoor Christmas-themed ice carvings in Nashville, Tennessee; Kissimmee, Florida; and Grapevine, Texas.

The third Winter Asian Games took place in Harbin in 1996. The city of Harbin bid for hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics（2010年冬季奥运会）. The Alpine skiing events would have taken place in the Yabuli ski resort（亚布力滑雪胜地）. In the frame of this campaign to assert its role on the world scene（世界舞台）, Harbin will also be the host city of the 2009 Winter Universiade（2009年世界大学生冬季运动会）. Harbin plans to spend US$ 1.5 billion in construction and renovation of its sport infrastructure（运动基础设施） for this Universiade. Harbin is bidding for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics（2012年青年冬奥会.

English Chinese translation services-My hometown Harbin-Architecture

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Architecture（建筑）

Called the Oriental St. Petersburg, Harbin is one of China's most beautiful cities. The city is well-known for its unique, Russian and European-influenced architecture.

Zhong Yang Street (Central Street, also known as Kitaiskaia St.), one of the main business streets in Harbin, is a perfect remnant of the bustling international business activities（国际商务活动） at the turn of the 20th century. The 1.4-km long street is a veritable museum of European architectural style: Baroque（巴洛克式） and Byzantine（拜占庭式）facades, little Russian bakeries(面包店), French fashion houses, American eateries（餐馆）, and Japanese restaurants.

The Russian Orthodox church（东正教）, St. Sophia Cathedral（索非亚大教堂）, is also located in this central district of Daoli（道里区）. St. Sophia took nine years to build and was completed in 1932. It has now been made into a museum as a showcase of the multi-cultural architecture of Harbin.

Many citizens believe that the Orthodox church damaged the local feng shui（风水）, so they donated money to build a Chinese monastery in 1921, the Ji Le Temple（极乐寺）. There were more than 15 Russian Orthodox churches and two cemeteries in Harbin until 1949. Mao's Communist Revolution, and the subsequent Cultural Revolution（文化大革命）, saw many of them destroyed. Now, about 10 churches remain, while services are held only in one.

English Chinese translation services-My hometown Harbin-Introduction

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Introduction to Harbin (哈尔滨简介)

Before you visit a city, it is always useful to know something about it.

Harbin (simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱; pinyin: Hāěrbīn; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China（中国东北）. It lies on the southern bank of the Songhua River（松花江）. Harbin is ranked as the tenth largest city in China（中国第十大城市）, serving as a key political, economic（经济）, scientific（科技）, cultural and communications center（通讯中心） of Northeastern China.

Harbin is originally a Manchu（满族） word meaning 'a place for drying fishing nets'. Harbin bears the nicknames 'The Pearl on the swan's neck' (天鹅项下的珍珠) because the shape of Heilongjiang resembles a swan, and 'Oriental Moscow'（东方莫斯科） or 'Oriental Paris'（东方小巴黎） for the architecture in the city. Harbin is also known as 'Ice City'（冰城） for its long and cold winter.

Harbin was the birthplace(诞生地) of Jin (1115-1234) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties（金朝和清朝）, the latter of which had a very considerable influence on modern Chinese history. At the end of the 19th century, Russia built the terminus（终点站）of the Middle East Railway（中东铁路） here. Later, more than 160,000 foreigners from 33 countries migrated to Harbin, promoting the development of a capitalist economy（资本主义经济） in the city. The economy and culture of Harbin achieved unprecedented prosperity at that time and the city gradually grew into a famous international commercial port（商埠）. Assimilating（吸收、融会） external culture, Harbin created its unique and exotic cityscape（都市风景）. The majestic St. Sofia Orthodox Church（圣索非亚东正教堂） and Zhongyang Dajie（中央大街） each built in a European style have the effect of bringing you into an 'eastern Moscow'. Even though you are sure to be attracted by various exotic buildings, the Dragon Tower（龙塔） which embodies the wisdom of the Chinese people is a must on your journey.