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扬州八怪Today we are going to visit zhongyang street. this is the downtown area. in order to better know the street, we are going to walk through it, which takes about40 minutes. those who do not like walking may keep seated, our coach will go along another street and stop at the flood control monument. those who cannot walk that far may take a taxi to the flood control monument. now let6s get off the coach, and take a walk on zhongyang street.
Zhongyang street measures1450 meters from jingwei street in the south to the flood control monument on the riverbank in the north. this is chinas longest walkway. the street was built at the end of the last century. it was connected to a wharf at the songhua river. because of the constant transport of the goods needed for building the china eastern railway, a shopping center began to take shape along this street at the turn of the century. harbin at that time was a semicolonial city with a foreign population of many thousands. politics and economy were actually controlled by foreign powers. owing to the concentration of chinese shops along this street, foreigners took it as a china town and called it china street.
Have you noticed the cobbled road surface? this is the only cobbled street left in harbin. this cobbled street was paved in1925. thanks to the good quality, the street has kept in good shape with a few repairs in the past. this street began to take shape as an international street in the1920s. there were over a hundred shops and many were owned by forergners, such as russians, greeks, czechs, swedes, swiss, frenchmen, germans and englishmen. they built their shops in their individual styles. therefore, the street not only looked like a foreign street, but also was controlled by foreigners. now this smooth cobbled street may remind us of the past when foreigners were sitting in chariots along the street, as if we could still hear the horsehoofs clicking on cobbles.
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Over half a century is past , zhongyang street is weatherbeaten. with the implementation of reform and openingup, it is ready to welcome visitors with a new outlook.The building in front of us is very attractive. its some and arched windows are typical of the byzantine style popular in europe during the middle ages. it was built in1934and it was a shoe shop owned by a czech. after liberation, it became a specialty shopwomen and childrens department store. it is the biggest specialty shop along zhongyang street. there are a good
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ere, such as crocodile, bossini and so on. you can see some gentlemen also wandering in the women and childrens department store. at such a good shopping place, they will not walk out emptyhanded.
Opposite the women and childrens department store is the central shopping city opened in november1994. on its original site there were five small stores run by russians, which were built in1932. after liberation, they were turned into one department store. in1994, the old building was torn down, and this comprehensive department store was built. the architecture is a combination of a european castle with modern architecture. it has become a new scenic spot on zhongyang street.
At we go along the road, we are able to see the central pharmacy. it was a bungalow before. in1912, german sidemens opened a shop here to sell electrical equipment and materials. after liberation, it was reconstructed. now you can find not only Medicine here, but also the gold lion shop, a supermarket and a kentucky fried chicken restaurant.
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This shopping center was opened in1995. its original site was a shop managed by a swede. it dealt in china, porcelain and深圳旅游攻略景点必去
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enamelware. after liberation, it became a foodstore. the building you see now was designed by a fa
mous architect in heilongjiang. it is a masterpiece of adopting relief sculptures in modern construction. this building is an attractive site in zhongyang street.
The nost interesting building along zhongyang street is the modern hotel. it was constructed in1913. it is of an attractive outlook and magnificently decorated. it has a typical baroque style of the neoartistic period. at first, it was invested and managed by a jewish frenchman. the origin of its chinese name once aroused the interest of many people. there was a column in newspaper for debating its origin. some held its chinese name came from the word mother, some said it came from modern. however, modern seemed to overwhelm mother as you can see the hotel now used the modern hotel as its english name. Modern hotel has all the facilities of a modern hotel including welldecorated suites, dining rooms and medium and smallsized meeting rooms in european palatial styles. there is a legendary oil painting hanging on a wall on the landing of the first floor. it was painted a famous russian painter. he was inspired by divine comedycomposed by dante. it shows a pretty girl saved by angels from confinement by insects and
demons;the girl who endured tortures in hell was about to rise to heaven. this picture was painted red during the cultural revolution. after the cultural revolution, the original painting was restored. now we are able to appreciate its artistic charm.
In the past few decades, modern hotel has catered to many famous people, such as well known chinese writers guo moruo and ding ling, and a renowned painter, xu berhong. those who have stayed here also include distinguished american celebrities such as anna louise strong, edgar snow yuesai kan. movie studios have shot movies here. harbin in the dark night, london inspiration, the orient express to moscowhave left people lasting memories.
Opposite the modern hotel, there is huamei restaurant. it was malse restaurant serving western food. after liberation, it was rebuilt several times and two more stories have been added. however, its original european style had been kept. it was reported in1973that there were260 western restaurants in harbin, with over100 concentrated along zhongyang street. huamei restaurant was one of the best known. now it serves many specialties, such as russian dishes, potted cattle tail, french egg and fried prawns. it is said a russian celebrity who used
