哈尔滨英文介绍PPT.ppt

My Hometown —— Harbin * * * Basic information Tourism Cuisine Basic information Provincial capital area: 154 km2 altitude: 116m Nickname: The Pearl on the swan[sw?n] s neck Oriental Moscow Ice City Language: northeastern mandarin City flower:lilac Harbin is ranked as 10th largest city in China, serving as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications center of North-eastern China. Basic information Climate Owing to the cold currents from Siberia [sai?bi?ri?] （西伯利亚的寒流）and the subtropical[?s?b?tr?p?kl] marine air （副热带海洋气流）, Harbin has hot summers and very cold winters. The average temperature in January is ?19.4°C and the freezing period is about 190 days a year. The first snowfall takes place in October or November. The city is dry and sunny during winter. Summer is very warm, with an average monthly high temperature in July soaring to 28.0 °C Toursim Songhua River Central Avenue Saint-Sophia Church Dragon Tower Ice and Snow Festival Songhua River Songhua River runs through the city. It ranks the fifth longest river in China, about 1,897 kilometers long and covers an area of 545,600 square kilometers. The river brings abundant resources for people . The river is frozen over from November to April the next year. The period of freezing weather is 135 days. Songhua River Central Avenue Central Avenue , one of the main business streets in Harbin,was built in 1898. The street is rich in history and famous for different shapes of architectures along the two sides. Central Street is 1450 meters in length and 21.34 meters in width of which 10.8 meters is motor way . Central Avenue The 1.4-km long street is a veritable[?ver?t?bl] (名副其实的) museum of European architectural styles Baroque(巴洛克式) Byzantine(拜占庭式) Art Nouveau(新艺术运动风格) Eclectic style(折衷主义) Jewish(犹太的) Central Avenue Central Avenue Saint-Sophia Church The church reflects Byzantine [ba??z?nta?n] architectural features with 721