Harbin Old Scenes: Chinese-English-Japanese Translation

Author: Li Shuyao
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: The Songhua River still flows silently eastward, while the old era has long passed us by. The world has turned upside down, and times have changed. The new China has long stood tall in the East. Though the scenes of yesterday have vanished, everything that happened then must never be forgotten. We hope this album will help people deepen their understanding of Harbin's past, inspire profound reflection, and evoke solemn memories. It should also provide enlightenment from the trajectory of historical development and inspiration from the brilliance of the present, becoming a driving force for building a better tomorrow!
Old photographs are moments frozen in history, invitations left by the years to meet the vanished past; they are the rekindling of smoke-like memories, the reappearing of hazy dreams, the true records of all that once happened, and the precise answers to historical mysteries. We have found many old photographs of Harbin to look back at the city's distant past, to cross the long river of history, break through the limits of time and space, and appreciate its former charm and rediscover its past beauty. It is a visual local history, presenting to people a historical and cultural scroll of old Harbin.