Traveling the World #60 (Asia Series) Saint Sophia Cathedral

Hi Steemians,

After taking you to the Oktoberfest in Germany last week, I'll bring you back to Harbin to visit more of this city which not only offers ice and snow sculptures but other also locations to look out for.

上個星期我介紹了完在德國的啤酒節，今天我們回到寒冷的哈爾濱看看這個美麗的城市。這裡不但有冰和雪調，原來還有很多東西看的。

The Saint Sophia Cathedral which was a former Russian Orthodox church is situated at central Daoli. It is one of the popular sites to visit while in Harbin and is a short walk from the Central Avenue shopping/food area. Due to Harbin’s location which is close to Russia, many of their structures and cuisines are heavily influenced by Russia including the architecture of this church. The dome on top of the cathedral is a feature on buildings in Russia which can also be seen at Saint Sophia.

聖索菲亞教堂是遠東地區最大的東正教教堂而之前是俄罗斯東正教堂。聖索菲亞教堂離最有名的中央大街不遠。哈爾濱離俄罗斯比較近所以他們的建築物和食物都有俄罗斯的元素。這座教堂的設計尤其是拱頂跟俄罗斯比較像

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The cathedral is actually in the middle of modern buildings so you cannot miss this site. The surrounding area of the church was very opened and we were told that it has a large musical fountain outside the church but I guess the weather was too cold it had turned into ice.

這個教堂是在哈爾濱非常容易找到因為教堂就是在市中心跟其他現代建築物一起。教堂外面非常大而當地人跟我們說如果天氣不是太冷外們其實是一個噴水池但現在已經結成冰塊

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The cathedral has now been converted to Harbin Architectural Art Gallery. The display has pictures of Harbin from the past and present showing its changes over the years. During our visit, there was a choir group performing for visitors so we didn’t stay for long.

聖索菲亞教堂現在已經變成做哈爾濱藝術展覽館。裡面有很多介紹哈爾濱以前和現在的的圖片和資料。我們在參觀期間有一個團隊表演唱歌所以我們沒有逗留很久時間

After some photos we decided to head to Central Avenue to check out the local shops and restaurants. We were told by the hotel staff that Central Avenue is the prettiest and busiest street in Harbin - I think they are right! There were loads to see and some ice sculptures for tourists to take pictures with. The buildings have a Russian feel to it and you can find many Russian souvenir shops and restaurants along the street.

拍完照片之後，我們就到哈爾濱的大街看看當地的商店和餐館. 酒店的服務員告訴我們這條大街是哈爾濱最繁忙和最漂亮的，我想是真的覺得這條街有很多東西看好像有冰挑給遊客照相片．這裏的商店和建築物都有一些俄羅斯感覺而你會在這裏找到很多俄羅斯Sandy買紀念品和餐館．

Look at the temperature outside - minus 12 degrees when we took this photo. It was freezing so we wanted something warm so we found a restaurant serve dumplings and other Chinese food. The meal was perfect for the cold weather.

你們看外面的天氣，零下12度．天氣非常寒冷所以我們想找一家餐館吃一點年的東西。我們找到一家是專門買水餃的．這餐飯吃得非常痛快食物非常好吃

One thing I have learnt in Harbin is you have to take really good care while walking on the street because it is all iced up so you could slip anytime so wear a good pair of shoes.

在哈爾濱走路期間，走路要非常小心因為地面上有很多冰所以很容易滑倒．我建議你到哈爾濱的時候穿一對好一點的鞋子

Finally, it was my mission to get an ice cream when I came to Harbin - I had an ice block instead and it felt like the ice block was warmer than the temperature outside.