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Question

It is a city both ancient and modern. Metropolitan Harbin is not old city by word or Chinese standards having been established in 1896. It was the great Trans Siberian railway that created modern Harbin. The final agreement to allow the Russians to build the links in this great railway was signed on May 22,1896. The engineers and workers began arriving in April of 1897, and the line was open for business July 1,1903. Harbin was at the center of the construction, and thousands of workers both Chinese and foreign created a “boom town”. This cultural mix is still expressed in the food and architecture of the city.

Answer 1

它是一个集古典和现代于一身的城市。建立于1896年的省会哈尔滨无论按中国的标准还是平常谈起来，都算不上一个古城。是西伯利亚大铁路缔造了现代哈尔滨。1896年5月22日，一个允许俄罗斯人建设这条大铁路连接的最终协议被签署。1897年4月工程师和工人们便来到此地，并使这条线路在1903年7月1日开始投入商用。哈尔滨当时处于建设的中心，成千上万的中外劳工使这里成为了一座“新兴都市”。至今从这座城市的饮食和建筑中依然可以看出中俄文化的交融。