Henry Chan (21 months) at Sophia Cathedral, Harbin
Oct 2014 - Little Henry Chan in square by Sophia Cathedral in Harbin, China. He strolls around, plays tour guide, takes time to feed the pigeons, and finds true love's kiss.
St. Sophia Church Square in Harbin China
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Fountain at St. Sophia Church Square Harbin, China
This is a clip from a big fountain in Harbin, China. It is located on a square. A few times a day a nice show with music is displayed.
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin
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Harbin's Saint Sophia Cathedral (China)
The Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom of God or Saint Sophia Cathedral / 聖索菲亞教堂 / Софийский собор в Харбине in Harbin is a former Russian Orthodox church located in the central district of Daoli, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
St. Sophia Orthodox Cathedral was built in 1907 after the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1903, which connected Vladivostok to northeast China. The Russian No.4 Army Division arrived in this region just after Russia's loss to the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). St. Sophia Church was built and completed of timber in March, 1907 as part of a plan to reconsolidate the confidence of the army by building an imposing spiritual symbol.
In 1921, Harbin had a population of 300,000, including 100,000 Russians. The church was expanded and renovated from September 23, 1923, when a ceremony was held to celebrate the laying of the cornerstone, to its completion on November 25, 1932, after nine years. The present-day St. Sophia Church was hailed as a monumental work of art and the largest Orthodox church in the Far East.
According to Harbin municipal religious and Daoli district archives, Fr. Fotiy Huo Desheng was the ninth rector of St. Sophia Church of Harbin.
The church is located on the corner of Toulong Street (Toulong jie) and Zhaolin Street (Zhaolin jie). It stands at 53.3 meters (175 ft) tall, occupies an area of 721 square meters (0.18 acres), and is the perfect example of Neo-Byzantine architecture. The main structure is laid out like a cross with the main hall topped with a huge green-tipped dome. Under the bright sun, the church and the square area it stands on look quite like Red Square in Moscow.
Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in mainland China in 1949 by the victorious Communists, who ended all Christian missionary work, treaties were signed between the Soviet and Chinese governments that provided for the turning over of Russian churches to Chinese control. The cathedral was thus closed from the period of the Great Leap Forward (1958–61) and Cultural Revolution (1966–76).
Although the cathedral's sturdy structure withstood its intended destruction during the Cultural Revolution, its empty hull became a warehouse for a nearby state-run department store, its windows were bricked up and saplings grew from the roof. Prefabricated concrete high-rises boxed the church in on all four sides, coming within yards of its walls, making the cathedral inaccessible and invisible from the street. For decades it remained the invisible center of the city, surrounded by decorative material stalls, an auto body shop, a pen factory, and apartments for city government employees, until the Beijing government designated the cathedral a national cultural heritage site in 1996 as part of a nationwide campaign to protect historical sites.
Following its designation in 1996 as a national cultural heritage site (First class Preserved Building), a newspaper article about the hidden cathedral prompted donations from locals to restore the church. Local corporations, individual businesses as well as workers from nearby department stores donated money to restore the cathedral and renovate the square. A total of 12,000,000 yuan (approximately $1.5 million US) was eventually gathered and the cathedral regained its visibility in 1997, as the surrounding buildings were torn down.
A new Harbin Architecture Square conspicuously highlighted the cathedral with a huge new fountain at its entrance. The European-looking space was assigned a new meaning as the embodiment of culture and art and was re-presented to the public as the proud heritage of the city.
As of 1997 the cathedral was turned into the Municipal Architecture and Art Museum (Harbin Architectural Art Gallery), showcasing the multi-cultural architectural developments of Harbin throughout the ages.
Rare and Beautiful Place on Earth [ Harbin, China ] (in pictures)
Harbin is the northern most city in China. Renounced for its Ice Festival, Sophia square, scenic beauty.
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Harbin Ice Festival 2017 , China
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Best Attractions and Places to See in Harbin, China
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List of Best Things to do in Harbin, China
Harbin Ice and Snow World
Sun Island (Tai Yang Dao)
Zhongyang Pedestrian Street
Volga Manor
Unit 731 Museum
Zhaolin Park
Harbin Polarland
Sophia Square
Harbin Snow Fair
Ice Festival Harbin
Walking Harbin's Zhongyang Street (China)
Zhongyang Dajie (Central Avenue) or Zhongyang Street / 中央大街 is a cobblestone lined pedestrian only street serving as a remnant of Harbin's bustling international business activities at the turn of the 20th century. The 1.4-km long street is museum of European architectural styles, including Baroque and Byzantine facades, Jewish architecture, a few Russian restaurants, French fashion houses, fake Chinese Brands, American snack food outlets (McDonald's and KFC), lots of sausages/ice cream sellers and lots of stores selling Russian bread, dolls and chocolates. There are also Chinese and Russian musicians performing along the street.
At the end of the street is the Harbin People Flood Control Success Memorial Tower / 哈尔滨市人民防洪胜利纪念塔 built to commemorate the several floods of the Songhua River / 松花江. In winter, one can walk out onto the ice or take a dog sledge or horse sledge ride across the frozen river.
Song Hua River and Stalin Park At Morning. Harbin, January 2019.
The plaza of Stalin Park is connected with the famous Central Street via an underpass.
It was St Sophia Church in Harbin China
It was a beautifull Orthodox Church St. Sophia in Harbin China before...but now is only a museum...It was very sad story indeed.
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St.Sofia Orthodox Church,Harbin/China:
Height: 53.3 meters (about 175 feet).
Area: 721 square meters (0.18 acres)
Location: Center of Harbin in Heilongjiang Province.
Getting There:
St. Sophia Cathedral is on the corner of Toulin Street (Toulin Jie) and Zhaolin Street (Zhaolin Jie) in the central Daoli district of Harbin.
St.Sofia Orthodox Church is the largest Orthodox Church building in the Far East. It was built early in the 20th century, for the Russians and other Orthodox people living around Harbin. View Jewish Heritage in China. It is 53.3 meters (175 feet) tall, and it occupies an area of 721 square meters (0.18 acres). The style of the building is Neo-Byzantine. The main structure is laid out in the shape of a cross with the main hall topped with a huge green tipped dome. There are smaller steeples, and the domes and steeples are topped with gold colored crosses. It looks like the church building at the Red Square in Moscow. It is beautiful to look at, and the interior is beautifully designed and decorated. It is one of Harbin’s most magnificent buildings.
Features:
The church building sits on a plaza. It has red walls with a green dome and steeples that are topped with golden crosses. To non-Russians, it is a highly unusual looking building. Though the building’s interior was damaged after the revolution, it is still beautiful. There are icons (religious pictures) hanging on the walls and a big chandelier. The lighting used inside the building that combines with the light coming in from the windows and the light colors used inside such as gold and green and bright red is really beautiful. It gives a warm and cozy feeling.
History:
Harbin itself doesn’t have a long history as a city unlike most other Chinese cities. The Japanese defeated the Russians during a war in 1905, and the Russian No. 4 Army Division arrived in the region. A wooden building called St. Sophia Church was built at the site, and it was finished in 1907. Then construction on the existing structure began in 1923 for the Orthodox of the region, and it was finished 9 years later. It is a work of art.
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Harbin - China, 2018 (Harbin Ice and Snow World)
Harbin- China
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Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang, China’s northernmost province. The city grew in the late 19th century with the influx of Russian engineers constructing the eastern leg of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The city's Russian architecture includes its green-domed Saint Sophia Cathedral, an Eastern Orthodox church now a local history museum. Across the river, Sun Island Park is famed for year-round ice sculptures.
Harbin Ice and Snow World (冰雪大世界）
Zhongyang Pedestrian Street（中央大街）
Sophia Square
Saint Sophia Cathedral
Songhua River
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St. Sophia's Harbin, China
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St. Sophia Church in Harbin 哈尔滨圣索非亚大教堂
The building of St. Sophia began in September 1923 and was completed nine years later in 1932.
St. Sophia Church was the largest Orthodox Church building in the Far East then and it remains so till this day. There were more than 15 Orthodox churches in addition to 2 cemeteries until 1949. The communist revolution and the subsequent Cultural Revolution saw many of them destroyed. Now, about 10 churches remain standing while only in one are services held.
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St. Sophia Church in Harbin, northern China
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- Софийский собор в Харбине была завершена в первый раз в 1907 году из дерева, как место поклонения для русских людей. Капитальный ремонт с каменной кладкой начал в 1923 году, который видел его завершения в 1932 году.
- Sophienkathedrale zu Harbin wurde erstmals 1907 als ein Ort der Anbetung für die russische Einwohner von Holz abgeschlossen. 1923 beganen größeren Renovierungsarbeiten mit Steinmetzarbeiten, die ihren Abschluß im Jahre 1932 sah.
- St Sophia Cathedral Harbin (Софийский собор в Харбине) was first completed of timber in 1907 as a place of worship for the town's Russian residents. Major renovation work with stone masonry got started in 1923, which saw its completion in 1932.
中華人民共和國は舊滿洲(旧満州)の哈爾濱(ハルピン)市に殘る哈爾濱聖索菲亞敎堂（露西亞正教會聖ソフィヤ大聖堂）。露西亞系住民の信仰の場として1907年に一旦は完成を見るも現在の姿は1932年の抜本的な改築を反映してゐる。