Zhongyang Pedestrian Street

Harbin Zhongyang Pedestrian Street, or known as the Central Avenue, has been the most prosperous commercial hub for over one hundred years in downtown Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. The street stretches to Harbin Flood Prevention Cenotaph Square to the north and Xinyang Square to the south. The street is 1400 meters long and 21.34 meters wide. The whole street is divided into a couple of different parts and vehicles are not allowed to run along the street.

Built in 1898, the Central Avenue is dubbed as "a gallery of European architectural art", for it is featured with a large number of western architectures, including Russian, Baroque, Renaissance and other style buildings. For visitors who have never been to Moscow, Rome or Paris can get a feeling and appreciation for the architecture of those cities by visiting the Central Avenue in Harbin. Harbin is known as “Eastern Moscow” or “Eastern Paris”, and as the miniature of Harbin, the Central Avenue is the landmark of Harbin city that you can not miss.

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Harbin Zhongyang Pedestrian Street, or known as the Central Avenue, has been the most prosperous commercial hub for over one hundred years in downtown Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. The street stretches to Harbin Flood Prevention Cenotaph Square to the north and Xinyang Square to the south. The street is 1400 meters long and 21.34 meters wide. The whole street is divided into a couple of different parts and vehicles are not allowed to run along the street.

Built in 1898, the Central Avenue is dubbed as "a gallery of European architectural art", for it is featured with a large number of western architectures, including Russian, Baroque, Renaissance and other style buildings. For visitors who have never been to Moscow, Rome or Paris can get a feeling and appreciation for the architecture of those cities by visiting the Central Avenue in Harbin. Harbin is known as “Eastern Moscow” or “Eastern Paris”, and as the miniature of Harbin, the Central Avenue is the landmark of Harbin city that you can not miss.

On both sides of the Zhongyang Pedestrian Street are hundreds of stores and restaurants, forming a mature commercial service center. In recent years, the outside appearance of the stores has been refurbished, and has been decorated with lanterns and all kinds of colored streamers. The transformation has made Central Avenue all the more attractive, especially at night when all the streamer and lights are on.

As the most exotic street in Harbin, you may find many commodities from the rest of the world available in the lined stores. The commodities you can find here includes furs from Russia, perfume from France, woolen cloths from Britain, cotton cloths from Japan, medicine from Germany, oil from the United States, clocks and watches from Switzerland, gunny bags from India, and dry and fresh fruits from various places.

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