my hometown作文

My hometown--Harbin(China)--Introduction

（Translated by freelance Chinese translator li – English to Chinese translation or Chinese to English translation services- your agent in Harbin）

Before you visit a city, it is always useful to know something about it.

Harbin (simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; traditional Chinese: 哈尔滨; pinyin: Hāěrbīn; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China（中国东北）. It lies on the southern bank of the Songhua River（松花江）. Harbin is ranked as the tenth largest city in China（中国第十大城市）, serving as a key political, economic（经济）, scientific（科技）, cultural and communications center（通讯中心） of Northeastern China.Harbin is originally a Manchu（满族） word meaning 'a place for drying fishing nets'. Harbin bears the nicknames 'The Pearl on the swan's neck' (天鹅项下的珍珠) because the shape of Heilongjiang resembles a swan, and 'Oriental Moscow'（东方莫斯科） or 'O