On the External Factors in Harbin’s Urban Architecture Culture -- Taking Central Street as an Example

Abstract

Influenced by the railway construction in eastern China, the Russo-Japanese War and Harbin’s opening of its own port for trade, a large number of foreign immigrants poured into Harbin in the early 20th century. Among these overseas immigrants,there were many talented architectural designers and engineers. The urban construction style of Harbin also underwent fundamental changes under the infl uence of foreign architectural culture. In the first half of the 20th century, Harbin’s architecture can be regarded as a miracle in the history of world architecture. Baroque, classicism, Romanticism, Renaissance, eclecticism, Art Nouveau and other artistic styles of architecture were concentrated on both sides of Harbin’s central street, adding a lot of bright colors to the urban architecture.