Harbin’s New Synagogue: restored and renamed a memorial museum
Completed in 1921, Harbin’s New Synagogue was repaired in 2004 and formally named the Harbin Jewish History and Culture Memorial Museum in 2017.
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The Main Synagogue and Jewish school on Tongjiang Street
The synagogue and school began as neighboring institutions: the synagogue yard held a school by 1903, followed by a full-time Jewish school in 1907.
Harbin’s Jewish community: prayer, aid and public institutions
Harbin’s Jewish community built a synagogue, school and library while organizing aid for wounded soldiers and refugees in the early twentieth century.
The rented west courtyard behind Xiao Hong’s Hulan home
The west courtyard at Xiao Hong’s family compound held rental rooms and work spaces, a social world echoed in the people of Tales of Hulan River.
A kang table and bookcase in Xiao Hong’s east room
At Xiao Hong’s former home in Hulan, a kang table and small bookcase anchor the east room where the writer was born in 1911.
A corner of Jin Shangjing: what the 2022 excavation uncovered
A 1,000-square-metre excavation in Jin Shangjing’s southeastern imperial city revealed building remains and everyday fragments from the early Jurchen capital.
Kvass: when bread becomes a fermented drink
Harbin’s bakery tradition supplied a base for kvass, a drink made by extracting flavor from bread and fermenting it with yeast and lactic cultures.
Harbin red sausage and the Haroulian factory story
Haroulian’s company history traces its red sausage to a 1918 processing workshop in Fujidian, where European-style sausage making entered Harbin’s food industry.
Guobaorou: two fryings and the memory of official cuisine
A Harbin cook’s two-stage frying method gives guobaorou its crisp shell, while old photographs and tableware place the dish within the city’s culinary memory.
Rice, harvest and the old granary at Wuchang Rice Museum
At Wuchang Rice Museum, a woven willow granary connects the modern rice story to household ways of storing a harvest.
Yabuli’s winter: mountains, forest and a long snow season
Yabuli’s linked Guokui peaks, forested slopes and extended snow cover have shaped its life as a winter sports destination.
When Harbin’s summer music leaves the concert hall
In 2026, Harbin’s summer music season carried performances from concert venues to plazas, parks and neighborhood streets.