Why is Harbin called Harbin?

Harbin textual research: "Harbin" is the translation of the word "Alekin" in Jurchen language, which means "honor"; "Examination of Manchu Place Names" records: It is said that when Russia set up Harbin Street Construction Bureau, it spent a lot of brains on the setting of place names, visited some small villages along the Songhua River and asked local people for place names. The locals call this place Harbin. At the same time, Russia also conceived many names, but none of them were adopted. Finally named Harubin. The name "Chunbin Street" appeared on the map made by 1900. "Harubin" means "fishing net" in Manchu. It is said that this area was a large fishing area of Manchu a long time ago, and the Han people called it a net drying field. After Harubin was mistaken for Harbin; There are also some records: in the past, this place was a meadow by the Songhua River. Mongolians thought that the meadow here was flat and looked like Hala from a distance, so it was called Harabin. Later, it sounded wrong in Harbin.

Harbin, an exotic this beautiful city, has become a famous historical and cultural city and tourist city in China because of its special historical process and geographical location. It not only brings together the history and culture of northern minorities, but also integrates Chinese and foreign cultures. It is known as "Ice City", "Pearl under Swan", "Moscow in the East" and "Little Paris in the East". In 2006, Harbin was selected as one of the top 200 charming cities with China characteristics. Harbin is the only city to bid for the Winter Olympics on behalf of China!

Harbin is located in the center of Northeast Asia economic circle and the largest central city along the border of China. Since 1990, the 15th China Harbin Economic and Trade Fair has been held continuously, which has become an important bridge and window for Harbin to carry out trade, economic and technical cooperation with other countries in the world, especially Russia and other CIS countries and Eastern European countries, and is moving towards an international exposition. On July 1 1, 2008, the Olympic flame will visit the Ice City.

The flower in Harbin is lilac, so it also has an elegant name called "Lilac City".

Wang, director of the Institute of Local Records of Harbin Academy of Social Sciences, put forward the "swan theory" based on ten years of research results, which was widely recognized.

This statement claims that the original pronunciation of Harbin is "Galouwen", that is, "Halvin", which means "Swan". In Jurchen language, the word swan is an onomatopoeic word, and the swan is called "Galu-Galu" or "kaloun——kalou", while the vast wetlands and rivers in Heilongjiang River Basin and Songhua River Basin are the only places where swans migrate. So how did this sound become Harbin? It turns out that there is no "ga" in the phonology of ancient Central Plains, so the sounds of "ga" and "ka" in place names are basically written as "ha", "he" or "a". "Er" is a unique pronunciation of northern minorities.

Wang adopted a multidisciplinary and comprehensive research method, started with linguistics, traced back to the historical etymology, made in-depth textual research in geography, philology, toponymy, archaeology, folklore, ethnology and other aspects, and based on a large number of historical documents and cultural relics, thus put forward the theory of "Harbin"-Nuzhen language "Swan".

Many jurchen linguists, historians and archaeologists deeply agree with this achievement, and think it is the "general theory" of the origin of Harbin place names at present. Comrade Wang Huafang, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, also gave scientific affirmation to this.

This achievement also has a strong practical significance, which plays a great role in shaping the image of the city, increasing the visibility of the city and improving the cultural taste of the citizens. Now, you know, the beautiful name Harbin contains such a beautiful meaning. White and brave is the spiritual portrayal of Harbin ancestors, and such blood flows on each of us. Then, when someone asks the meaning of the hometown name again, we won't be at a loss. The beautiful swan is our home.

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