Encounter the beauty of the church | Harbin Sophia Cathedral | Byzantine-style architecture

| Harbin Sophia Cathedral | Byzantine-style architecture. If there is a church you want to visit, the Sophia Cathedral with its Byzantine architectural style comes to mind. The giant onion-shaped dome is so cute that it wins my heart❤️❤️ ✍🏻✍🏻Sophia Cathedral, also known as Saint Sophia Cathedral, was built in 1907. It is a Byzantine-style Orthodox church designed by Russian architect Koryasikov. It covers an area of 721 square meters and has a height of 53.35 meters. ✍🏻✍🏻The church's floor plan is a Latin cross in the east-west direction. The walls are made of red bricks, and the central part is a drum seat with arched windows. The upper part is a huge, full green onion-shaped dome, and the four different-sized cone-shaped tent tops form a master-slave structure. It is a typical representative of Byzantine architecture. The overall feeling is magnificent and exquisite. ✍🏻✍🏻The interior of the church is exquisite. The inner walls with religious patterns are magnificent and elegant, and the dome of the church forms an extremely magnificent and spectacular spatial outline. The porch of the church is a bell tower, with 7 bells, 1 large and 6 small. On important religious holidays, the clanging bells will echo through the clouds, which is a major spectacle in Harbin. ✍🏻✍🏻Recommended photo spots📸📸 ① Capture the excitement of pigeons flying over the cathedral ② Sunset reflecting on the cathedral ③ Winter atmosphere in the snow ④ Photos of the ice city princess from January to February ✍🏻✍🏻To visit the interior of the church, you can enter at 1pm, 3:30pm, and 6:30pm. These are the times of the daily live music concerts in the church🎶🎶 🌈Sophia Cathedral 📍Northeast corner of the intersection of Zhaolin Street and Toulong Street, Daoli District, Harbin （🚇Metro Line 2, Shangzhi Street Station, Exit 1, walk about 3 minutes；👣👣About 10 minutes' walk from Central Street） 🕰️Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 08:30-17:00, closed on Mondays 🎫Ticket price: 20 yuan/person for adults, free for seniors aged 65 and above with ID and children under 1.2 meters accompanied by a guardian.