Chinese Baroque buildings to open to tourists 中国巴洛克建筑将向游人开放

China's largest and most intact buildings in the "Chinese Baroque" architectural style favored in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have been renovated and will open to tourists at the beginning of 2014, local housing authorities said on Tuesday.

中国东北部的黑龙江省比较亲睐“中国巴洛克”建筑风格，当地房管部门周二表示，这种风格的中国规模最大、最完整的建筑都经过重新装修并且将在2014年初向游客开放。

These works of architecture, located in Daowai District of Harbin City, capital of Heilongjiang, are a combination of the Baroque style and Chinese elements such as crane and peony designs, according to Jiang Fan, a local historian.

一个名叫江帆的当地历史学家表示，这些建筑作品位于黑龙江省省会哈尔滨市道外区，是巴洛克风格与中国元素的结合成果，如起重机和牡丹图案的组合。

Built about a century ago and covering 288,300 square meters, the buildings adopt Western baroque style for their exterior design, while retaining the traditional layout of Chinese courtyards inside, Jiang added.

江帆表示，这些建筑建造于大约一个世纪前，占地面积288300平方米，它们在外形设计上采用了西方的巴洛克风格，同时在内部也保留了中国庭院的传统布局。

The renovations started in 2007. As well as being open to tourists, some of the buildings are expected to be used as commercial districts, according to the housing security and real estate management bureau of Harbin.

整修开始于2007年。住房保障和哈尔滨市房地产管理局表示，除了会向游人开放，一些建筑有望被用作商业区。