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What are the interesting places in Harbin?

1. Northeast Tiger Park, the fare is 65 yuan, find 85 near the highway bridge and go directly. Opening hours are 8: 30- 16: 00 in winter and 8: 00- 16: 30 in summer. 2. polar museum, Harbin. Tickets cost 80 to 100 yuan. I'm not sure about it. Get off at No.29 outside the main entrance of Harbin Sun Island Park and get off at No.80 85 88 346 at the intersection of Sun Island (Science and Technology Museum). Go to Sun Island 1.5 km. Opening time of Harbin Science and Technology Museum: 9: 00-16: 30 (65438+) 80 85 88 346 Road Sun Island intersection (Science and Technology Museum). Ticket telephone number: 045 1-88 190755 4. Harbin Amusement Park, the natural scenery and simple and elegant architecture of Harbin Amusement Park have long been well-known at home and abroad, and its unique flower beds, chairs, garden lights and flowers and orchids constitute a fairy-tale wonderful world. Harbin amusement park has more than 30 large and medium-sized modern amusement facilities. It is famous for its complete equipment, complete functions and novelty. The newly introduced high-intensity and exciting large-scale amusement facility "Brave Carousel" from Japan is intoxicating, thrilling and interesting, and it is the cradle of brave people: "Super spaceship" and "crazy train" give people fantastic enjoyment, thrilling and fascinating, just like traveling in space; The only "three-ring atomic pulley" in Northeast China is located here; "Water World" covers an area of 28,000 square meters, and its construction scale and greening level rank first in China. Bumper cars, gasoline racing cars and high-altitude bicycles are never tired of playing; Pirate ships, crazy rats, octopus, air fighters, sun gods, go like lightning; Spaceships and muddy celestial spheres rolled up and down; The brave "wooden boat" is like a log driven by Indians when they cross a waterfall; Arabian Flying Carpet tells an ancient fairy tale ... 6,14,104,105. Get off at No.29 Sun Island Park, get off at the main entrance of Sun Island, and get off at the intersection of Sun Island 80858346 (Science and Technology Museum) for Sun Island. The landscape avenue, with a length of 1.600 m and a width of 1.6 m, is surrounded by 1.400 willow trees and more than 200,000 water wax elms, covering an area of 60,000 square meters, and 12 beautiful garden sketches with their own charm are skillfully integrated into it. "The road is in the forest and people are there. Sunstone is located at the entrance of the East Zone. There stands a natural stone-Sunstone, which is 7.5 meters long, 2 meters thick and 4.3 meters high and weighs 1.50 tons. This strange stone comes from Jinyuan's hometown, by the Ashe River. It is said that the old gentleman left Dan in the palace. When Jin Taizu was a teenager, he sharpened his knife on a stone to inspire him. As an adult, I discussed with the generals on the stone to destroy Liao and attack Song. The anti-United fighters here "warm their chests with fire and cold their backs with wind", and of course there are many stories about people. Legend has it that countless distant past events are condensed in this huge lingshi. Today, it stands tall on the Sun Island, and the three characters of Zhao Puchu's vigor and agility make it a symbol of the Sun Island. While sighing at the great nature, people are also fascinated by the humanistic connotation of the natural scenery of Sun Island. Sun Gate The main gate of Sun Island, namely Sun Gate, is located at the main entrance to the west of Sun Island. The gate consists of five oval arches, one large and four small. Its shape is mainly based on the architectural language of Art Nouveau style, supplemented by other styles of artistic language. Its creative theme is "Window of the Sun", the arch in the middle and the boulder of Sun Island are on the same central axis, and the direction of travel is due east and west, so that it can face the sunrise and sunset, and let the sunrise and sunset shed her fiery afterglow on the way in and out of Sun Island through the window of the sun, and the road ahead will always be sunny. The gate is 68 meters long and surrounded by sunstones at both ends. The height of the main gate is12.03m.. The curve beside the gate is like the white waves of Songhua River, supporting the rising sun at first. Four sculptures stand in four small arches. The boulder in front of the door is located in the center of the radiant sun pattern. At the foot is the simulated block map of Harbin, passing through the flowing water of Songhua River and the beach on the earth, bypassing the sun stone, entering the sunny gate and approaching the Sun Island scenic spot. What you see in front of you will be a poetic picture as beautiful as a fairyland. The white arch of Sun Island is also the window of Sun Island to the world. The project was designed by Russian experts and undertaken by Harbin Third Construction Engineering Company. At present, external decoration and supporting projects are under way. All finished in early June. Reflecting the Sun Gate are Sun Plaza (27,500 square meters in Grand Plaza and 4,462 square meters in Little Square) and Sunstone, covering an area of 3 1.965 square meters. Jin Zuolong entered the scenic spot, and a large three-dimensional flower bed with a height of 6 meters and an area of 60 square meters was displayed in front of tourists. Its creative design originated from the sitting dragon of Jin Dynasty unearthed in Acheng, our province. Dragon is the totem of the Chinese nation, and the exquisite dragon unearthed is also a portrayal of the sacred position of dragon in the eyes of ancient Jin people. The Three Dragons are singing in the sky, which not only shows the profound regional cultural characteristics, but also shows the cultural origin. After the transformation of the garden, the garden was expanded from less than 3 hectares to nearly 7 hectares. Its design draws lessons from the gardening style of Canadian bouchard Garden, and uses the western tradition and modern gardening concept to give full play to the landscaping function of a large number of flowers in the garden. Flowers of different colors are planted according to different themes, showing an ocean of flowers. It is estimated that more than 200,000 flowers of more than 40 varieties including rose, rose, impatiens, geranium, carnation, calla lily, ornamental millet and delphinium will be planted. The flower garden is not only the most distinctive scenic spot after the third phase transformation of Sun Island, but also a small horticultural science base that is entertaining and entertaining. The Ice and Snow Art Museum was built in 2000, covering an area of 5,000 square meters, with a clear height of 7 meters and more than 0/00 ice scenes/kloc. It is the largest indoor ice and snow art venue in the world. The ice scene in the museum is composed of natural ice and artificial snow of Songhua River, which has been exquisitely carved by ice and snow artists, making it a beautiful and changeable ice and snow art work. It fills the gap that Harbin can't see ice and snow in three seasons. Outdoor in hot summer, indoor in ice and snow, can be called beyond the enjoyment of the times, but also a great spectacle in the north. Since its establishment, the Ice and Snow Art Museum has been very popular with Chinese and foreign tourists. At the beginning of this year, the Ice and Snow Art Museum began to receive tourists in March after more than two months of renovation, artistic lighting arrangement and re-carving of ice and snow landscape. Nearly 100 ice sculptures with the theme of Harbin customs were exhibited in ten scenic spots such as Central Street, Gokurakuji and Nikolai Cathedral, with a total ice consumption of 6,000 cubic meters, which was the best year for works and landscape effects in the past five years. Green Park Green Park covers an area of 6.2 hectares and is located on the west side of Sun Island Park. Trees and shrubs such as birch and willow are planted in the park, and an artificial lake of 2700 square meters is built. These facilities are all wooden and antique. Here, in the form of a fenced feeding station, dozens of domesticated sika deer are scattered. Proud sika deer run freely, stroll easily and take a leisurely rest here, forming a natural and charming picture of "hillside and drinking stream in Luming Literature". Wooden ropeway, pontoon bridge, wooden bridge and drill pipe are integrated, and slides, swings and mazes bring children into a fairy tale world. Close contact with sika deer will also make children feel the unique charm of nature. The European-style mission hall in the park has four exhibition areas: deer culture, deer science and technology, natural museum and deer products exhibition. Lilac Garden Lilac Garden was built in 1996, covering an area of 1.2 hectares. As the city flower of Harbin, citizens have always had a special feeling for it. Every summer, citizens come here to enjoy flowers. Thousands of lilacs of 12 varieties have been planted in the Lilac Garden, including lilacs, white lilacs, wild martingales, Beijing lilacs, red lilacs, small lilacs, Liaodong lilacs and assorted lilacs. From May to July, all kinds of lilacs are in full bloom, colorful and intoxicating. This is the lilac garden with complete varieties in our city at present. In order to create good living conditions for birds, clove garden has built more than 100 nests to attract birds. Visitors can enjoy the singing of lilacs and birds. Harbin Niigata Friendship Garden was built in 1989, covering an area of 4.2 hectares. It is based on Japanese courtyard style and mainly relies on natural scenery for gardening. There is a Japanese-style memorial hall for Sino-Japanese friendship in the park landscape. The exhibition hall, water house, tea room, harmony room and tatami on the floor are all very Japanese. There is also a wooden special-shaped bridge that imitates Japan's Baishan Park-Quqiao; The epitome of the Sea of Japan-gourd pond, in which stone turtles float; A friendship monument stands on the lawn; The symbol of Niigata City-Wandai Bridge; A Japanese-style resort integrating leisure, vacation and catering is composed of five traditional Japanese wooden houses and modern brick buildings, which are integrated into one and have their own characteristics. Artificial streams run through the whole park; Rockery pavilions, garden sketches, hand-washing bowls, well households and stone lamps are dotted among them. Tourists stroll on cobblestone roads, feel fresh and exotic customs against the backdrop of flowers and green grass, and all of them are intoxicated. Squirrel Island, with an area of 2.4 hectares, is located on the south side of the former youth home, surrounded by water and with undulating terrain. It consists of three small islands connected by trestles. Among them, the two small islands on the west side are free-range squirrels of native species in Northeast China, and the small islands on the east side are captive squirrels from all over the country. The water around the island can not only prevent squirrels from escaping, but also breed ornamental fish. On the island, there are cave-shaped garden sketches where feeding points play with squirrels. These sketches are organically combined with the environment, which makes people fully feel the cuteness of small creatures. Squirrel Island domesticates thousands of squirrels, the main function of which is for tourists to watch. In order to let squirrels get close to people as soon as possible, and even have the performance ability, from mid-March, the scenic spot selected caring and responsible outstanding workers to work closely with the researchers of Northeast Agricultural University and began the domestication work. In the process of domestication, squirrels are trained to eat reflexively at fixed time and conditions through fixed music and name calling. By tying food in the air, squirrels are trained to walk with hanging ropes, their performance ability is cultivated, and squirrels are trained to recognize their homes, so that they can find their homes smoothly. At present, some squirrels have been able to get in close contact with people and come out for food at fixed points. Seven little squirrels were born in Sun Island. Squirrel is the mascot of Sun Island, and its image is clever, naughty and lovely. With the vigorous promotion of the comprehensive renovation project of Sun Island, the natural ecological environment on the island has been greatly improved, and squirrel species have proliferated and can be seen everywhere on the island. Waterfall promenade is located in the east of China-Japan Friendship Park, covering an area of about 1.5 hectares, with a length of 132 meters and a height of 7 meters. It is a magnificent large-scale water feature similar to nature, which is built by using the difference of the original terrain. There are natural caves in the promenade, with winding paths and obscure lights, which are in harmony with rock-like cliff carvings, rocks, stone clocks and stalagmites. Waterfalls are set in sections, sometimes heavy rain curtains, rapids flying, and sometimes water curtains overlapping, so that tourists can overlook the lake view in the promenade, listen to the sound of rain and tea, and fully feel the beautiful scenery of the waterfall promenade in leisure viewing. Swan Lake is located in the north of Sun Island Park, covering an area of 12600 square meters. Swan Lake is mostly composed of wetlands and large reeds. During the construction process, the original terrain and vegetation were used to create a swan habitat. There are mainly 30 species of northern waterfowl in the lake, such as black swan, white swan and wild duck. In order to ensure the good living environment of Swan Lake in the lake, the water supply system is added, and the lake bottom in the north is also waterproof, so the embankment is naturally protected. In the Swan Lake, the trestle bridges are criss-crossed, allowing tourists to integrate into the lake, which embodies the harmony and unity between man and nature. Sun Lake Sun Lake covers an area of 58,000 square meters. The sparkling lake brings a touch of summer refreshment to tourists. Visitors will feel that they are a member of nature and feel the endless fun that nature has given you. Sun Mountain Sun Mountain covers an area of 3,000 square meters and is 30 meters high. The mountains are green with flowers and birds. Sun Pavilion is the commanding height of the whole island. From the sun pavilion, you can see the scenery at the foot of the mountain. The lakes and mountains complement each other and are integrated. You can fully appreciate the interest of "the wise people enjoy Leshan, and the benevolent people enjoy water", adding a little pride and emotion to the longing for mountains and rivers. Shui Ge Tianyun Shuige Yuntianjing covers an area of 1.5 square meters and was built in 1.980. It is built with modern landscape technology and water. It is divided into three parts: long corridor, side corridor and square pavilion. When you board Shui Ge, you can enjoy the "jade layer, the sky is heavy; Flying pavilions are flowing, and there is no land under them. Rainwater corridor covers an area of 320 square meters. The building is based on white, and the European style is solemn and elegant. Visitors can not only take shelter from the wind and rain, but also enjoy the beautiful scenery of two lakes, one mountain, one pavilion and one corridor, clear spring waterfalls, pavilions and bridges reflecting willows, and lotus fragrant fish jumping. Snow sculpture Art Park was built on the original site of Cuifang Garden in the park, covering an area of more than 3,000 square meters. With the theme of "Youyou Pastoral" in the 2002 15 Snow Expo, it collected the award-winning works of five major snow fairs, such as farmhouse music, flying snow, flying swan, maternal love, time family and hero Jos. Russian folk art museum Russian art exhibition hall is located in the northeast of the park, with an area of 1742 square meters. The architecture and surrounding garden environment are in Russian style, which is consistent with the exhibition hall style. The orientation of the exhibition hall highlights the geographical advantages and cultural interaction between Harbin and Russia. Reflect the simple and sincere exhibition space and style of "folk collection museum". The close contact with the surrounding environment makes it have deep artistic appreciation value. There are more than 4,000 exhibits in the Russian Art Gallery, 1200. It is the largest private collection exhibition hall in China at present. There are three main exhibition areas: permanent exhibition area, temporary exhibition area and artistic exchange and creation demonstration area. Since 1989, Liu has collected 3,000 Russian artworks and has been committed to cultural and artistic exchanges between China and Russia. He has won many awards from the Russian government and has been praised by domestic and foreign media as the emissary of Chinese and Russian folk culture. At present, the indoor and outdoor decoration of the exhibition hall has been fully carried out, and Russian cultural feasts such as exhibitions of top Russian painters are also being actively planned. Wetland Plant Appreciation (Yuan Ye Scenic Area) The vast wetland and plant landscape are unique scenic resources in Sun Island Scenic Area. It has the largest wetland landscape in China, which is rare in the world, and is located in the center of the city. The wetland plants in Sun Island Scenic Area are mainly concentrated in the north and east of Sun Island, with a total area of 10.6 square kilometers. Her landforms are naturally gentle and undulating, including beaches, sandbars, swamps, hills, depressions between hills and other landforms; The hilly area in the north is above the submerged line, which is mainly composed of a large area of sparse grassland and artificial pine forest, maintaining the typical natural landscape of primitive wetlands in Sun Island. There are more than 300 kinds of wild plants, including Gramineae, Leguminosae, Rosaceae, Polygonaceae, Cyperaceae, etc., among which elm, willow, mulberry and plum are the main ones. The area is dominated by natural layout and wild plant landscaping, forming a large area of flowers and jungles. She wins with bright colors, which constitutes a vast atmosphere of color effects, showing different scenes, seasons and places. We can enjoy the "primitive scenery" with basin characteristics in the northern cold temperate plain by land and water. The red willow forest was formed on the basis of the original large-scale shrub willow, and a large number of red dry tree species, such as red rosewood and elm, were planted in a net-like way. Along the golden river bank, the tall green weeping willows on the sunny beach are natural umbrellas for sunbathing and tourists, and there are drought-tolerant plants such as seabuckthorn, Lespedeza and thyme on the sand. These xerophytes are extremely rare at present. Looking from a distance on the tour bus, the green waves rolled in the breeze. There is a road between the birch forest and the red willow forest, with red willows and green waves on one side and dense birch forest on the other. White branches are arranged in an orderly way on the roadside, surrounded by different colors of spring flowers and autumn plants, such as clove, honeysuckle and tea strips. Pine forest and wild fruit (sparse grassland) The panorama of this area is endless hills covered with furry green carpets. Groups of bonsai in various colors are placed on the green carpet for tourists to visit. When you get closer, you will find that the green carpet, which was originally unique to the local wild moss, is neatly covered on this sand dune. This natural lawn is incomparable with artificial lawn. The grouping of bonsai was originally native Mongolian mulberry, mountain Queena Ding, hairy hawthorn and so on (according to research, some Mongolian mulberry can be nearly 100 years old). These trees pass through Cang Sang and are naturally carved into today's landscape. There is a prominent dark green near the slope of the roadside, which is a Mongolian pine. Mongolian plantation. Such a tall and strong Pinus sylvestris var. Mongolia experienced several catastrophic floods in 1986, September/KLOC-0 and 1998. The high water level of the flood was also flooded, but it remained the same after the flood. In the past, I only heard about Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica. Quercus mongolica is tolerant to hunger and drought, but its waterlogging tolerance has been verified in Sun Island. Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica. Quercus mongolica is an evergreen tree species. In winter, there are vast snowfields everywhere. Only this little bit of green embellishment adds infinite vitality to the snowfield that can't see the edge. Lilac Mountain Lilac is the city flower of Harbin. But people often see lilacs and white lilacs. Lilac Mountain consists of dozens of exotic lilacs, including "assorted lilacs" with rare purple spikes and "foreign lilacs" with white flowers, which will feast your eyes. These lilacs are planted according to the topographical features. After careful design and arrangement of trees, shrubs and flowers in various shapes and colors, a plant landscape with rich colors and distinct layers is drawn. Tatou Marsh This is the unique landscape of Sun Island. Tatou swamp is rare not only in China, but also in the world. Tatou Wetland is not only unique in landscape, but also known as the lung of the earth. It has powerful magical functions such as improving the environment, adsorbing dust, purifying sewage, storing water and adjusting climate and humidity. Approaching Tatou swamp, you will feel that you have come to a wild primitive water grass field, with clumps of green grass towering in the water and covered by water grass; Some unknown birds, even large and medium-sized waterfowl such as geese and wild ducks, rise and fall from time to time, forming a spectacular scene. Wild bird viewing area A 56-hectare wild bird viewing area has been built in the north of Sun Island Scenic Area, where crops such as millet, sorghum and sunflower are planted to create a good ecological environment for bird migration, foraging and reproduction. At the same time, more than 600 bird boxes, nests and feeding plates of various forms will be added, so that birds can build a comfortable home in Sun Island. There are also 125 swan geese and 25 gray geese in the waters of the bird-watching area of Sun Island, and fish are also stocked in the second ring water system, which greatly improves the ecological environment of Sun Island. Sunshine Bathroom Sunshine Bathroom is a natural wild bathing place built outside the dike by using the water system and existing terrain reconstructed by Sun Island Scenic Area. It covers an area of 90,000 square meters and has a water area of 60,000 square meters. More than 40,000 willow trees have been planted around the bathing place, creating a unique beach wild bathing place with blue sky, clear water and golden red willows, which reproduces the original natural features and "three wild" customs. The observation deck is located on the east side of Sun Island levee, covering an area of about 4 hectares. Its main function is to build a viewing and releasing platform for tourists. Surrounded by rare tree species such as Tilia amurensis and Xanthoceras sorbifolia, which are unique to the north. The platform is 45 meters in diameter and has a group of large circular sculptures and reliefs about the legend of the sun. Visitors can enjoy the "vast, atmospheric and spectacular" natural scenery of Yuan Ye on the viewing platform facing the lake. Harbin, a famous musician, is a famous historical and cultural city with rich musical and cultural heritage. The annual Harbin Summer Concert adds endless artistic charm to Harbin, a pearl under the swan. It is an extension of Harbin's music culture to build famous musicians' dikes on Sun Island scenic spots and east-west dikes, incorporate rich cultural connotations, give music themes, and make five portraits and sculptures of famous Chinese and foreign musicians such as Wang, Kyle, Liu Chi, Seck and Al. It embodies the Harbin complex, enriches the cultural connotation of Sun Island music, enhances the cultural taste, adds a beautiful scenery to Harbin, which is known as the "City of Music", and lets more people know about Harbin. The Musical Celebrity Dike is located at the southernmost tip of the scenic spot, with a length of 1.300m and a width of 20m. It consists of several famous musicians' sculptures, a piano square, a landscape road at the top of the embankment and a green land on the embankment. It is a scenic spot for tourists to watch the city scenery on the south bank of Songhua River and not return to the river after entering the island by boat. After the reconstruction, boundary markers were used instead of kerbs, which broke the rigid separation between the road and the surrounding environment. The pavement is paved with colored asphalt, and the embankment slope increases the landscape function while maintaining the original flood control function. The undulating micro-topography landscaping technique makes people's visual effect more perfect, forming a green landscape with dense forests and sparse land. At the same time, in order to meet the needs of tourists for sightseeing, leisure and viewing, the South Flower Belt and the observation deck are re-integrated, and the transformed landscape is generous, concise, lively and pleasing to the eye, which makes people linger. At present, the sculpture scheme of musical celebrity dike is being widely collected from the society. Mr. Yu Zhixue of Yu Zhixue Art Museum is the founder of Heilongjiang Ice and Snow Landscape Painting School, which occupies an important position in China painting circle and has a wide social influence. Yu Zhixue and his ice and snow paintings have become the pride of Harbin people and even China people. Through vivid ice and snow paintings, Mr. Yu Zhixue froze and solidified the unique short-term ice and snow scenery in the north on white rice paper, and presented the magnificent scenery of freezing thousands of miles in the north and snowing in Wan Li to Chinese and foreign tourists in an all-round way through traditional Chinese painting and his original special techniques of ice and snow painting. The art museum covers an area of 465,438+000 square meters. In addition to four exhibition halls, exhibition halls and outdoor painting rooms, there is also a sunshine studio. Yu Zhixue will paint for tourists from time to time in the studio, and Chinese and foreign tourists will witness his painting of ice and snow. The site of Heilongjiang Ice and Snow Painting Research Association will also be located here. This year, the Art Museum plans to hold four exhibitions: Mr. Yu Zhixue's fine ice and snow painting exhibition, the second and third ice and snow painting exhibitions, the Four Treasures of the Study exhibition and the imperial edict collection exhibition. Regularly hold cultural and artistic salons, ice and snow galleries, ice and snow painting art training, cultural and artistic exchanges and other activities to provide a platform for tourists and art lovers to appreciate, exchange and improve. Northern Culture and Art Museum The Northern Culture and Art Museum is located in the embankment, adjacent to the west embankment, with an area of 8,000 square meters and a usable area of 735 square meters. It is a comprehensive museum of literature and art sponsored by Harbin Federation of Literary and Art Circles, which integrates music, literature, art exhibition, art research, art exchange and other functions, and will be the art exhibition center of our city. Sun Island Art Museum plans to set up concert hall, literature museum, painting and calligraphy museum and other exhibition areas. Its main task is to collect, keep, manage, study and display the works, manuscripts, translations, letters, audio and video recordings, recruitment and cultural relics of Harbin contemporary music and literary artists. At the same time, it is eclectic, collecting and displaying fine folk arts. The museum will be open to visitors in early July. In order to commemorate the heroic deeds of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces against Japanese invaders and carry forward the spirit of patriotism, according to the instructions of provincial and municipal leaders and the suggestions of the old comrades of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance Memorial Park was built near the east of the Sun Island levee. Upon completion, it will be the largest anti-Japanese education and memorial base in Northeast China. The memorial park covers an area of 3.6 hectares, with sculptures of anti-Union fighters, lakes and green grass as the core attractions. The content of the performance is different from the solemn memorial mode in the past. The keynote is undulating terrain, towering trees and winding running water, which symbolizes the anti-Japanese battlefield between Baishan and Heishui. Under the blue sky, theme sculptures, anti-joint ventures and huge stones constitute a historical picture of anti-joint combat life. Bridges, flowing water, paths, strange stones, trees and grasslands in the memorial garden create a leisurely, quiet and private leisure space for tourists. Russian Style Town With the smooth progress of the second phase of the comprehensive renovation of Sun Island Scenic Area, 26 villas and houses on the island, which show the quaint and rich Russian style and architectural art at the beginning of the last century, will be transformed into personalized theme buildings in the Russian style town of Sun Island according to the original Russian style. Together with the town's squares, sculptures, green spaces, performance halls, the rebuilt Miniagur Western Restaurant and other landmark Russian-style buildings and facilities, it will show tourists rich Russian customs, make them experience the mellow charm of foreign cultures, and reflect the history of Harbin's opening to the outside world and its broad mind of respecting and protecting foreign cultures.