本世纪的第二个年份,沙皇俄国的铁路穿过外贝加尔草原,进入中国呼伦贝尔草原的西部.那条东清铁路在中国的第一个火车站,就叫满洲里.铁路给这“幽静的历史后院”所带来的影响,当然是人们无法预料得到的.此后,满洲里的兴衰便紧密地与因铁路而起的口岸联系在一起了.没有口岸,就没有满洲里.可满洲里人真正把自己的命 In the second year of this century, Tsarist Russia’s railway passed through the outer Baikal steppes and entered the western part of China’s Hulunbuir steppe, the first railway station in China called Manchuria. The impact of the historical backyard was, of course, unpredictable. Since then, the rise and decline of Manchuria has been closely linked with the ports opened by the railway. Without a port there is no Manchuria. Own life