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No. 4 of Night Attractions in Jilin

Lake Songhua Resort

6.6

4.7/5

617 reviews

Lake Songhuahu Resort is a year-round destination featuring seasonal tourism, with skiing as its main attraction and family vacations at its core. In winter, the resort focuses on ski vacation services at its world-class ski resort. During spring, summer, and fall, leveraging its own resources and comprehensive facilities and services while partnering with Songhua Lake National Scenic Area, it offers integrated mountain vacation products. Winter activities include skiing and snow entertainment, while summer features water recreation and team-building programs. The resort also features children's snow activities and a dedicated kids' activity zone, offering customized ski lessons and equipment within its instructional system to ensure safety while having fun. Additionally, along the 200m-long lifestyle street at the resort's core, inspired by successful models of renowned North American resorts like Whistler and Vail, you'll find diverse chain restaurants, international ski gear rentals and sales. The commercial street also offers local specialties like Songhua stone, black fungus, wild ginseng, and wild mushrooms at its souvenir shops—perfect gifts for friends and family.

Jilin City · 18.9 km from downtown

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Songhua Lake Scenic Spot (Jilin)

6.2

4.3/5

1.1k reviews

Located southeast of Jilin City, the Songhua Lake Scenic Spot (Jilin) is a unique attraction created during the construction of Fengman Hydropower Station in 1937, designed to stop water from the Songhua River. The scenery is picturesque and delightful. In spring and summer, Songhua Lake has comfortable temperatures, making it a great place to cool off. In autumn and winter, mountains of red leaves and snow-covered Songhua Lake offer the alluring scenery of north China.

Jilin City · 17 km from downtown

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Beidahu Ski Resort

6.5

4.6/5

356 reviews

Beidahu Ski Resort is located in the extension of the Changbai Mountains in Jilin City, Jilin Province, within the golden ski latitude belt at 43°N. The unique mountain shape, surrounded by mountains on three sides, makes the area less windy in winter with a suitable climate. The average temperature is approx. -10°C, and the ski season can last for more than five months. The main peak, Nanlou Mountain, sits at an elevation of approx. 1,400 m, making it the highest peak in Jilin City. The mountain has a vertical drop of nearly 900 m, and the slopes range from gentle to steep, covering multiple gradients to meet the different needs of beginners to advanced skiers. The resort's snow is dry, loose, and nearly powdery. Thanks to its high-quality powder snow resources, it is known as a "powder snow paradise." This place has hosted the 6th Asian Winter Games, multiple National Winter Games, and important events such as the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup and alpine skiing point races, making it one of China's key ice and snow competition and training bases. In addition to daytime skiing, the resort also offers evening sessions. The nearly windless conditions in winter create a unique experience for night skiing — fewer people, quiet snow, stars overhead, and vast slopes beneath your feet, completely different from the daytime. In winter, the mountains often display spectacular rime ice, with ice-coated trees complementing the powdery snow and adding a distinctive touch to the resort. Beidahu is equally pleasant in summer, with high forest coverage, where visitors can hike along mountain trails or go cycling, enjoying a cool retreat amid green mountains and clear waters. The resort features a comprehensive service center integrating ski equipment rental, dining, shopping, and leisure, and has a ski school offering graded instruction, suitable for skiers of all levels and family vacations.

Yongji · 30.3 km from downtown

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Songhua Lake Ski Resort

5.9

4.6/5

610 reviews

Songhua Lake Ski Resort is located on Daqing Mountain in Jilin City, nestled in the extension of the Changbai Mountains, sharing the same latitude belt conducive to powder snow formation as the European Alps and the North American Rockies. Influenced by the northern temperate continental monsoon climate, the winter snow is dry, loose, and soft, earning Jilin the reputation of "capital of rime and paradise for skiing." It features 55 high-quality ski slopes with a total length of 60 km, seven imported high-speed cable cars, and 13 magic carpets, providing an hourly capacity of 30,000 passengers. The skiable area covers 240 hectares and can accommodate 15,000 skiers simultaneously. The slopes are planned in a 4:4:2 ratio of beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. The slopes adopt a themed zoning design, separating different play areas such as beginner snow, progression, on-piste, off-piste, and parks, so that skiers of different levels can each enjoy themselves without interfering with one another. Several of the slopes are certified by the International Ski Federation (FIS) and can host professional events such as giant slalom, slalom, and slopestyle. The resort is equipped with multiple high-speed cable cars and magic carpets, offering ample capacity with shorter queues during peak hours. The ski resort also features a freestyle terrain park, providing a dedicated practice area for skiers who enjoy jumps and features. The ski resort is relatively close to the main urban area of Jilin City, with convenient transportation. The resort area is equipped with hotels and children's activity areas, making it suitable for family ski vacation trips.

Jilin City · 19 km from downtown

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Zhuque Mountain National Forest Park

5.5

4.5/5

165 reviews

Zhuqueshan National Forest Park is affiliated to the Songhua Lake Experimental Forest Farm in Jilin City and is one of the four famous mountains in Jilin City. In Zhuqueshan Forest Park, there are many river valleys, abundant animal and plant resources, and the forest coverage rate reaches 77%. Suzaku Mountain has steep mountains, jagged rocks, verdant trees and simple appearance. Suzaku Mountain is also known as Pig Mountain. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking at the top of the mountain, there are stone pigs running, and the piglets follow them. The main peak of Zhuqueshan Park is Daojian Peak, also known as Zhuz ui Lazi, its peak is soaring up in the mountains, and it stands beside the river. Standing on the top of the mountain and overlooking, the dam is vaguely visible, the mountains embrace each other, the waters are connected, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful, making visitors intoxicated by nature.

Jilin City · 12.6 km from downtown

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No. 3 of Best Things to Do in Jilin City

Rime Island

5.5

4.6/5

969 reviews

Wusong, an island in the middle of the Songhua River, is a famous place to view the rime ice for which it is named. Every winter, unfrozen water vapor rising up from the river hits the cold and solidifies as frost - rime ice - on the trees. Viewing the iced trees from a distance is like seeing the legendary jade trees and flowers of immortality, a beauty that defies description. This is also an excellent place to view the sunrise and sunset.

Jilin City · 32.9 km from downtown

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No. 16 of Night Attractions in Jilin

Songhua River

5.1

4.6/5

308 reviews

Songhua River originates from Changbai Mountain Tianchi and flows from southeast to northwest through Jilin City. The river's name comes from Manchu, meaning "Heavenly River." The river winds through the city, creating various river bends and encircling the city, which is why Jilin City is known as the "River City." After leaving Jilin, the river meets the Nenjiang at the Sancha River Mouth in Fuyu, turns northeast to flow through the Harbin and Jiamusi areas, and then flows into the Heilongjiang, serving as an important tributary of the Heilongjiang river system. In winter, a major feature of the river section in Jilin City is the rime ice. Water released from the Fengman Reservoir keeps parts of the river from freezing in winter. The water vapor from the river surface cools and condenses on the branches along the banks, forming a crystal-clear rime ice view. Strolling along the river, you can enjoy the scenery where the river surface, trees, and urban view complement each other; in the early morning, when the river mist has not yet dispersed, the branches on both banks are covered with ice flowers, making the view particularly distinct. In other seasons, walking along the river also allows you to experience the urban view of the river flowing through the city, while traveling upstream reveals Songhua Lake, which is surrounded by mountains.

Jilin City · 2 km from downtown

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No. 16 of Fall Viewing Attractions in Jilin

Jilin Beishan Scenic Resort

5

4.4/5

413 reviews

Beishan Park is located in Chuanying District, Jilin City, Jilin Province. It is a well-known temple and scenic urban garden. The peaks and mountains in the park are emerald green, mainly including the Jade Emperor Pavilion, Yaowang Temple, Kanli Palace and Guandi Temple. A Lying Bo bridge divides a lake into two parts. Lotus flowers are in full bloom in the lake in summer. overflow. For hundreds of years, it has become a tourist destination for people to step in the spring, spend the summer, appreciate the lotus, and watch the snow. Every time there is a temple fair, tourists and pilgrims gather, circus, acrobatics, singing and dancing, Yangko and other performances are lively and lively. Since the Qing Dynasty, it has been known as "the Qianshan Temple Fair is the best in the northeast, and the Jilin Temple Fair is better than Qianshan".

Jilin City · 1.8 km from downtown

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No. 7 of Fall Viewing Attractions in Jilin

Lafa Mountain National Forest Park

4.9

4.2/5

215 reviews

Lafa Mountain National Forest Park is dominated by forest landscapes, with more than ten species of red-leaf trees all over the valley, forming a natural landscape painting. In addition, Lafa Mountain is also a place for ancient Taoists to practice, and there are three natural wonders that can be called a must. First, the mountain is a three-sided cone, no matter how the viewing angle is changed, the shape of the mountain remains the same. Second, it is famous for its unique caves, known as "eighty-one peaks and seventy-two caves". Hundreds of various natural caves have been discovered in the park, such as Chaoyang Cave, Chuanxin Cave, Wanfo Cave, Shengshui Cave, etc. Among them, Chuanxin Cave is particularly special. It runs through the peaks on three sides, and the size of the hole is different, each with its own characteristics. You can see the sunrise in the east, the sunset in the west, and the vast sea of clouds in the south. Third, there are many strange stones, such as Quan Lao Xiong Guantian, Camel Stone, God Turtle Pilgrimage, Immortal Footprints, Lao Xiong Guantian Stone, Green Snake Pathfinder Stone, etc. These strange and strange rocks are distributed in the canyons and mountains, and some are inlaid on the cliffs. Lafa Mountain National Forest Park not only has three wonders of peak danger, cave wonder and stone show, but also a beautiful valley - Hongye Valley. Every time the frost falls in late autumn, the mountains are full of red, and the forests are dyed. The beautiful color effect and strong visual impact have attracted many photographers, painters, and film and television creators to come here to create and collect scenery.

Jiaohe · 12.5 km from downtown

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Selected for Night Attractions in Jilin City

Jilin Municipal Museum

4.5

4.6/5

81 reviews

On the southern banks of the beautiful Songhua River, backed by Jiangnan Park and facing Century Square, Jilin City Museum combines the cultural atmosphere with chic architecture and natural landscape. Because transportation to here is quite convenient, this is a frequent destination for visitors from Jilin City. This is a comprehensive local museum that integrates natural science with human history and art.

Jilin City · 1.4 km from downtown

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