The second largest city of jilin province, is also the only one in ourcountry and province name repetition of the city. Jilin formerly known as "ula"jilin, manchu means "of the city along the river". Through the city jilin cityhas a long history, the songhua river water, gave birth to the ancient peoplesand cultures. Jilin city was named "China's famous historical and cultural city"of the state council, class a open city and one of 32 large cities in China.
Jilin city has a long history and a pleasant climate. 14 to 19 century AD,the jilin northeast region is important political, economic and military center.In the late qing dynasty, the republic of China, and the early liberation, jilincity is the capital of jilin province city.
Jilin city rich in natural resources, abundant around the products. Land,water, minerals, forests, wild animals and plants resources were higher than thenational average, especially the water resources reserves is bigger, is one ofthe rare water cities in China, water resources per capita volume of 3679 cubicmeters. After 50 years of development, jilin has become mainly chemicalindustry, electric power, etc, solid foundation, all kinds of modern industrialcity. Jilin city is one of the main commodity grain base, grain output reached2.61 million tons. In recent years, with the rapid economic development at thesame time, the city appearance with each passing day. Jilin city show shanlingshui xiu, the scenery beautiful city style as the overall goal of the urbanconstruction, is set in the natural landscape, with historical development vein,with the buildings of chic modelling in the ornament, as a whole to promotejilin city image, to show the vitality of the old river and colorfulglamour.
Distinctive landscape features and rich culture and history of jilin city,rich in tourism resources, tourism broad development space. Lower back slowlyturn, songhua river in an s-shaped type through the city. Surrounded LongTanshan, small white, rosefinch mountain ridge, xuan day, such as mythology,blue dragon, white tiger, rosefinch, xuanwu four vault. God has west mountains,the east group two sites of ancient culture, landscape, one another. Surroundedby mountains and river of rotary, form "green hills on three sides by water allaround, a city of mountains half city jiang" natural beauty.
Advantageous natural conditions, the jilin city has a unique naturallandscape and human landscape, plump, white, redstone three hydropower stationis completed, formed "one river lakes" beauty, songhua lake is classified asnational tourist area, jilin rime is regarded as one of China's four naturalwonders, Long Tanshan area were classified as state-level touristattractions.
Jilin city is a famous historical and cultural city, built in 1742 indowntown the northeast's largest Confucian temple, Confucian temple; jilin Amixed Buddha, Taoism and Confucianism, Taoism rubbing of beishan temple; Ashfield of cliff stone carvings of Ming dynasty left; There are full of mysterious"most of the world" JiLinShi meteorites, full-bodied traditional folk customsand local characteristics.
Jilin city is typical of ice and snow sports tourism city in China, thecity sports center inside the ice, beishan, rosefinch mountain tourism skiresorts, songhua lake skiing and north lake. Breezily in fallen snow.wheremountains, when you will see the decoration of the mountain, the romantic snow,flying volley, ski slopes and mountainous, the gray. Into the arms of thenature, like silvery dream.
