Search for a route from Beijing to Changbai Mountain

From Beijing's East Fourth Ring Road to the "Beijing-Shenyang Expressway" to Changchun that night, the journey is about 1,080 kilometers and takes more than 13 hours (including rest). From Changchun to Changbai County, after passing the "Yitong-Yingchengzi" expressway, enter the "Huinan-Jingyu-Fusong-Songjiang River-38 kilometers" provincial highway, which is about 500 kilometers in total and requires About 7 hours. This section of the road, with its beautiful scenery, is never boring. On the way back, in order not to turn back, we drove "Changbai - Fusong - Jingyu - Huinan", took National Highway 202, entered Liaoning Province via "Meihekou", followed "Caoshi - Fushun - Shenyang", and went on " "Beijing-Shenyang Expressway" reaches Beijing, the whole journey is about 1,366 kilometers and takes about 15 hours. The road between "Huinan and Meihekou" is crowded with people and has many detours. We have seen two accidents involving car crashes and fatalities on the way. Therefore, drivers should be particularly cautious.

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Mysterious Tianchi

Beautiful scenery along the way

From Changbai County to Tianchi, and from Yanji to Antu Compared with climbing Changbai Mountain in Fusong, in addition to being able to "drive directly to Tianchi", there are two irreplaceable reasons: eating authentic Korean cold noodles and traveling across the Yalu River to North Korea.

From the "38 kilometers" road sign, turn to the northeast, leave the asphalt highway, and start on the gravel and sand road. This is the only way to the Tianchi South Slope Scenic Area, and it is also the only way in my country that you can drive directly to Tianchi. next to the road. Along the way, you must first pass the "First Post on the Yalu River" and then pass the "China" boundary marker before reaching Tianchi. At this time, you are already standing in North Korea. On the way, the Yalu River sometimes looks like a small stream, only three or four meters wide, and the water is clear to the bottom. In one place, rough logs lay on both sides of the bank. North Korean soldiers often borrowed the logs, but they never came ashore. It is reported that there is a local custom that as long as Chinese and North Koreans do not go ashore, they are not considered crossing the border. After passing the "First Post", you can not only see the North Korean border guards, but you can even talk to them.

Mysterious Tianchi

Standing next to Tianchi, the sun, blue sky, white clouds, rain, and thick fog come and go. Heaven's unrivaled beauty. According to media reports, on July 14, the "Tianchi Monster" appeared again. This was exactly the day before our group arrived here, but we were not so lucky and did not see this scene. According to Shan Section Chief of the Changbai County Foreign Affairs and Tourism Bureau, according to historical data analysis, July 14th is the most beautiful day in Tianchi. According to reports, there are wonderful legends in Tianchi such as "Dragon Exercises", "Old Music in the Palace", "Fairy Bathing in Yaochi", etc., which all add a strong mysterious color to Tianchi.

Yalu River Grand Canyon

At the bottom of the Yuehua forest belt, there is a huge fracture trench formed when the Tianchi volcano erupted. The canyon is 10 kilometers long from north to south, 200 meters wide from east to west, and 170 meters deep. Standing on the bank of the canyon, looking straight up, you can occasionally see North Korean soldiers holding guns; looking down, you can have a panoramic view of green trees and strange rocks.

Wangswan Canyon

The national 2A tourist area is 60 kilometers west from Changbai County. There are dirt and gravel roads along the way, which are very suitable for off-road vehicles. The canyon is a fault zone formed by the eruption of Wangswan volcano. "Both sides of the canyon are full of greenery, the streams are colorful, the strange scenery is full of rocks, and the cliffs and waterfalls are even more enchanting." The main features are waterfalls and strange rocks. Among them, the Pearl Curtain Waterfall, Jiudi Waterfall, Mother and Child Waterfall, Qianzhu Peak, Peacock Screen and other landscapes are so wonderful that they compete for favor. There is a Korean folk resort outside the scenic area.

Lingguang Tower

The main cultural landscape of Changbai County is located on the top of Tower Mountain in the north of the city. It was built in the Tang Dynasty about 1,300 years ago. It is the only typical square pavilion-style brick tower in the Northeast. , a national key cultural relic protection unit, has been tilted. To the south of Lingguang Tower, there is the Nantianmen landscape. Changbai, Huishan and Yalu River are clearly visible at a glance. In addition, the Tashan Specialty Botanical Garden has also transplanted many rare tree species as well as wild plants such as wild vegetables, moss, flowering shrubs, and Chinese medicinal materials

Visit the border with North Korea

Cross the Yalu River and visit Huishan in North Korea. You can visit the Pocheonbo Battle Relics, the Pocheonbo Battle Victory Memorial Tower, the Yanggang Province Memorial Hall, Samjiyon, the Grand Monument, Jeongil Peak, Paekdu Mountain Secret Camp, Rymyeongsu Waterfall, and watch a special performance by North Korea's Yanggang Province University of Arts. If time permits, you should climb to Tianchi Lake from the east slope of Paektu Mountain in North Korea and take the cable car to view Tianji Lake. Or go sightseeing and rafting at the source of the Yalu River, and at the same time visit the coastal scenery of the two countries, and feel the majesty and majesty of nature in the hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers.

The China-North Korea Changhui International Bridge is the first bridge on the upper reaches of the Yalu River on the China-North Korea border. Half of it was built by China and North Korea each. When traveling to North Korea from Changbai, cross this bridge. Since the bridge was built in 1985, the transit between the two sides has been interrupted twice, firstly due to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea, and secondly due to SARS; when the author arrived in Changbai, it was still interrupted due to the impact of SARS.

There are "three wonders" in Changbai Mountain

Stones floating on the surface, wood sinking to the bottom, and polygonum growing upside down are called the "three wonders" of Changbai Mountain.

The stone floating on the water is called pumice, or pumice. It is a white, gray or dark yellow stone, porous and light. The locals call it "the stone that does not sink to the bottom". You can pick them up within a 70-kilometer radius of Tianchi Lake, and they come in different sizes and shapes. Pumice is a product of the Changbai Mountain volcanic eruption and can be used to polish knife rust, make bonsai, or light insulation building materials.

The wood that sinks to the bottom of the water is called Shibeng. It is a short clear-striped shrub with a height of no more than two meters, but its texture is as solid as stone. It mostly grows on cliffs, riversides and in stone nests. Its specific gravity is greater than water. Stone collapse is mostly used to make arrow shafts, walking sticks, tobacco pipe rods and seal carvings.

Polygonum, also known as inverted root grass, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Polygonaceae family. It is black or brown in color and has pink flowers. The soil layer where it grows is extremely thin. After the roots come out of the ground when they encounter rocks, they sprout leaves again, which is amazing. The rhizomes bear triangular fruits, and the rhizomes can be used as medicine to treat enteritis, dysentery, hemorrhoids, tracheitis and other diseases.

Tips

1. Adding 97# gasoline is difficult! There are only gas stations in the Beidaihe Expressway Service Area, Shenyang City, Changchun City, and Huinan City.

2. If you want to travel to the North Korean border, you need to apply for a border permit and contact the Changbai County Foreign Affairs and Tourism Bureau in advance.

3. Bring a thin sweater in summer. When going to Tianchi, if the weather is good, a long shirt is enough; on rainy days, a thin sweater is required.

4. You can’t go to Changbai Mountain without trying Korean cold noodles. Compared with those eaten in Beijing, the taste and texture are very different. Korean cakes, dog meat soup, Yalu River shrimps, Korean sweet (spicy) sauce, monkey legs (bacteria), Korean fish, 99° (white) wine, etc. taste good and are worth trying.

5. Accommodation is cheap. From a guest house to a hotel, the price ranges from 5 yuan to 300 yuan.

6. Tourism products need to be enriched. It is difficult to buy Changbai Stone seal carving handicrafts, local special products, and tourist souvenirs with Korean characteristics, one of the three strange things of Changbai Mountain and the fourth among my country's five famous stones. Changbai ginseng is the most famous, but ginseng is only harvested in September and is not available in the market now.