Every winter, hot springs, skiing, cold shelter... It has become the main theme of mass travel.
And for friends in the south who rarely see snow, finding a place to play snow vacation is definitely a great respect for winter, and Yanji is a treasure city worth visiting!
Some people say that playing a trip to Yanji is equivalent to going to South Korea once, before looking at some photos on the Internet, I did not believe it very much, until I personally went to a trip to understand that it is really worthy of the name.
In fact, in the past two years, Yanji has not been a minority, in this small border county, the streets seem to spread a smell of pickles, street shop signs, bus stop signs... Both are Chinese and Korean bilingual.
In addition to the large Chinese and Korean bilingual logos that can be seen everywhere on the street and the roadside, you can often meet a little sister wearing a hanbok, and you can eat authentic Korean barbecue, mingtai fish, and seaweed wrapped rice at a snack bar on the street...
Even people walking on the streets switch between Korean and Tohoku with a fairly easy way, and the first time you come here, you really feel like you're in a trance abroad.
Although it is often referred to as "Little Korea" and "Little Seoul" in China... But Xiaobian feels that this place is more stylish than South Korea.
More than just "Little Seoul in the Northeast"
The small town of Yanji is more stylish than South Korea
Many people in Yanbian Yanji are stupid and unclear, in fact, Yanbian, full name Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, is the largest Korean settlement in China;
As the capital of Yanbian Prefecture, Yanji is located on the border of China, North Korea and Russia, surrounded by six cities and two counties, such as Tumen City and Hunchun City, and you can see the Three Kingdoms at a glance at the Fangchuan National Scenic Area!
Russia on the left, North Korea on the right, and Changbai Mountain, a popular winter tourist in the south, is a small city on the northeast border, which is often used as a transit point for skiing in Changbai Mountain and visiting the Tumen River border line, and is also The most flavorful border town in China.
The local cuisine is a fusion of Northeastern and Korean flavors, and if you have enough time to play here for a few days, the city's flair is sure to keep you in place.
Here, you can taste hand-pickled kimchi, radish kimchi, cabbage kimchi, suzi leaf kimchi, spring onion kimchi, etc., and there are countless varieties.
In addition, there are glutinous fried rice cakes, rice sausages rarely seen in other cities, Korean-style soup rice with a rich sauce, and cold Korean noodles that are necessary in summer and the standard for watching dramas - fried sauce noodles.
I don't know if you have seen it, before the popular Korean roundup "Street Food Fighter", as a "food planter" Korean foodie Bai Zhongyuan when he came to Yanji, he could not help but feel that there was an illusion of going home.
If you have enough time, go to the Yanbian Prefecture Museum to learn about the cultural history of Yanji, a treasure town, or take a walk around Yanbian University to see the school's full of Dynasty-style buildings.
Delicious foodies are hard to give up
The small town of Yanbian hides the most authentic Taste of Korea
/ Floating Markets /
Yanji's must-play card place, the "Floating Market", is the most distinctive Korean morning market in the local area, open from 5:00 to 8:00 a.m., and the fireworks of the whole city are also vividly displayed here.
This market is really special, enough fireworks but clean and smelly, mainly based on Korean specialties.
There are really many snacks in it, Korean rice wine, rice sausage, cake, seaweed rice, Korean kimchi... There are basics of what you want to eat.
Breakfast is also very diverse, fritters soy milk, tofu brain, wonton dumplings and other traditional northern breakfast, the overall cheap and delicious, if not only a stomach, really want to taste everything!
/ Xingdou Hotel /
This shop is definitely one of the must-visit restaurants in Yanji, pot wrapped meat, fruit fishing, kimchi cake, sweet and sour meat, pork chop rice, stone slate tofu, pineapple grunt meat... Don't step on the thunder in every dish!
Especially kimchi cake and stone slab tofu, kimchi cake looks common, but eat once will not forget, Yanji's spicy cabbage taste is really too authentic, usually like to eat friends can buy some to take home.
The sauce of slate tofu is particularly much, the taste is still very good, the noodles in the shop are also super tendon, you have to cut it with scissors, and the fried sauce noodles and soy milk noodles are quite distinctive.
/ Jeonju Bibimbap /
This Jeonju bibimbap on Ginseng Flower Street is a stone pot bibimbap that even locals have to queue up to eat, and every time they arrive at the meal point, they need to queue up to get a number.
Cooked until fragrant stalk rice with vegetables of various colors, plus half-cooked eggs that are only fried on one side, the hot sauce of bibimbap is sweet and spicy, and it is not too satisfying to eat a bite after stirring!
/ Grandma Rice /
The owner here is super welcoming, and the shop's signature elbow meat is fat and lean, and it is really good to eat it with sauce side dishes and rice wrapped together.
If you drink chicken soup for the first time, you may feel that the taste is a little light, if you are not used to it, you can add salt, the rice wine in the shop is not good to drink, and the overall cost performance is very high.
/ Fengmao BBQ /
The food of the northeast people is happy, and the string of grilled skewers in the supper occupies a large part, everything can be grilled, and the favorite nature is meat.
In Yanji, the flavor of the skewers has also been redefined, and Fengmao Grill belongs to the full buffet, each table has a grill, and it is completely raw meat skewers on the table, from beginning to end.
Beef, lamb, beef tendons and other general meat, as well as heart tubes, heart side such as the usual can not eat the kebabs, then with a few bottles of beer, is the perfect late-night food!
/ Service Building Cold Noodles /
There are too many yanji food, but almost everyone who comes here will recommend this cold noodle, here is the first cold noodle restaurant in Yanji, the real time-honored food shop, noodles Q bullet smooth, cold and cold especially delicious!
The most authentic way to eat locally is to sandwich a piece of pot wrapped meat in the cold noodle soup and then eat, the instantaneous rapid cooling makes the pot bun meat become crisp, the same sour and sweet mouth is crispy on the outside and tough inside, and the meat is really satisfying to eat.
The most attractive thing about the cold noodles here is that it uses authentic soba noodles, with a sour and sweet taste of cold noodle soup, which will add a little spicy seasoning, and it is quite rich in the tough taste of the noodles!
Play while walking around
Feel the unique charm of Yanbian Town
/ Yanbian State Museum /
It is said that a city's museum can reflect the culture and style of a city, and the Yanbian Museum is no exception, which does not require a ticket to enter for free.
This museum was founded in 1960, the existing collection of cultural relics 1.5w pieces, more than 500 pieces of national precious cultural relics, walking here, as if in the air and historical dialogue, it is worth punching a time Oh.
/ Yanji People's Park /
Yanji Park has a history of more than 100 years, the location is near the Water Market and the West Market, and the architecture of the park is quaint and atmospheric.
There are often Korean aunts dancing here in ethnic costumes in open spaces, and ethnic minority customs come to the fore, and if you can put on your own national costumes to punch the clock, it will be interesting.
There is also a zoo and monkey mountain in the park, and if you continue to walk inside, you can see that the sika deer eat grass with their heads down, which looks very leisurely, and there are silly roe deer in the northeast next to them in a daze, which is almost cute.
/ Yanbian University /
Founded in 1949, Yanbian University is located on Wolong Mountain in Yanji, which not only has a rich cultural atmosphere, but also has a unique national atmosphere in architecture.
Take the campus bus to drive through the park and cross to Ewha Nudai in South Korea in minutes.
/ Barrage Wall /
The "University City" outside the campus, because it is hung with various signs in Chinese and Korean, has become a popular punch card, and there is a playful name "Bullet Curtain Wall".
Whenever night comes, the neon lights flicker, and it is the most lively time here, and all kinds of people gather here to drink and chat, which is not Seoul like Seoul.
/ Chinese Korean Folk Garden /
Here is a photo treasure that yanji must not miss, you can rent a set of favorite hanbok to wear to punch in and take pictures, seconds and seconds to incarnate as a Korean sister, how to shoot is good-looking!
However, it is recommended not to rent clothes at the entrance of the folk garden, the style quality is average, the cost performance is not high, and the hair is also charged separately.
/ Mao'er Mountain /
10 kilometers south of Yanji, Mao'er Mountain is named after the hill that resembles a hat, and is home to a variety of pine trees, elms, poplars and shrubs, as well as wild animals such as pheasants and hares.
The whole mountain is not very high, if you have time, it is still worth climbing, and it is very different from the lush mountains in the south all year round, and the view is very wide.
Looking down from the top of the mountain, it is almost an endless plain, with cities, farmland, and distant mountains and rivers, where you can quietly feel the autumn and winter scenery unique to the north.