China has a lot of coastal cities, many cities are built on the seashore, far away is only a few tens of kilometers can go to the sea, but in the north of China, there is a special "coastal" city, the city is only 10 kilometers away from the sea, casually climb a high-rise building, you can see the sea at a glance, but never reach the seaside, the city is Hunchun.
Hunchun City is located in the east of Jilin Province, with a total area of more than 5,100 square kilometers, which is the junction of China, Russia and North Korea, bordering Russia and North Korea on land, and facing Japan and South Korea across the sea.
Hunchun was a settlement of ethnic minorities in ancient times, and during the Tang Dynasty, it was already a famous commercial port and important port in Northeast Asia, and was once the gateway of Japan to China on the Maritime Silk Road. During the Ming Dynasty, Hunchun Wei was established, and during the Qing Dynasty, it was a forbidden area, Hunchun County was set up in 1913, and the county was withdrawn in 1988 and changed to a city until now.
Hunchun has a unique location advantage. Known as the "Golden Triangle" of Northeast Asia, it is the only direct passage for China to enter the Sea of Japan, from Hunchun down the Tumen River for 15 kilometers down the river into the Sea of Japan, but also the closest point for China to connect North America and Northern Europe through the Sea of Japan, where China, North Korea, Russia, South Korea and Japan are connected by water, and is an important trade corridor connecting regional countries.
Hunchun has 4 state-level railway and highway ports, within a radius of 200 kilometers, distributed more than a dozen excellent ports in Russia and North Korea, is a new starting point for the mainland's "Belt and Road" strategy to the north, known as the new engine of Jilin Province's development.
Hunchun is close to the sea, why can't it be set foot on it? Before 1858, Hunchun was a well-known coastal city, when the Qing Dynasty Jilin General District covered an area of 750,000 square kilometers, and the coastline of Jilin stretched from the mouth of the Tumen River in the south to the mouth of the Wudi River in Russia in the north, reaching a length of more than 5,000 kilometers, exceeding the current number one Guangdong Province, and being the largest coastal province in China.
For well-known reasons, after 1860, China's Sea of Japan access to the sea was completely closed, leaving no room for the sea, completely losing the sea mouth, thus making Jilin from China's largest coastal province to an inland province, and Hunchun also changed from a coastal city to an inland city.
Hunchun is a border town with a population of only more than 200,000, although there are not many high-rise buildings in the urban area, but the city is elegant and chic, the architecture is quite European style, the environment is beautiful, the roads are wide, the streets are clean, and it is a very clean town.
Hunchun's ecological environment is excellent, here is lush, shaded by the vast forest sea, there are large and small lakes with clear water quality, the city's forest coverage rate is as high as 85%, the air quality ranks in the forefront of the country, often blue sky and white clouds, never see the haze, known as "natural oxygen bar" reputation.
Hunchun has a unique geographical location, here is very close to the Sea of Japan, there are obvious temperate oceanic climate characteristics, so compared with other northeastern cities, the climate here is very mild, the winter is not so cold, the summer is even cooler and pleasant, the summer three volt days, the average temperature is only 21.2 °C, is the best summer resort.
Hunchun is a multicultural intertwined place, the street can often see foreigners, especially Russians, there are many Russian and Korean style restaurants, shop signs have Chinese, Korean, Russian three languages, the shop Russian matryoshka dolls, chocolate, North Korean kimchi and other local specialties are readily available, with a strong exotic atmosphere.
Hunchun is located at the junction of the three countries and along the border ethnic minority areas, there are many ethnic characteristics and exotic cuisine, such as not greasy Russian chocolate, a variety of barbecue shops, a large amount of beef soup rice, Jeonju bibimbap.
Hunchun is strategically located and has unique tourism resources, attracting many tourists to visit every year, including the Siberian Tiger and Far Eastern Leopard Nature Reserve, the First Outpost of the East, the Tuzi Stone Boundary Monument, the Folk Dynasty Village and other scenic spots.
Hunchun City is the only Siberian tiger and Far East leopard nature reserve in mainland China, which is the area with the highest distribution and density of wild Siberian tigers in China, according to expert surveys, there are 27 Siberian tigers in the reserve, and at least 4 or more Far Eastern leopards.
Fangchuan Scenic Area is a business card of Hunchun Tourism, which is the only place in China that borders Russia and North Korea, and is also known as the "First Village of the East", 75 kilometers away from Hunchun, and is reached by bus at Hunchun High-speed Railway Station and Railway Station.
Whenever the weather is sunny, climbing up to the Guanhai Tower here to overlook not only "a glimpse of the Three Kingdoms", at the end of the plain, you can see the azure Sea of Japan connected to the sky, which is full of attraction for tourists, and millions of domestic and foreign tourists come to visit every year.
Hunchun, the northeast hinterland is the closest to the sea, although it can not go to the sea, a little bit "stubborn", but here has opened a high-speed rail, convenient transportation, is a quiet and warm full of charm of the health resort, if you like, you can come here to stay for a few days.
Welcome to the monsoon of Muztagh and let's see the world together.