Why is Jilin called snowy forest?

General situation of Jilin

Jilin province is called Ji for short. Located in the northeast of China, it is adjacent to North Korea and Russia in the southeast. Ancient times are a place of caution, and Han is a husband. The Tang Dynasty was the land of the Bohai Sea, and the Liao Dynasty was the land of Beijing and Tokyo. During the Jin Dynasty, it was said to be the land of Xianping Road. The Yuan Dynasty belonged to Liaoyang Province, and the Ming Dynasty was the land of Jurchen. In the late Qing Dynasty, it was located in Jilin Province. It now governs 1 autonomous prefecture, 8 prefecture-level cities, 20 county-level cities, 18 counties and 3 autonomous counties. More than 20 cities and counties are open to the outside world. The whole province covers an area of180,000 square kilometers. There are Han, Korean, Manchu, Hui, Mongolian, Xibe and other ethnic groups. Changchun, the provincial capital.

Jilin climate

Jilin Province is high in the southeast and low in the northwest, and the elevation of Changbai Mountain in the southeast is generally above 1000 meters. Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain, commonly known as Longtan, is an ancient crater lake and the source of Songhua River, the largest river in the province. Changbai Mountain has high mountains and dense forests, and there are nature reserves listed in the international biosphere protection network. The central and western part of this province is Songliao Plain, which is below 200 meters above sea level. Gongzhuling area is called Songliao Basin. The northwest end is grassland pastoral area. The temperate continental monsoon climate is cool, with long winter and short summer, and the average temperature of 1 month is about MINUS 18 degrees Celsius. The frost-free period is about four and a half months. The annual precipitation is 400- 1000 mm, and there is more snowfall in winter in all parts of the province, especially in Changbai Mountain, where the snowfall days are more than 40 days.

Jilin economy

Jilin Province has about three acres of arable land per capita, ranking second in all provinces in China. Agriculture is relatively developed, and it is a famous surplus grain province in China, with the per capita grain possession ranking first in the country. Corn is widely planted, and its export volume accounts for about half of the country. The commodity rates of soybeans and sorghum are also high. Yushu, Jiutai, Dehui and other places near beijing-harbin railway are famous hometown of grain and beans. Yanbian and other places are rich in high quality rice. The central and western parts of this province are the concentrated producing areas of sunflower and beet in China. Kanto tobacco, ginseng, velvet antler and mink produced in Jilin are all famous. Forest and sideline products in Fusong and Ji 'an in Changbai Mountain area account for a large proportion, which is one of the supply bases of wood, papermaking raw materials and medicinal materials in China. The native products of this province are Hunchun Auricularia, Tonghua Mountain Grape and Jilin Lake Crucian Carp. The province is rich in gold, nickel, molybdenum and other mineral deposits, forests and water resources, and its industry has a certain foundation, with automobiles, vehicles, basic chemicals, wood processing and light food as its main pillars. Among them, the output of automobiles, railway passenger cars, tractors, basic chemical raw materials, ferroalloys, carbon products, wood, plywood, machine-made paper and wine occupies an important position in the country. Changchun optical machinery, mobile machinery, Jilin chemical industry, inkstone newsprint and other industries are well-known throughout the country. Tonghua metallurgy, Liaoyuan coal mine, Siping machinery and Songyuan oil field are also very important. The famous light industrial products in this province are Changchun Shen Yan, Jilin Sanbao Liquor and Tonghua Liquor. Handicraft industry handicrafts include Changchun furniture, Siping ironware, Jilin birch painting and so on. There are railways criss-crossing in Jilin Province, such as Jingha, Changtu, Simei, Meiji, Changbai and Pingqi. The main inland waterway is Songhua River, which is open from April to 1 month. There are also expressway and civil aviation lines leading to Beijing, Dalian and other places in the province.

Jilin city

Changchun City, Jilin City, Siping City, Liaoyuan City, Tonghua City and Hunjiang City