I am going to Songyuan. Can anyone tell me specifically where to visit in Songyuan and how much it will cost?

Top Ten Tourist Attractions

1. Pearl of the Grassland, Tourist Attraction - Chagan Lake

Chagan Lake is also known as "Chagan Nur", which means Mongolian For "white lake". It is located in Qianguo County, Songyuan City, Jilin Province, with a water area of ​​420 square kilometers. It is one of the six largest freshwater lakes in the country and the largest inland lake in Jilin Province.

Chagan Lake is very rich in natural resources. It is rich in 68 species of 15 families, including carp, silver carp, and Wuchang fish, with an annual output of more than 5,000 tons of fresh fish. Among them, "Chagan Lake Fathead Fish" has been certified by the National Green Food Certification Center as AA-level green food and organic food, and is sold both inside and outside the province. The geographical location with distinct seasons and the natural resources with fertile water and grass provide a rare living environment for wild and aquatic animals, making Chagan Lake a paradise for wild animals and a paradise for birds. In the lakeside grasslands and small islands in the lake, there are more than 20 kinds of wild animals such as foxes, rabbits, raccoon dogs, and badgers, more than 80 kinds of rare birds such as pheasants, wild ducks, geese, swans, and red-crowned cranes, and more than 200 kinds of wild plants. The variety and density of its wild animals and plants are unmatched by many tourist attractions inside and outside the province.

The beautiful natural environment and rich and unique resource advantages have made Chagan Lake a feng shui treasure land that has been dreamed of by princes and nobles since ancient times and a well-known tourist attraction. In the Liao Dynasty, from the time of Shengzong to Emperor Tianzuo, every year they would lead their ministers and concubines all the way from the capital to Chagan Lake for inspection and spring hunting. "Touyu" holds a "Touyu Feast" on the shore. When the spring breeze blows green on the Chagannur prairie, wild geese chirp, swans chirp, and hundreds of birds chirp by Chagan Lake. At this time, the emperors fly eagles and arrows to catch swans and wild geese, and use the "Haidong Qing" that the Liao Emperor personally released to fly. "The captured geese are held at a "goose feast" where they sing, dance, drink and have fun by the lake until the end of spring. Attracted by the unique scenery and historical legends of Chagan Lake, the number of tourists from home and abroad who come here for sightseeing is increasing year by year, forming a "craze" for visiting Chagan Lake.

In recent years, with the rapid rise of tourism across the country, governments at provincial, municipal and county levels have continuously increased their efforts in tourism planning, management and investment in Chagan Lake, and organized and compiled the Chagan Lake The tourism development plan and detailed planning of the control area established the provincial Chagan Lake Tourism Economic Development Zone, restored and rebuilt the Miaoyin Ancient Temple with Tibetan Buddhist characteristics, and built the Guoerluos Museum, Honghu Tower, Chagan Lake Fishing Village, and Chagan Lake Fishing Village. Key projects such as Ganhu Ski Resort and Water Shooting Range, the infrastructure construction level and reception service level of transportation, accommodation, shopping and other scenic spots have been continuously improved. The 24 scenic spots under construction, including Qingshan Sunrise, Changshan Misty Rain, and Buddha's Dawn Moon, as well as eight tourist attractions including tourism vacation, water sports, ecotourism, and agricultural tourism, will add new highlights to Chagan Lake tourism. In 2002 and 2003, two consecutive "China·Chagan Lake Ice and Snow Fishing Tourism Festival" were successfully held, and the "Chagan Lake One-Day Tour" and "Chagan Lake Two-Day Tour" centered on Chagan Lake were featured. The construction of the route has greatly enhanced the popularity and influence of the Chagan Lake Scenic Area, making Chagan Lake famous at home and abroad, making this pearl embedded in the Horqin grassland radiate even more brilliantly.

2. Songyuan City’s first national scenic spot - Changshan Pearl Garden

Pearl Garden, formerly known as Water Park, was built in 1988 and covers an area of ​​2.2 square kilometers. Among them, the water surface is 1.4 square kilometers. The garden has a green area of ​​10,000 square meters. It was comprehensively renovated by Changshan Thermal Power Plant in 2001 and renamed Pearl Garden. The main idea of ​​the renovation is to highlight the service purposes of leisure, entertainment, education, fitness and practice. It has set up 16 functional areas including historical education, wilderness survival, water play, plant viewing, land sports, catering services, and modern entertainment projects. In May 2004, it was rated as an A-level national scenic spot.

The stone stele is in Manchu and Mongolian script, commonly known as the "Kuli stele". The inscription is in both Manchu and Mongolian languages. In 1981, the Provincial People's Government approved this monument as the second batch of key cultural relics protection units in Jilin Province, and named it the "Manchu and Mongolian Stone Stele". In 1981 and 1982, the Jilin Provincial Cultural Relics Task Force and the Qianguo County Cultural Bureau conducted two joint investigations. After translation, the full name of this monument is "The Monument of Prince Zhong and Prince Zhong's Wisdom Concubine".

According to historical records, this monument was erected in front of the tomb of Prince Zhong and his concubine Xian by Heta, the eldest grandson of Prince Zhaisang (grandfather of Emperor Shunzhi), according to Emperor Shunzhi’s order, on May 7, the twelfth year of Shunzhi.

The stele consists of three parts: the forehead, the body and the base, with a total height of 5.82 meters.

The forehead of the stele is in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with slightly rounded corners at the top. It is 1.45 meters high, 1.30 meters wide and 0.40 meters thick. The forehead and back are each composed of two coiled dragons. The two dragons stretched their limbs forward and down, and were wrapped by each other's tails. They kicked a ball with their hind paws and rolled in the clouds and water. The dragon bowed its head downwards, opened its teeth and stared, and its eyes protruded from the sockets. It was rough and brave, and it was dancing again. trend. Under the ball, there is a rectangular raised plane 45 centimeters long and 40 centimeters wide. On it are engraved with two lines of five large Manchu and Mongolian characters of different lengths, which means "Edict" in Chinese. . The two on the left are in New Manchu and the three on the right are in Ancient Mongolian. The longest one is 17 cm and the shortest one is 10 cm. From the lower part to the bottom of the monument, which is 12 cm wide, there are finely carved cloud and water patterns.

The stele is in the shape of a plate-shaped rectangular parallelepiped, 2.92 meters high, 1.25 meters wide, and 0.34 meters thick. The front of the stele is surrounded by a 1.25-meter-wide cloud and dragon relief pattern, with 12 small dragons engraved inside. 2 strips, 4 strips on the left and 4 on the right. Each small dragon is about 0.52 meters long, and its body protrudes about 0.015 meters from the monument. The flowing clouds are level with the monument. There are 4 small dragons on the top and bottom, two in each group facing each other, heading straight for a bead; there are 8 dragons on the left and right, all with their heads facing upwards and their bodies facing inward, each heading for a bead. The dragon's beard and hair are curled back, teeth and claws are spread, and it is soaring in the flowing clouds. The image is lifelike. On the ball it chases, flames are fluttering, and the gravel is shining, full of vitality. On the surface of the stele, from top to bottom, from left to right, there are 15 vertical lines of 383 characters, engraved in single lines, in two types of printed characters: Manchu and Mongolian. The 7 lines on the left are in Manchu, with 182 characters. The 8 lines on the right are in ancient Mongolian, with 201 characters. The first line of each text is "The stele for the posthumous title of Prince Zhong and Prince Zhong's wise concubine", and the last line is "Erected on the seventh day of May in the twelfth year of Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty". The handwriting is clear, the knife skills are skillful, and the font is powerful. Even after hundreds of years, the content is still intact. Only due to man-made vandalism, the lower dragon pattern frame was worn away until it was damaged.

The back of the stele is surrounded by reliefs of clouds and dragons like the front, with no text in the middle. The base of the monument is a stone turtle carved from a complete boulder. It is 3.10 meters long from end to end, 1.45 meters high, and 1.32 meters wide at its widest point. The turtle rests on all fours on the ground, holds its head forward, opens its mouth and shows its teeth, its tongue is slightly raised, its eyes are looking forward, and its expression is calm, as if it has been carrying a heavy load for thousands of years without any resentment. The exquisite carvings on the body make the stone turtle more lifelike.

The monument is made of igneous rock. The forehead and base of the monument are light brown, and the body of the monument is dark gray. The entire stele has a decent shape and is majestic. Its decoration is rigorous, the layout is compact, the carving is fine, the priorities are clear, and the artistic processing is very clever. The Manchu-Mongolian stone stele is one of the larger-scale, finely carved, and relatively perfect artistically processed stone stele in Qing Dynasty in our province. It has certain artistic value. The Manchu and Mongolian inscriptions on the inscriptions will also be of great reference value for studying the development of Manchu and Mongolian writing and the formation of culture. Following the decision of the Jilin Provincial Department of Culture, funds were allocated to repair the site in 1983, and a protective fence and signs were built to restore its historical appearance. On September 26, 2003, it moved into the Xiaozhuang Ancestral Tomb Exhibition Hall in Changshan Pearl Garden.

3. Xiaojiangnan in Saibei - Lotus Source

Lotus Source in Qianguo County, Songyuan City, covers an area of ​​330,000 square meters. There are 900 acres of woodland hunting ground and 50 lotus ponds in the source. Natural landscapes such as acres of rice fields and fishing ponds, as well as three-eaves curved bridges, antique promenades, moon-shaped stone lanterns on the water, Jingzhai and other buildings show people a "North Country Jiangnan" with pavilions, pavilions, waterside pavilions, clear water and lotus flowers integrated into one. beautiful scenery.

4. Thousand-layer Rocks on the Bank of Songhua River - Hada Mountain

Hada Mountain is located in Jilatu Township, Qianguo County, Songyuan City, on the west bank of the Songhua River. The mountain is 185.5 meters high and is adjacent to the river. The cross-section is like a knife cutting an axe, it is both high and steep, so it is named Hada Mountain, which means steep peak. Looking from the boat, you can see the thousands-layered cliffs composed of thousands of neatly arranged rocks; when you climb the mountain and look into the distance, you will feel that the sky and the earth are vast and the mountains and rivers are picturesque. It is the best place to overlook the Songhua River. Currently, preparations are underway to build a large reservoir, Hadashan Reservoir. When the reservoir is completed, it will become the second Songhua Lake in Jilin Province and an important tourist attraction in Songyuan City.

5. The miraculous workmanship of nature - Qian'an Mud Forest

"Langya Dam" (also known as Mud Forest) is located in the west of Qian'an County, Songyuan City, 35 kilometers away from the county seat. It is adjacent to Dabusu Lake and to the north of Dabusu Town. Looking eastward, you can see the "Langya Dam" with jagged wolf teeth and numerous peaks. It is majestic and majestic, like a stern ancient castle. The crenellations are continuous, and the shadows are like soldiers guarding the city, waiting in full formation.

"Langya Dam" is 50 meters above the lake surface, 15 kilometers long from north to south, and covers an area of ​​58 square kilometers. It has crisscrossed ravines, undulating mountains, and tens of thousands of mud pillars like forests, connecting peaks and ridges. The earth walls are steep and have different shapes. The cold air is blowing. It has the feeling of a deep valley and an abyss, as if you are in a primitive park. The earth pillar mud forest is shaped like a sawtooth or a wolf tooth, connected by veins, lying in the north and south, so the locals call it "Langya Dam". People who come here for sightseeing say: "There is a stone forest in the south and a mud forest in the north."

The gurgling water in the ditch has a unique charm that refreshes the heart. Here you can taste the white ice cubes in the ice spring and feel the unique charm of the cold winter in the North. There is also an artesian spring well with clear water, containing minerals that are beneficial to the human body and can cure many diseases. It is a natural treasure water that is unique in the world. Its unique natural features have attracted archaeological experts and scholars from home and abroad to dig here many times for research. According to officials and people there, moose fossils were unearthed at "Langya Dam" in the past few years and were displayed in the Baicheng Regional Museum. Foreign guests and reporters also come here for sightseeing, and film studios and television stations have taken many outdoor shots. There are no tall mountainous areas and dense forests here, but there are steep cliffs and towering peaks everywhere; common creeks under the mud forest meander along the mountains with clear mountain springs flowing continuously; the vegetation on the mud forest slopes is intact and mixed. The grass is thick, the trees are growing vigorously, the branches and leaves are like a cover, and the mud forest is surrounded, forming a colorful natural scenery. In summer, the valley is green, the mountain flowers are blooming, and hundreds of birds are singing; deep in the mud forest, you can enjoy the beauty of nature The scenery is unforgettable.

"Langya Dam" has gone through years of vicissitudes, but the tall mud forest landscape has still been well preserved during the long historical changes without losing its original style. The 13 species of vertebrate fossils excavated by Chinese and foreign archaeologists prove that a large number of mammoth and woolly rhinoceros animals existed here tens of thousands of years ago. From the many ancient stone tools, pottery, bronzes, weapons, fossil decorations of ancient coins, etc. that have been excavated, it can be proved that people settled here and engaged in production activities in the Neolithic Age thousands of years ago.

Today's "Langya Dam" is full of exotic flowers and plants, and the reeds are swaying in the lake. It is a place where migratory birds, hares, foxes, wild wolves, snakes and other birds and animals often come and breed. place. In March 1994, Dabusu Langya Dam was approved by the provincial government as the "Songyuan City Dabusu Langya Dam Nature Reserve". In January 2004, the provincial government allocated special funds to establish the China Qian'an Mud Forest Museum. Wang Yunkun, secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, personally wrote the inscriptions "China Qian'an Mud Forest" and "China Qian'an Mud Forest Museum". The unique landscape and landforms of Qian'an Mud Forest attract many geological experts and tourists to come here for inspection and sightseeing. Looking to the future, the development prospects of Qian'an Mud Forest Scenic Area will be even brighter.

6. Natural oxygen bar and summer resort--Ningjiang Forest Park

Ningjiang Forest Park is located in Ningjiang District, Songyuan City, Jilin Province, on the right bank of the Second Songhua River, and its scope is Ningjiang The operating area of ​​Shanyou Forest Farm in Jiang District and part of the operating areas of Fuyu Island, Yiyuquan and Sanjiangkou within the scope of Bajiazi Nursery cover an area of ​​38,000 acres. There are more than 20 varieties of poplar, sylvestris pine, larch, salix and other trees in the park, covering tens of thousands of hectares. There is also 30 hectares of introduced long white beauty pine, forming a unique landscape. The Monument to the Military and Civilian Wind Prevention and Sand Fixation and the National Monument to the Nationally Famous Forestry Model Tian Fu stand among them. There are 4 scenic spots and 13 scenic spots planned and designed in the park, including 5 hectares of artificial bird forest, 10 hectares of artificial fishing lake, 400 hectares of water amusement park, 50 hectares of folk village, 50 hectares of resort, 100 hectares of hunting ground, and beach sports ground. 80 hectares. At present, scenic spots and attractions such as the Manchu Style Resort, Forest Tourism Resort, and Longhua Temple on Baiyuquan Island have been initially built and have been gradually opened to tourists.

7. The largest temple in Asia - Longhua Temple

Longhua Temple is located in Ningjiang Forest Park, Songyuan City, Jilin Province, on the bank of the Songhua River, covering an area of ​​56.7 hectares. Here there are dense forests, mountains and rivers, and beautiful scenery. It is a rare Feng Shui treasure land.

The planned temple is roughly divided into two parts. The western part is mainly composed of palaces and is a complex of temple buildings; the eastern part is the "Buddhist Academy" and "Venue Academy" for cultivating monks and improving the Buddhist level of monks. The entire temple consists of 48 small courtyards, with more than 200 architectural groups of different styles evenly distributed. The entire temple has a construction area of ​​42,244.5 square meters. After the Longhua Temple is fully completed, it will rank among the largest temples in the country and even Asia with its grand layout and momentum. It will become the largest Buddhist cultural resort in the province and add a cultural attraction to Songyuan City's tourism. Longhua Temple has now built eight halls and buildings, including the Propagation Building, the Nianfo Building, the Ksitigarbha Hall, the Zen Hall, the Dharma Protector Hall, the Merit Hall, the Medicine Master Hall, and the Yunshui Hall on the second floor. There are nine other supporting buildings for production and living, with a total construction area of ​​8944.5 square meters.

The main hall, which is currently under intensive construction, is majestic in scale. The height of the Buddha statues in the hall is more than 10 meters. The total height of the hall is 46.5 meters, with a construction area of ​​10,000 square meters. The hall can accommodate ten thousand people to worship Buddha and chant sutras at the same time. Outside the hall The front and back squares can accommodate tens of thousands of people to listen to scriptures and sermons. This is the core of various Buddhist activities in Longhua Temple. It is an ideal place for worshiping Buddha, meditating, and retreating. 8. Historical testimony of the prosperity of the Jin Dynasty and the destruction of the Liao Dynasty - the Daijin Deshengtuo Ode Monument

The Daijin Deshengtuo Ode Monument is located in Shibei Weizitun, Xujiadian Township, Fuyu County. It is the fifth emperor of the Jin Dynasty. Wanyan Yong was established in memory of his ancestor Wanyan Agu, the outstanding leader of the Jurchen tribe, who promoted the Jin Dynasty and destroyed the Liao Dynasty. Over the past eight hundred years, it has gradually attracted the attention of the world. This stele was erected in the 25th year of Dading (AD 1185) of Jin Shizong, and it has been more than 800 years ago. Twice broken, twice bonded to restore. This monument was announced as a provincial key cultural relic protection unit by the Jilin Provincial People's Government in 1961; in 1988, it was announced as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council.

The structure of the stele consists of three parts: the head, the body and the base. The total height of the stele is 3.28 meters. The head of the stele is 0.79 meters high, 1 meter wide, and 0.38 meters thick. The head of the stele is embossed with four dragons. The dragon bodies intersect, the dragon head is downward, the dragon eyes are wide open, and the dragon whiskers are squirming. It is really delicate and lifelike. The dragon body is twisted on the front. Leave the forehead and engrave six seal characters "Ode to the Great Golden Victory Tuo". The stele is 1.77 meters tall, 0.85 meters wide, and 0.31 meters thick. The left and right edges of the stele are incised with honeysuckle patterns. There are 850 Chinese characters on the front and more than 1,500 Jurchen characters on the back. The stele is on a turtle base, 1.60 meters long. It is 0.72 meters high and 0.97 meters wide.

9. Ciyun Temple, an important place for religious tourism

Ciyun Temple is located in Caijiagou Town, Fuyu County. It is a Buddhist temple with a history of more than 70 years. It was founded by Shi It was founded in 1923 by Bhikshuni Faxin of Yuanming. Later, the temple was located in a low-lying area and was moved to its current temple site in 1925. The rebuilt Ciyun Temple is a temple with a three-story main hall, equipped with corridor rooms, Buddhist statues, classics, tables and props. When Ciyun Temple was at its peak, there were more than 50 monks here. Until the Cultural Revolution, there were still more than 20 monks living here. During the Cultural Revolution, Ciyun Temple, like other temples, was destroyed by fire. Not a single tile was left behind, and all the nuns and nuns were ordered to leave the temple. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the party and the government implemented religious policies and resumed the construction of Ciyun Temple. The persecuted monks and nuns were resettled, and major buildings such as the Main Hall, Tianwang Hall, Mountain Gate, Bell and Drum Towers, and East and West dormitories were renovated. It covers an area of ​​30,000 square meters and has a construction area of ​​6,000 square meters. There are currently 49 monks and nuns. At present, the temple has become an important religious tourism site in Songyuan City.

10. A good place for leisure travel--Longfengshan Reservoir

Longfengshan Reservoir is located 10 kilometers west of Changling Town, only 130 kilometers away from the provincial capital Changchun City, and connected to the Changbai West Highway border. There are 1,400 hectares of water surface and 300 hectares of woodland. In 2002, an expert group from Northeast Normal University came here for an on-site inspection and listed it as a high-level tourism resource. Here, the water is bright, the sky is green, the eagles are flying and the cranes are dancing, and the scenery is unique. Every summer and autumn, tourists from inside and outside the province come to visit in droves. The Provincial Fishing Association has held large events here.

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