City Introduction

Mudanjiang is a provincial city of Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China. It is located in the southeast of Heilongjiang Province, bordering Harbin to the west, Russian Far-East to the east, and Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province to the south. Mudanjiang is located in the north of Changbai Mountain, and there are Zhangguangcai Ling in the west and Laoye Ling in the east. Mudanjiang River flows across the whole territory from south to north. Mudanjiang River valley basin is in the middle part which features a chain of mountains and rivers. It is referred to as the "90% mountains and rivers and 10% agricultural lands".

 

 

 

 

History and Culture

Mudanjiang (pinyin: Mǔdānjiāng) is translated from Manchu (Mudan bira), and in Manchu, Mudan means "winding" and bira means "river". Mudanjiang actually refers to the "winding river”. Mudanjiang has a long history, and it is the place where Manchu ancestors Sushen, Yilou and Wuji had been living from Shang Dynasty to Sui Dynasty about 2300 years. Therefore, the city enjoys amorous feedings of Manchu. Mudanjiang was under the jurisdiction of Capital Longquanfu of Bohai State in Tang Dynasty, Shangjing Huligailu in Song Dynasty, Wanhufu in Jin and Yuan dynasties, Ningguta General Office in Ming Dynasty and General Jilin in Qing Dynasty. As the Qing Government had seen Mudanjiang as the "holy land of origin" and implemented "ban on reclamation" policy, therefore, the city has not seen development until the construction of Chinese Eastern Railway in 1903. And there are many historic spots, such as Chengzihoushancheng and Capital Longquanfu of Bohai State in Tang Dynasty. After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese occupied the northeast China, and further strengthened the construction of railway in order to plunder the timber and coal resources. There are still remains of "eight heroines who drowned themselves in a river" and others. Located in the intersection of "Manzhouli-Suifenhe" and "Tumen-Kiamusze" railway lines, Mudanjiang station is an important transport hub.

 

 

 

 

Natural Environment

Mudanjiang is a provincial city of Heilongjiang Province, China. Located in the southeast of Heilongjiang Province, Mudanjiang is a hinterland surrounded by China, Russia and North Korea, boating obvious regional development advantages. Mudanjiang is an important regional central city in the east part of Northeast China. Mudanjiang spans from 128° 02' to 131° 18' E longitude and 43° 24' to 45° 59' N latitude. It borders Harbin to the west, Russian Far-East to the east, and Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province to the south. Mudanjiang is located in the north of Changbai Mountain, with Mudanjiang River flows across the whole territory from south to north.

 

 

 

 

Climate Change

Located in the middle of north temperate zone, Mudanjiang is temperate continental monsoon climate, semi-humid region. In 2007: It had an average temperature of 6.1℃, average precipitation of 579.7 mm, sunshine hours of 2339.8 and average relative humidity of 64%. Mudanjiang is located in a basin and surrounded by mountains, boasting four distinct seasons.

 

 

 

 

Useful Information

Mudanjiang transportation: Mudanjiang Hailang Airport is a civil and military airport, which is located in the southwest corner of Mudanjiang and connected by Airport Road and Heda Highway, 9 km from the downtown. It operates 12 regular and charter flights to Harbin, Shenyang, Dalian, Yenji, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Yantai, Qingdao, Changchun and Vladivostok.

Following the Mudanjiang―Yakutsk international airline, Mudanjiang Airport also opened the flight to Khabarovsk. So far, Mudanjiang has opened a total of three flights to Russia, respectively to Vladivostok, Yakutsk and Khabarovsk. In addition, Korean Air of South Korea opened a flight from Mudanjiang to Inchon that flies every Saturday. The flight number is KE9823/4 and type Boeing 737-900. At present, there is no city bus and airport bus operating from downtown to the airport. You can only take a taxi that costs about 25 yuan from Mudanjiang Railway Station to the airport.

Located in downtown, Mudanjiang Railway Station belongs to the Top Class, which is the intersection of Harbin-Suifenhe and Tumen-Kiamusze lines. Tourists to Mudanjiang mostly visit Jingpo Lake. You can take a 4.5-hour high-speed railway from Harbin, and then transfer for a 2.5-hour bus to Jingpo Lake. 2-day sightseeing in Jingpo Lake is enough. Tourists from Jilin Changbai Mountain may take the early bus to Dunhua, transfer for a bus from Dunhua to Dongjing city and get off at Xingshan station, and then transfer for a minibus to Jingpo Lake. The whole journey takes about 7.5 hours. And tourists from Jilin Tumen may take the train to Dongjing city (4 hours), and then transfer for a minibus (1 hour) to reach Jingpo Lake.

Mudanjiang long-distance passenger transportation: Mudanjiang enjoys a developed long-distance transportation, and has formed a road network based on National Road 201 and 301, and county and township roads as branches. The network covers six cities and main towns, connects Jingpo Lake and Lianhua Lake, and economy line and tourist route. Mudanjiang has a total of seven highway passenger stations and 16 substations.

Mudanjiang Bus Terminal and North Railway Station located at the intersection of Xisantiao Road and Ping'an Street have regular buses to various counties (cities) and main scenic spots every day, with ticket price ranging from a few yuan to dozens of yuan. Long distance bus: Harbin Nangang Bus Terminal - Mudanjiang Bus Terminal, from 5:30 in the morning to 18:00 in the night, a bus for every 20 minutes.

 

 

 

 

Notes

Warm keeping

It's very cold in winter in the north of China, and you must be sure to keep warm, especially in the deep mountains like Snow Town. You must wear down jackets and warm pants, and snow boots or hairy shoes. In addition, hats, gloves, scarves and sunglasses (to prevent snow blindness) are required.

Photographic equipment protection

Batteries consume fast under low temperature, you should take along three to four batteries along with you; avoid to turn on the display screen as far as possible; and use your body temperature to warm batteries, and waist enjoys the best warm effect. Before entering the room when shooting is complete, be sure to pack equipment under outdoor temperature, otherwise the camera and lenses would form a fog immediately. Put the camera into your down jacket before you enter room, and open it after half an hour.

Tips for shopping

Please be careful when buying mountain products in Snow Town. As there are a lot of owners coming from other places, their things are generally expensive, but quality is not guaranteed. Try not to be fooled by their rhetoric. Mountain products of local farmers are recommended because they are affordable and good.

 

 

 

 

Festivals(Important/Historical/Folks Ones)

Mudanjiang Snow Town Tourism Culture Festival

Time: December 22 every year to February 22 in the following year

Location： Snow Castle Park

Introduction: So far, Mudanjiang has successfully implemented the tourism culture festival for eight times. In 2008, Mudanjiang Snow Castle Park covers an area of 7.5 hectares, and the volume of snow used reached 140,000 cubic meters, hitting a Guinness world record. In Snow Castle Park, many domestic and international artists gathered in Jiangxin Island, and build Orlando SeaWorld and submarine castle that show American style, singular and unpredictable Mozambique Channel and subsea tunnel, legendary Asia-Europe sea garden and beautiful polar ice warships. These works reveal the mystery of ocean with dreamy colors and highlight the irreplaceable ornamental value of ice and snow art.

Jingpo Lake Autumn Festival

Time: August 15 every year

Location： Jingpo Lake scenic spot

August is Mudanjiang's harvest season of wheat, rice and fish, and this is the meaning of autumn festival. During the festival, Jingpo Lake scenic spot will hold a variety of cultural activities, sports competitions and set off fireworks. This is Mudanjiang's festival with local characteristics. Main activities: Autumn open-air film projection, theatrical performances of the masses, autumn festival fireworks party, modern drama dance party, chorus competition, Mudanjiang photographic exhibition, art exhibition and others that highlight the colorful tourism features.