Siping City |
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Siping (sì ping 四平) City, located in the hinterland of Songliao (sōng liáo 松辽) Plain, east to the branch of Changbai (cháng bái 长白) Mountains and west to Inner Mongolia Horqin (kē ěr qìn 科尔沁) Grassland, is the South Gate of Jilin Province. The city covers an area of 14080 km2 with a population of 3.3 million. During the period of China Revolutionary War, the famous and successful Siping War was broken out here. Therefore, the city is named Hero City, which is famous far and near. The mountains in Siping City are beautiful and exquisite. Hada (hā dá 哈达) Summit of Changbai Mountains connects all the mountains, which looks complex and steep. There are fascinating natural scenes and interesting cultural artifacts throughout Siping City. With the bright lakes, green trees and clear water, it's an ideal place for tourism.
Overview
Siping City, standing in the center of the Songliao Plain, southwest of Jilin Province, is located at the convergence of Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. It is bordered by Changchun, the capital city of Jilin in the northeast. And it is enjoying longstanding history, possesses precious cultural relics and natural sights combining grace and glory. Mountain Gate Tourist Resort, the
![]() There are unique volcano terrain resources. Yitong Volcano Group, situated in Yitong Manchu Autonomous County, is the only treasury of modern volcano data. 16 grand, continuous and cliffy volcanoes rise and fall, which would be erupting. All these are rare volcano terrain in the world. There are quantities of limestone terrains in Mountain Gate Tourist Resort. Stalactite, stalagmite and with southwest corrosion hole feature can be seen everywhere. It is also the good choice for the tourists to go away for the summer in Erlong (èr long 二龙) Lake, Mountain Gate Reservoir, Zhuanshan (zhuǎn shān 转山) Lake, and Double Dragons Lake etc. on the outskirts of the city.
History
![]() Geography and climate
Located in the hinterland of Songliao Plain, nearly eighty percent of the city's territory is
![]() Bearing a temperate continental monsoon climate, the city is characterized by dry and windy spring, wet and hot summer, moderate and cool autumn, as well as long and chilly winter. Mainly, the rainfall concentrated on the period from June to August. The annual average temperature falls between 4 and 6 degree centigrade (39.2-42.8 degree Fahrenheit)
Attractions
Yehenala Ancient City (yè hè nà lā gǔ chéng 叶赫那拉古城)
Yehe (yè hè 叶赫) tribe means the sun near the river in Manchu language. It is an important birthplace of Manchu culture, which is both the birthplace of Xiaocigao (xiào cí gāo 孝慈高) Empress in early Qing dynasty and ancestral home of Cixi (cí xǐ 慈禧) Empress in late Qin dynasty. Therefore it got the name of the hometown of 2 empresses. It is an important folk tourist zone of Jilin Province and an important scenic spot of Siping tourist and economical
![]() The architecture of the ancient city is quite unique. There are three city walls: wooden one, earth one and stone one and a city moat in every city. Standing on the high flat, you can enjoy the strong wind and the spacious field. In each castle, octagonal buildings are primitive, simple and splendid. The buildings are rare ancient architecture compound, which is of high archaeological and sightseeing value. The body of castle and inner buildings preserve well, in which lots of famous historical relics of Qing dynasty are scattered. The General Platform and Beacon-fire Platform are especially impressive. The present Yehenala scenic spot has split into 2 parts: the ancient culture district and Zhuanshan lake scenery and holiday enjoyment district. The natural sceneries such as the lake between 2 tortoise-shaped lands and the city on the back of tortoise-shaped land are very marvelous and impressive. This area is regarded as geomantic treasure site.
Location: Yehe County and Lishu (lí shù 梨树) County
Transportation: take bus to Yehe County or Lishu County at Siping City
Opening Time: 8:00-17:00
Tel: 0434-5496131
Admission Fee: CNY 20
Yitong Manchu Folk Custom Museum (yī tōng xiàn mǎn zú mín sú bó wù guǎn 伊通县满族民俗博物馆)
![]() Address: No.1129 Renmin (rén mín 人民) Road, Yitong (yī tōng 伊通) County
Transportation: take bus to Yitong County at Siping City
Tel: 0434-4236949
Admission Fee: Free
Mountain Gate Tourist Resort (sì píng shì shān mén fēng jǐng qū 四平市山门风景区)
![]() Location: in the south of Siping City
Transportation: take bus No.5 at Siping Bus Station
Tel: 0434-4226568
Admission Fee: CNY 5
Yitong Volcano Group (yī tōng huǒ shān qún 伊通火山群)
![]() Location: Yitong County
Transportation: take bus to Yitong County at Siping Bus Station
Admission Fee: Free
Local Food
Glutinous Snacks (nián shí 黏食)
![]() Hand Picked Mutton (shǒu bā ròu 手扒肉)
![]() Smoked Hare Meat (xūn tù ròu 熏兔肉)
![]() Transportation
By Train
As the crucial hub of transportation in northeast China, the railway lines in Siping City extend in all directions. So many important lines, like Shanghai-Harbin, Beijing-Harbin etc., connecting the North to the South, all pass through Siping City.
By Long-Distance Bus
Siping City lies in the middle of Changchun-Shenyang Expressway, so there are also buses open to Shenyang, Jilin and Changchun. It takes one hour and 20 minutes to Changchun City and 100 minutes to Shenyang City. The buses set out from Siping to Shenyang at 8:30 am, 11:00 am and 15:00 pm, to Jilin at 6:15 am and 15:00 pm, while to Chuangchun (cháng chūn 长春) at 6:15 am and 17:00 pm 9 (the interval is half hour).
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