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Mudanjiang 牡丹江Mǔdānjiāng
Lava-dammed Jingpo Lake, a lost Bohai capital and Russian rail towns
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- City
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- Heilongjiang
- Listed sites
- 171 rated 5A · 15 rated 4A · 4 national heritage
About Mudanjiang
Mudanjiang, named after the Mudan River, is the rail hub of south-east Heilongjiang. Jingpo Lake, a long mountain lake dammed by lava some 10,000 years ago, is its main sight, and at Shangjing Longquanfu lie the remains of the capital of the Bohai kingdom, destroyed by the Khitan in 926. The Russian-built railway to Suifenhe on the border passes Hengdaohezi Russian Town, and China Snow Town, deep in the forest, is one of China's best-known snow destinations.
Listed sites in Mudanjiang
17 sites in Mudanjiang are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Jingpo Lake 镜泊湖 5A scenic area
A long, narrow lake in the Zhangguangcai and Laoye mountains, formed when lava from volcanic eruptions dammed the Mudan River; its water area is about 90 sq km and the scenic district is also a UNESCO Global Geopark. - Chaihe Jiuzhai Scenic Area 柴河九寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A valley scenic area at the Hongsheng forest farm of the Chaihe forestry bureau, in Weihushan National Forest Park, where two clear mountain streams, the Golden Stream and Silver Stream valleys, drop over a group of cascades known as the Nine-Tier Springs. - Dongning Fortress 东宁要塞 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The Dongning fortress group was built from 1934 by the Japanese Kwantung Army, with forced Chinese labour, along the frontier south-east of Mudanjiang, and saw heavy fighting in August 1945. - Heibao Bear Park 黑宝熊乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
A bear park of about 10 hectares inside Sandaoguan National Forest Park, north-west of Mudanjiang, that keeps and breeds captive bears for visitors to view. - Hengdaohezi Russian Town 横道河子俄罗斯风情小镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A railway town founded in 1897 when the Russian-built Chinese Eastern Railway came through, with more than 250 Russian-style buildings, six of them national heritage buildings. - Hengdaohezi Siberian Tiger Park 横道河子东北虎林园 4A scenic area · on the map
A tiger park that grew out of a feline breeding centre set up at Hengdaohezi in 1986 and renamed the Northeast Tiger Park about ten years later; it keeps captive-bred Siberian tigers. - Luolemishan Scenic Area 罗勒密山景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest tourism area at Hongqi forest farm, run by the Fangzheng forestry bureau and listed in the province's 2025 review as the Yuanyang Peak Scenic Area, with a walk up Yuanyang Peak past rock formations and a waterfall; the area reaches 1,357 m. - Peony Group Smart Science and Technology Museum, Ning'an 牡丹集团宁安智慧科技馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A science and technology museum run by the Peony Group in Bohai town, about 2 km from Xinglong Temple and the Shangjing site, with digital and interactive displays aimed mainly at families and school groups. - Sandaoguan National Forest Park 三道关国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park of about 8,000 hectares on the north-western edge of Mudanjiang, at roughly 300 to 740 m above sea level, with dense forest, rocky cliffs and streams. - Shangjing Longquanfu 渤海国上京龙泉府遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Shangjing was the main capital of the Bohai kingdom, a Tang-era state in north-east Asia, laid out on the plan of the Tang capital Chang'an with outer, inner and palace cities, until the Khitan destroyed the kingdom in 926. - Suifenhe Love Valley 绥芬河爱情谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A love-themed park opened in October 2020 on the northern edge of Suifenhe, in a valley between Tianchang and Jiudi mountains around the Tianchang Lake reservoir. - Taipinggou Primeval Forest Scenic Area 太平沟原始林风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A stand of about 297 hectares of primeval Korean pine at the Taipinggou forest farm, part of Xuexiang National Forest Park, which the provincial tourism department describes as the best-preserved forest tourism resource in north-east China. - Volcanic Crater National Forest Park 火山口国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park on the eastern slope of the middle Zhangguangcai Range, north-west of Jingpo Lake, where ten volcanic craters of different sizes, with steep inner walls, are mostly filled with primeval forest; it is also called the Underground Forest. - Weihushan Film and TV City 威虎山影视城 4A scenic area · on the map
A film and television set built in 1998 near Hengdaohezi, with about 107 buildings laid out as the world of the novel Tracks in the Snowy Forest, including Forest Sea Town, the thatched village of Jiapigou and Weihu Hall; People's Daily's Heilongjiang channel (2021) counts more than 600 films and series shot here. - Yilong Water Park 亿龙水上风情园 4A scenic area · on the map
A water park on the Hailang River in Xin'an Korean township, south-west of Hailin, with a children's water area, water slides, a wave pool and a cable ride across the river, plus fishing, barbecue and camping areas. - Zhongxing Korean Folk Culture Park 中兴朝鲜民族文化风情园 4A scenic area · on the map
Zhongxing, an ethnic Korean village in Hainan Korean township, has been turned into a folk-culture tourist area, with Korean-style buildings, a tall drum-shaped building with a view over the village, costume photography, Korean-style restaurants and homestays among the rice fields. - Northeast Old Flight School Site, Mudanjiang 人民空军东北老航校旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The site of the first flying school set up by the Chinese Communist Party, founded in 1946 and based at Mudanjiang's airfield for part of 1946 and again from 1948 to 1949; its first flights took place here in 1946.
Getting to Mudanjiang
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