Changchun 长春Chángchūn

About Changchun

Changchun, the provincial capital, was Xinjing, capital of the Japanese-run state of Manchukuo, from 1932 to 1945, and the Museum of the Imperial Palace of Manchukuo keeps the rooms where the last Qing emperor, Puyi, lived as its figurehead. Museums in the old film studio and in the FAW works, where the first Jiefang lorries were built in 1956, recall the city's two best-known industries. In winter the Jingyuetan forest park on the south-eastern edge hosts a cross-country ski festival.

What to eat in Changchun

• Dingfengzhen pastries (鼎丰真糕点)

Listed sites in Changchun

28 sites in Changchun are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• Changchun Movie Wonderland 长影世纪城 5A scenic area · on the map
  A film-themed amusement park run by the Changchun Film Studio group, established in 2005 in the Jingyue district on the south-eastern edge of the city.
• Changchun World Sculpture Park 长春世界雕塑公园 5A scenic area
  A landscaped sculpture park on the southern side of Changchun, laid out around lakes and opened in 2003, with works by sculptors from many countries set among the grounds.
• Jingyuetan National Forest Park 净月潭 5A scenic area
  A large forest park around the Jingyuetan reservoir on the south-eastern edge of Changchun, begun in the 1930s as a man-made forest and now one of the city's main outdoor spaces.
• Museum of the Imperial Palace of Manchukuo 伪满皇宫博物院 5A scenic area · National heritage site
  The former residence of Puyi, the last Qing emperor, during his years as head of the Japanese-backed state of Manchukuo (1932–1945), now run as a museum.
• Beihu National Wetland Park 北湖国家湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A large urban wetland park on the northern edge of Changchun, with lakes, reed beds and boardwalks and more than 200 bird species recorded.
• Changchun Agricultural Expo Park 长春农业博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A leisure park in the Jingyue district south-east of Changchun, built around exhibition halls and greenhouses first used for agricultural expositions.
• Changchun Confucius Cultural Park 长春孔子文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A cultural park built around the Changchun Confucian Temple, founded in 1872, rebuilt from 2002 and enlarged in 2012, the year the park opened.
• Changchun Film Studio Former Site Museum 长影旧址博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  The old Changchun Film Studio complex, whose first buildings date from the 1930s Manchukuo Film Association; from 1945 it was the studio that state media call the cradle of new China's cinema.
• Changchun Zoological and Botanical Park 长春动植物公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A municipal zoo and botanical park in the south of central Changchun, built in 1938 and opened to the public in 1987, with animal exhibition areas, a bird house and a planted hill with trees from the Changbai Mountain area.
• Guandong Culture Park, Changchun 关东文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A garden-style hot-spring resort on the north-western edge of Changchun, built from 2010 on the site of abandoned brick kilns, with lakes, planted gardens and buildings in the Guandong (north-east Chinese) style.
• Guoxin Nanshan Hot Spring Resort 国信南山温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
  A hot-spring hotel and spa resort set in wooded hills in Shuangyang district, south-east of Changchun.
• Jilin Liquor Culture Museum 吉林省酒文化博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  A privately run museum in the south of Changchun devoted to alcohol, showing about 6,000 bottled drinks from the 1960s to the present.
• Jilin Natural History Museum 吉林省自然博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  A natural-history museum run by Northeast Normal University on its Jingyue campus, holding tens of thousands of specimens, mostly from Jilin's own environments.
• Kaisa Forest Hot Spring Resort 凯撒森林温泉度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A hot-spring resort with a hotel, set in woodland beside Jingyuetan forest park on the south-eastern edge of Changchun.
• Lianhuashan Ski Resort Town 莲花山冰雪旅游度假小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
  A ski resort in the hills east of Changchun, with day and evening skiing in winter; the city tourism bureau groups it with Miaoxiangshan as better suited to skiers beyond the beginner stage.
• Liao-Jin Era Culture Park, Nong'an 辽金时代文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A 300-hectare rural leisure park in Qiangang township, Nong'an county, themed on the Liao and Jin dynasties that once ruled this area.
• Lotus Island Film and TV City 莲花岛影视城 4A scenic area · on the map
  A film-and-television leisure park on the southern outskirts of Changchun, with period-style street and building sets that visitors use for costume photography; the city tourism bureau suggests Republic-era-style shoots.
• Miaoxiangshan Resort 庙香山度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A ski resort in the hills of Jiutai district, east of Changchun, one of the ski areas the city tourism bureau promotes.
• Qingquanhu Resort 清泉湖文旅度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A lakeside leisure resort in Kuancheng district, part of the Changchun New Area, centred on a lake of about half a square kilometre.
• Shenlufeng Resort, Shuangyang 神鹿峰度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A mountain resort in Shuangyang district built around the area's sika-deer tradition, with rides and attractions that include a glass skywalk, a high-level swing, a zip line, a cave and a children's play area.
• Tiandingshan Resort Town 天定山旅游度假小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
  A ski resort and holiday town in the hills east of Changchun, with runs aimed mainly at beginners.
• Tianyi Hot Spring Resort 天怡温泉度假山庄 4A scenic area · on the map
  A hot-spring resort in wooded hills near Xinlicheng Reservoir, south of Changchun.
• Yulong Hot Spring Resort, Shuangyang 御龙温泉度假村 4A scenic area · on the map
  A hot-spring resort in Shuangyang district, south-east of Changchun, with about 50 pools set in planted subtropical-style gardens, plus a hotel with villas, restaurants and sports facilities.
• Changchun Daotai Yamen (Local Chronicles Museum) 吉长道尹公署旧址 National heritage site
  A regional government compound built in 1909 in the last years of the Qing dynasty and the earliest surviving official building in Changchun, with colonnaded halls in a Western-influenced style.
• China FAW Museum 中国一汽博物馆 National heritage site · on the map
  A museum of China's car industry inside the original First Automobile Works plant in west Changchun, where the first Jiefang truck came off the line in 1956.
• Dehui Museum and Chinese Eastern Railway Buildings 德惠中东铁路建筑群（德惠市博物馆） National heritage site · on the map
  Russia built the Chinese Eastern Railway through Dehui in the 1890s and early 1900s, and several buildings from the 1903 station area still stand around today's Dehui railway station.
• Former Central Bank of Manchukuo 伪满洲国中央银行旧址 National heritage site
  The Manchukuo-era headquarters of the Central Bank of Manchukuo on People's Square, built between 1934 and 1938 with ten Greek-style columns across the front, three basement levels and four storeys above ground.
• Liao Pagoda, Nong'an 农安辽塔 National heritage site
  A 13-storey octagonal brick pagoda of the Liao dynasty, about 44 m high, standing in the middle of Nong'an town.

On the map

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