When talking about Northeast China, people will think of humorous and vivid Northeast dialect and hard-core and heroic Northeast cuisine at the first time.

Actually, this is not the case in the whole Northeast. Yanji, the capital of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, is a "heterogeneous" border town in Northeast China.

The city is full of freshness because of the Korean language without a heavy accent and the unique Korean food. Yanji, known as "Little Chengdu in Northeast China" and "Little Seoul", is full of mouth-watering food, attracting foodies from all over the country to travel thousands of miles.

when I came to this low-key town, I found that it was much more than that.

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"Yes Yanji" is Yanji!

Yanji, located in the east of Jilin Province and at the northern foot of Changbai Mountain Range, is the "C-position" among the eight counties and cities under Yanbian Prefecture, which is of great value and strength. At the same time, it is also an "international thoroughfare turntable", bordering Russia in the east and North Korea in the south, only 8 kilometers away from the Sea of Japan; It is one of the three fulcrums in the "Golden Triangle of Tumen River" drawn up by the United Nations.

This is the largest Korean settlement in China. By 219, Yanji registered population was 541,3, including 38,4 Koreans, accounting for 57% of the total population.

In addition to Koreans and Hans, there are Manchu, Hui and Uygur people living here. After years of integration and development, Yanji has become an inclusive and open city.

Walking in the streets of Yanji, you can experience a full sensory impact at any time: station signs, shop signs, road signs, etc. are printed with eye-catching bilingual characters of China and North Korea; Northeast dialect and Korean are mixed in the ear; There is a smell of kimchi and sauce in the restaurant ...

This border town is very small, and the main roads in the city can almost connect the two ends. Taxis are almost all from 5 yuan, and you can even get a taxi from the same taxi driver in the morning and afternoon, which is wonderful.

as a tourist city with great development potential, Yanji's traffic convenience can't help but be praised. Whether you are on the side of a busy street or in an alley between buildings, you can wave for a taxi in less than 1 minute. Vehicles on the road are polite to pedestrians, which is also a pleasing landscape here.

although Yanji is small, it is well-equipped, including the airport, the railway station and high-speed railway station. Since high-speed railway station, Yanji West Station, was officially opened to traffic in 215, more and more people have come to Yanji for sightseeing.

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Tourism industry to be reckoned with

Yanji is not a traditional heavy industry city in Northeast China. Compared with the primary and secondary industries, the tertiary industry is an outstanding contribution to Yanji's industrial economy.

The distinctive Korean culture, attractive dishes and amazing scenic spots in Yanbian Prefecture have made Yanji a newly-built tourist city in online celebrity, and "Pride" has been listed as "Top 1 Counties in China in 22".

On the street of Yanji, you can see restaurants, coffee shops and beauty salons in just two steps, and the nightlife is also very rich. Having a full meal, going for a cup of coffee, and then having a leisurely beauty, this feeling is really "above".

it is worth mentioning that Yanji's service attitude. Thoughtful and meticulous service has changed our impression that the service industry in the north is weak, which is not good for individual stores, but a common phenomenon.

Food

Food culture is the soul support of Yanji tourism industry. It is no exaggeration to say that Yanji cuisine can be eaten for several days without repeating itself.

The building opposite Yanbian University, whose whole wall is covered with food signs, is not only a punching point for tourists, but also an appetite harbor for Yanbian University students and food from all over the country.

the essence of Yanji cuisine can be summarized as follows: it has authentic Korean flavor, but there is no lack of the shadow of Northeast cuisine. Features, enough weight! Taking rice and cold noodles as the staple food and kimchi, sauce and soup as the non-staple food is the core of Korean eating habits.

Yanbian is a famous hometown of rice in the north of China, which is famous for being good at planting rice in the cold north. With sufficient light and temperature, abundant rain and large temperature difference between day and night, Yanbian rice produced under unique conditions is crystal clear, soft and palatable, and has a long fragrance.

Korean people who are full of wisdom and creativity have made all kinds of delicious food with rice: bibimbap, rice-covered cakes, rice sausage ... It's a great pity not to try these traditional delicacies here.

In Yanji people's minds, there is also "cold noodles", one of the top ten kinds of noodles in China. In the past, Koreans had the custom of eating cold noodles at noon on the fourth day of the first month, or on their birthdays, which had the meaning of "longevity" in folklore.

The freshly pressed buckwheat noodles are full of toughness and Q-elasticity, covered with beef, fruit slices and pickles, and the soup is cold, sweet and sour, which makes you feel comfortable all over. Eating with the crispy pot meat is simply a wonderful taste bud experience of ice and fire.

I believe that everyone has eaten dishes of kimchi and other small dishes on the table in Korean food shops. Only when they came to Yanji did they realize how shallow their previous knowledge of kimchi was.

In the past, due to the long and cold winter in Yanji, Korean families would pickle pickles to reserve dishes from winter to the following spring. Nowadays, it has already been integrated into the daily diet of Yanji people. According to statistics, there are more than 2 kinds of Korean kimchi, and all kinds of vegetables, wild vegetables and fish can be pickled, which can be described as "everything can be pickled".

The sauce soup culture is also the background of the Korean cuisine. The Korean people have a word called "sauce for every soup", and each sauce has its own unique flavor and exquisite collocation: bibimbap with bibimbap sauce, stinky sauce soup with Qingguo sauce, beef soup with beef sauce ... A walk to Yanbian Oriental Water Market will give you a real "rich and delicious flavor".

When you come to Yanji, you must try Yanbian beef soup, which is tender and juicy, delicious and palatable.

Yanbian area is the birthplace of Yanbian yellow cattle. Since the Qing Daoguang, with the immigration of Korean people, Korean cattle from the east coast of North Hamgyong Road were imported into Yanbian area of China, and the Korean cattle were gradually improved into Yanbian yellow cattle in the long-term production practice. At present, it is mainly distributed in Yanji, Helong, Wangqing, Hunchun and adjacent counties in Yanbian.

in recent years, with the continuous growth of Yanbian yellow cattle industry, it has promoted the development of deep processing. If an adult Yanbian yellow cattle is canned and finely divided, its value can be increased to 3,-5, yuan. Yanbian yellow cattle can bring nearly 7 million yuan of income to local farmers every year.

Beautiful scenery

After eating and drinking, it is a good choice to stroll around Yanji.

Maoershan, which is only 8 minutes' drive from downtown, is a leisure place for local people. Due to the ups and downs of the mountains, there is a peak that is slightly abrupt and shaped like a straw hat, so it is called Maoer Mountain.

Walk slowly up the mountain along the wooden plank road, breathe fresh air and enjoy the scenery along the way, and you can reach the top of the mountain in about half an hour. The top of the mountain overlooks the whole Yanji city, and it is also a natural viewing platform for Burhatong River and Hailan River.

When you come here in summer, you can see lush shrubs. When you come here in winter, you can see the scenery of the dreamy snow country.

At the foot of Maoer Mountain, there is also a Korean folk customs garden. The park collects and preserves Korean cultural wisdom and breath, where you can appreciate and experience Korean traditional living habits.

With the development of the times and the advancement of urbanization, it is rare to see traditional Korean houses in Yanji. In the past, Korean people were mostly tile-roofed houses or thatched houses with civil structures, and their roofs were suspended from mountains, without halls, resting on mountains, etc. It was a remarkable feature of the internal structure of houses to keep warm with kang. These buildings can now be seen in the folk garden.

quaint houses, swings, springboard, wrestling field, food street and wedding hall, where tourists can put on Korean costumes, learn simple and lively dance steps, and enjoy themselves.

On January 1st, 221, the 8th Yanji International Ice and Snow Tourism Festival opened in the Folk Garden, attracting tourists from all over the world to see the ice sculpture snow sculpture, watch the light show and experience folk activities. Despite the cold weather, everyone's enthusiasm has not diminished.

most visitors to Yanbian don't stay in one place. They often use Yanji as a transit station. After they are full of energy, they will continue to set off for Changbai Mountain and Hunchun Fangchuan Scenic Area.

Changbai Mountain, located in Antu County, Jilin Province, is famous for its sacred mountains and holy water. It is the birthplace of Manchu, and it was known as a "holy land" in the Qing Dynasty. Even the emperor had to visit Changbai Mountain in Wula, Jilin Province (now Jilin City) in person or by appointing ministers.

"It's a great pity not to be on Changbai Mountain!" The highest and deepest crater lake in the world, and the Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain, the birthplace of the three great rivers in Northeast China "Songhua River, Yalu River and Tumen River", have fascinated countless people. Due to the high altitude and unpredictable weather in Tianchi, the locals admit that it really takes luck to see the whole picture of Tianchi.

Compared with Changbai Mountain, the Fangchuan Scenic Area in Hunchun is a little small, but the title of "Looking at the Three Kingdoms at a glance" still attracts groups of tourists.

Hunchun is the only city in China bordering on Russia and North Korea. You can have a panoramic view of the Three Kingdoms when you board the Dragon and Tiger Pavilion in Fangchuan Scenic Area.

On the left is Hassan District in Primorsky Krai, Russia, and on the right is Tumen River and Doumanjiang City in North Korea. In the distance, the Gulf of Japan and the coastline that go deep into the land are faintly visible, so it has the reputation of "seeing the three countries at a glance, barking at them will shock them".

In this place, the national boundaries become clear and concrete, and we can deeply feel the heavy sense of history.

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Yanji people's "invasion"

The temperament gene of "heterogeneous" border towns in Northeast China can be traced back.

Korean people in China are immigrants from the Korean peninsula to the northeast of China. The migration of Koreans began in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in the early 17th century, and by the middle of 19th century, thousands of Koreans crossed Tumen River and Yalu River and moved to the northeast of China.

They have formed a vast Korean-inhabited area with Yanbian as the center. With their own hands and sweat, they have developed and irrigated the barren black land into a fertile land full of fragrant rice and abundant food.

With a long history, Yanji people have an enterprising spirit in their blood, a quality possessed by vagrants.

For a long time in the past, many Yanji people were keen to work abroad to earn foreign exchange. Especially Koreans, because of their language advantages, many of them will go to Korea to work.

this wave of going abroad to work originated in the late 198s, when China and South Korea had already started non-governmental exchanges-visiting relatives. Many Koreans go to Korea by visiting relatives, and they bring a lot of ginseng and velvet antler, which makes them earn their first pot of gold.

After China and South Korea formally established diplomatic relations in 199, people began to go abroad through intermediaries. Even though the agency fee to South Korea is as high as tens of thousands of yuan, many people have to go abroad even if they borrow money because they can return to their capital to make money in the second year of going out to work. Women generally work in restaurants, while men generally work in the construction industry and clubs.

an important incentive for them to work abroad is that the income from working abroad is much higher than that from home. For example, the salary of 3,-4, yuan in China can reach 1, yuan in Korea during the same period. This also allows them to form a lifestyle of "going out to work in Korea and returning to Yanbian for consumption".

In addition, another reason is that Koreans have a strong sense of intergenerational responsibility, and they will earn money by working abroad to meet the responsibility of supporting the elderly, raising children and marrying their sons.

However, with the growth of domestic economy in recent years, the advantages of working abroad have gradually diminished, and many people have begun to return to China. However, due to the lack of employment opportunities in Yanji, many young people still choose to develop in big cities in China.

Sister Du, the daughter of a taxi driver, returned to work in Chengdu after studying abroad. "Are you willing to let your daughter go to work so far?" Facing our doubts, Sister Du said, "Chengdu is not far away, it is always at home, so we will respect her choice."

Similarly, this 7-year-old Korean woman, her two sons are also developing outside. The eldest son has settled down in Guangdong, and the youngest son works in South Korea.

The old lady is very generous and open-minded about children going out to work and settling down. She thinks that it is enough for children to like it. This concept is more or less related to her experience when she was young.

In the 198s, the old lady took her family out to work, went to Daxing 'anling, Inner Mongolia to carry wood and run hotels, and also went to Beijing and Hebei to work. In 22, it was the 1th year that she ended her wandering and returned to Yanbian Prefecture. When she was young, the years of running around to make a living brought her an optimistic and open-minded attitude and a stable and peaceful life now.

The home where the old lady lives now is a typical Korean decoration style, with a big wardrobe and a warm kang, on which she can sleep on the floor. There are many electrical appliances in the modern kitchen area, most of which were sent by my son in Guangdong. There is also a wireless network installed at home. Usually, she often chats with her son and grandson through WeChat.

Although she is too old to do much work now, the old lady still makes her small yard look good. There is a small clearing in front of the door, where you can grow vegetables when the weather is warm; There is a small greenhouse, where a dozen chickens are raised; There is also a woodshed dedicated to stacking firewood for heating. Walking to the gate of the yard, the old lady proudly pointed to a few small flowers on the roadside and said, "Look! This is the flower I planted! "

In this land where Jindalai is in full bloom, there are many lovely people who are so enterprising, enthusiastic and energetic ...

In the people's park in winter afternoon, cheerful music came from far away, and people danced and were carefree in the warm sun. If you pass by, you will be infected by this warm atmosphere.

the greatest charm of this city is that you can harvest all kinds of surprises without searching hard, and people can fall in love with it the first time they set foot. This is Yanji, an inclusive, open and comfortable Yanji!

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