[2024 Dandong Attraction] Travel Guide for Jinjiang Mountain Park (Updated Dec)
City Parks
Address:
Jinjiangshan Park, 93 Shanshang St, Zhenxing Qu, Dandong Shi, Liaoning Sheng, China
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
2-5 hours
Phone:
0415-2255896
A charming red hero city, Dandong, a 24-hour trip to the northeast.
✨I have visited this place many times, but this time, I decided to focus on the small towns around it. I drew a 1.5-hour high-speed rail circle around Shenyang, and the name Dandong jumped out. Dandong, a border city, a symbol of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and a large strawberry garden, exudes a unique red charm. The red here is the red of history, the red of heroism.
🚄The high-speed train arrived in Dandong at 3:30 pm. On the high-speed train, I had already arranged the next 24 hours clearly. The hotel is just opposite the train station, and it only takes 15 minutes to check in, and then go straight to the sunset viewing point. I carried a 500mm lens and set foot on the mysterious land on the other side.
🌄The best spot - Jinjiang Pavilion on top of Jinjiang Mountain Park! The three-story pavilion has steep steps. The view from the top of the mountain is amazing, and the sunset puts a golden filter on the lens, which is very suitable for the buildings on the other side. I took pictures with a 400 focal length, and I could take pictures of the statue of the great man and the train station in the foreground, the new and old Yalu River bridges in the middle, and the new city of Sinuiju in North Korea in the distance. As night fell, the night view on the other side seemed a little dim, but the lights on the bridge would be turned on at 18:10.
In the evening, I strolled along the Yalu River and admired the lights of the bridge up close. The night here is very quiet and beautiful.
🌸During my stay in Dandong, I had a total of 2.5 meals. The first meal was fresh seafood at a seafood barbecue; the second meal was soft dates at the morning market; the third meal was North Korean-style cold noodles and rice cakes at Songtaoyuan. Every meal made me feel the enthusiasm and deliciousness of Dandong!
💪I made a special trip to the Memorial Hall of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, a place full of history and heroism. Here, I deeply felt the greatness and courage of the Chinese people. During the 24 hours in Dandong, I found that every small town has rich treasures waiting for us to explore and discover. This trip was an unforgettable experience, and every moment was full of surprises and touches.
🔥Next time, I will bring more time to explore this charming red hero city! Dandong, I will come again!💖
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Dandong Jinjiang Mountain
📍Attraction Address: Jinjiang Mountain
🏝️Reservation Guide: No reservation required
🚗Transportation Guide: Bus, shared bicycle, taxi, Didi
💗Other tips: Bring a camera to capture beautiful moments
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This kind of mountain climbing can be addictive
If yesterday's climb of Yuanbao Mountain was just a chance encounter with spiky chestnut shells, today's hike in the back mountain of Jinjiangshan Park, which seems to be called Peacock Mountain, is like entering the kingdom of spiky chestnut shells, and the area is much larger.
The air in Dandong in the morning is quite moist. Walking on the small paths in the mountains, stepping on the soft fallen larch branches and spiky chestnut shells, and breathing the fresh air mixed with the scent of the mountains and the sea is very comfortable.
Before I went to sleep yesterday, I checked and saw that I had walked 41,000 steps. That's a lot more than my usual 20,000 to 30,000 steps, but my knees and leg muscles didn't feel any soreness at all.
I thought about it, and it might be related to spending most of the morning climbing in Yuanbao Mountain Park yesterday.
Because I was not walking on asphalt and stone paths. Instead, I was on dirt paths that were full of moisture. Although they were a bit muddy, they actually provided excellent protection for the knees.
After climbing for an hour and breaking a slight sweat, I suddenly found myself in a kingdom of spiky chestnuts, with the ground covered everywhere with them, looking like a bunch of fluffy hedgehogs, very cute, making me reluctant to step on them as I passed through.
Along the way, I picked up many pine cones, chestnut shells, and various seeds whose names I couldn't recall.
I am indeed different from most people. Others may prefer bright, beautiful, and spectacular exotic flowers and plants that are very photogenic, but I find the fallen leaves, seeds, and moss by the roadside to have more flavor.
These layers of dead branches, rotten leaves, and discarded seeds all belong to one color scheme, but when put together, they have more depth, an old-fashioned taste.
Along the way, I saw several man-made caves that had been dug out a long time ago, and I hope they will never be used. War seems very far from us, yet also seems just around the corner.
I hope human wisdom can overcome the foolish means of war.
The cities in the northeast have one thing in common: they are livelier in the morning.
Before coming to Changchun, I noticed in Chifeng that because it gets dark early and cools down quickly, there really isn't much to see at night.
But in the morning, many places are bustling with people as early as five or six o'clock, like this street market.
When I left the hotel and turned left, I saw a long stretch of vendors selling seafood and fruits.
Since the area I'm staying in is considered the old town, there are many red chimneys, and I wonder if they are still in use.
These red brick chimneys, which I often saw in Beijing when I was a child, have almost disappeared from the city area after so many years.
Dandong's old town still has its unique flavor, even though the roads are in disrepair and the houses are old, but the local life here is more vibrant.
Visiting such old districts requires mental preparation for encountering dirtiness and disorder.
But the modernization of cities like Beijing, including various sanitation and urban renewal efforts, has been going on for a decade or two, while for Dandong, it may have just begun.