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Songyuan 松原Sōngyuán
Nets hauled through the ice of Chagan Lake and a stele of the Jurchen Jin
About Songyuan
Songyuan lies on the Songnen Plain, where the Nen River joins the Songhua on its northern edge, and its best-known sight is Chagan Lake in Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County, the largest natural lake in Jilin. From late December fishers cut holes through the ice and draw out nets more than a kilometre long with horse-turned capstans, a custom on China's national intangible heritage list. Near Desheng, a Jin-dynasty stele of 1185 marks where Wanyan Aguda rallied his troops against the Liao.
What to eat in Songyuan
- Chagan Lake bighead-carp banquet (查干湖胖头鱼筵)
Listed sites in Songyuan
4 sites in Songyuan are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Chagan Lake 查干湖 5A scenic area
Chagan Lake is a shallow freshwater lake of several hundred square kilometres in the north-west of Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County, the largest natural lake in Jilin province and described by state media as one of China's ten largest freshwater lakes. - Songyuan Planning Exhibition Hall 松原市规划展览馆 4A scenic area · on the map
The Songyuan Planning Exhibition Hall is a municipal exhibition in Ningjiang district on the city's development and urban planning. - Great Jin Deshengtuo Stele 大金得胜陀颂碑 National heritage site
A bluestone stele 3.2 m tall, put up in 1185 by the Jin emperor Shizong to mark Deshengtuo, where his grandfather Wanyan Aguda swore in his troops before marching on the Liao city of Ningjiangzhou. - Prince Zhong Stele (Kuli Stele) 清追封和硕忠亲王碑 National heritage site · on the map
A Manchu and Mongolian stone stele recording the posthumous titles given to Jaisang, a Khorchin Mongol noble, and his wife Boli, the parents of Empress Xiaozhuangwen and maternal grandparents of the Shunzhi emperor.
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