Yichun has 40,000 square kilometers of forests, including the world's largest virgin forest of Korean pine trees and several national forest parks and nature reserves. In the city, the air is pure and fresh and the water is crystal clear and clean. It is known as the Natural Oxygen Bar and has become an ecological tourist attraction. Over the past years, Yichun has received a great number of visitors, especially from loud and boisterious cities.

Yichun is also known as the Home of Dinosaurs. The Lesser Hinggan Mountains Dinosaur Museum in Yichun exhibits two fossil skeletons of Hadrosauridae which were unearthed in the Longgu Mountain in Jiayin County.

The source of the Dafeng River begins in the Lesser Hinggan Mountains. The river flows 80 kilometers long; and its current is slow and swift in different sections. The river is an ideal place for tourists to drift on rubber rafts. Drifting downstream, they can stop and relax at one of the restaurants on the banks of the river, where they can enjoy local delicacies such as stewed fish and fish roasted on stone slabs.

Yichun is rich in local produce, including edible fungus, medical herbs, and wild vegetables and fruit.

Tourist Routes

A Two-day tour in spring, summer, and autumn

First day: the Lesser Hinggan Mountains Dinosaur Museum, the Lesser Hinggan Mountains Resource Museum, and the Wuying National Forest Park.

Second day: the Jinshan Deer Farm and drifting down the Dafeng River.

Expenses: 360 yuan

A Two-day tour in winter

First day: the Lesser Hinggan Mountains Dinosaur Museum, the Lesser Hinggan Mountains Resource Museum, shopping, and a masked ball.

Second day: skiing, sleighing, and motorcycling in the Meihua Mountain National Forest Park.

Expenses: 300 yuan

Transportation

Trains

K601 (Harbin - Yichun)

Departure: 19:35 / Arrival: 04:49

K602 (Yichun - Harbin)

Departure: 21:53 / Arrival: 07:07

There are also buses between Harbin and Yichun.

Lodging

Yichun has a 3-star hotel, three 2-star hotels, and many guesthouses.

(China Pictorial December 12, 2002)