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The city of Yichun is in the hinterland of the Lesser Hinggan Mountains
in Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China.
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. |
