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Heilongjiang in General
Located in the northeastern part of China, Heilongjiang Province boasts
rich tourist resources due to its extraordinary geographical feature and
climate conditions. Endowed with many wonderful scenic spots including
the Greater and Lesser Xing'an Mountains, the Sanjiang Plain, the
immense marshland, the vast sea of forest, mysterious border lakes, the
five linked lakes formed by volcanic eruptions, the Jingpo Lake, ruins
of the Jin-dynasty culture and the site of Bohai Kingdom.
Location
of Heilongjiang Province
Heilongjiang Province has become now one of the well-known tourist
destinations in China. There are a variety of special interest tours
catering for tourists such as the ice and snow tour, the forest tour,
the summer resort tour, and the border (between China and Russia) town
tour.
With the successful construction of several expressway networks, there
appear some fast and convenient routes for the tourists from home and
abroad. For instance, the O-shaped route with Harbin as it s centre; the
K shaped route connecting Mudanjiang, Jiamusi, Yichun, Heihe and Greater
Xing'an Mountains with Daqing and Qiqihar; the L-shaped route linking
all tourist attractions together along the China-Russia border river. On
the basis of the special tours developed over the previous years, a
series of brand-new forms of tourist activities have emerged today to
meet the different demand of tourists.
With the ecological tour
as key product, they are the city sightseeing tour, border tour and
ethnic culture tour designed to make all tourists enjoy the exotic as
well as the beauty of great nature.
Heilongjiang Climate
Heilongjiang Province has a long and severe winter and a short summer,
the average annual temperature between
-6ºC and -4ºC. The average
temperature of January, the coldest month of the year, is between -32ºC
and -17ºC, while that of July, the hottest month, 16ºC to -23ºC. The
annual frost-free period lasts from three to four month or longer. The
annual
precipitation
250-700mm, mostly concentrated in June through August.
A
Brief History of Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang was under the administration of Lingbei and Liaoyang
Xingzhongshu Province during China's Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and
belonged to the Nuzen (Nuchen) nationality in the Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644). The Province of Heilongjiang was set up in the Qing Dynasty
(1644-1911) and has remained so until today.
Large in area and rich in
natural resources, Heilongjiang has a vast expanse of fertile land. As
is commonly known, "half of its area is covered by mountains, one tenth
by water, one tenth by grassland and three-tenths by arable land". In
the old days, however, Heilongjiang was an uninhabited wilderness with
abundant untapped resources. The Imperial Government of the Qing and
later the Japanese aggressors sent in settlers and troops to develop the
area but ended up in failure. Over the years, Heilongjiang Province was
known as "the Vast Wilderness of the North". After the defeat of
Japanese imperialism, the people of Heilongjiang started to rebuild
their province upon the ruins brought by the war.
Heilongjiang has undergone
tremendous changes since the founding of the People's Republic of China
in 1949. Several million hectares of farmland have been opened in the
vast wilderness. Oilfield, many forestry towns, modern
transportation network consisting of railway and highways has been
built. Former "the Vast Wilderness of the North" has been turned into an
important industrial and agricultural base of China.
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