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Top 50 Best Things to Do in Jilin [2025]
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Changbai Mountain
4.5
/5
4119 reviews
8.2
From NZD 66.59
Based on 270 reviews
>100 km from downtown
Phone 0433-5742286
Address: Paektu Mountain
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 days
Featured in 2025 Asia 100 – Best Things to Do
Highlights:
360° viewing platform with a panoramic view of Changbai Mountain
Panoramic view of Changbai Mountain
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The scenery is beautiful, the primeval forest is a natural oxygen bar, and the Jinjiang cabin is very comfortable to stay in. The experience is very good. It is a good place for summer leisure and vacation. I highly recommend it to everyone.
Changbai Mountain is beautiful, with breathtaking scenery. Free buses (numbers 1, 2, and 3) run directly from the high-speed rail station to the scenic area entrance. The visitor center offers free luggage storage. Corn is 5 yuan per head, instant noodles are 15 yuan per bowl, and ginseng milk is 20 yuan per cup. Grilled cold noodles are 15 yuan per portion, and grilled sweet potatoes are 20 yuan each.
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Jingyue Lake
4.6
/5
6820 reviews
7.9
From NZD 17.13
Based on 195 reviews
University-city/Jingyuetan | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0431-84518000
Address: No. 5840, Jingyue Street, Jingyue Economic Development Zone, Changchun City
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
No.2 of Family-Friendly Attractions in Jilin
Highlights:
17-mile lakeside cycling & nature
Fall foliage in coniferous forests
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My bag is filled with the spring of the north, and the snow and wind turn the journey into a warm dust.
The moonlight over Songjiang shines on the mountain roads, and the smoke-filled streets and alleys warm the traveler's dreams.
Let us trust that good luck will temporarily bring us back to Changchun, where spring will return.
This farewell is not a thousand miles away, but we will surely meet again on a beautiful day.
—We will meet again someday, and all the mountains and seas will be warm✨
Jilin will soon find its auspicious beginnings, and Changchun will eventually return to its eternal spring.
The wind and snow of Changbai Mountain leave scars on my heart, and the waves of Songjiang River surge in my memory of my old friends.
Let us not ask how far the mountains and rivers are from now on, but share a golden cup with the clouds and moon.
Our reunion will surely bring new joys, laughter filling the streets and the wine still warm.
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Movie Wonderland
4.1
/5
5869 reviews
7.2
From NZD 11.42
Based on 143 reviews
University-city/Jingyuetan | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0431-84550888
Address: Intersection of Jingyue Street and Yongshun Road, Jingyue National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Changchun City
Recommended sightseeing time: 5-6 hours
No.3 of Family-Friendly Attractions in Jilin
Highlights:
Next to Jingyue National Forest Park
Summer lights beautify Changchun nights
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The night show is more interesting. Tickets are checked in at 16:30 and there will be NPC interactions at the entrance. The Shanhaijing Wonderful Night Show starts at 19:30, and there will be singing and interactive activities at the front to warm up the audience. If you want a good seat, enter early to get a seat. Remember to bring a raincoat because there will be a rain spray session. Umbrellas are sold on site for 35, which is too expensive.
Before going, I read the reviews and didn't buy daytime tickets, only the night show. I found the venue quite small and the equipment quite old. The evening show was quite good, and the fireworks were beautiful. But why are there discounts for children and college students, but not for middle and high school students? These children get discounts elsewhere, so why are children and adults priced the same here?
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Palace Museum of The Manchurian Regime
4.6
/5
5487 reviews
7.2
From NZD 190.24
Based on 125 reviews
Manchukuo palace / Xintiandi Area | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0431-82866611
Address: No. 5, Guangfu North Road, Kuancheng District, Changchun City
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
Highlights:
Show 1889 American steam locomotive
Japanese garden & underground bunker
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The Puppet Manchuria Palace Museum is located at No. 5 Guangfu North Road, Changchun City. It is a palace site museum built on the former site of the Puppet Manchuria Palace. It is a national tourist attraction. The Puppet Manchu Palace Museum was once the palace of the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Aixinjuelo Puyi, who lived here from 1932 to 1945. Now here restores the environment where Fu Yi once lived and worked, displaying a large number of historical materials and cultural relics, so that people can understand the first half of the last emperor and the incriminating evidence of the Japanese army in China. Enter the gate of the museum, you can first see the imperial racecourse and flower gardens that Fuyi used to have. Going east is the main building complex. The palace can be divided into the outside court for political activities and the daily life is the two parts of the inner court. Now it is opened as the Puppet Manchu Palace Exhibition Hall and the Puppet Manchu Palace Exhibition Hall. The palace is the place where the funeral service handles government affairs. The main buildings are Qinmin Building, Huaiyuan Building, Jiale Palace. Qinmin Building is the place where the funeral service is located. Among them, Jixi Building is the residence of Puyi and Queen Wanrong. It is the daily living place. Tongde Palace is the residence of the "Fugui". Jianxi Building is also known as the Bedroom Palace. During the pseudo-full period, Puyi and his "houfei" Wanrong and Yuling lived here. Qinmin Building is a two-story square circle building, with a square patio in the middle, connecting the north and south gates, and Chengguang Gate in the south. The south house on the east side of Chengguangmen is the direct office of Jigang Anzhi, the "Emperor Room Royal Hang" for the Japanese imperialists to control Puyi directly. The southeast of the second floor is the main hall, that is, the Qinmin Hall, the southwest is the west side hall, the west is the health hall, and the north is the hall. Qinmin Building is the place where the funeral service is located, and you can see the imperial costumes of the time. Huaiyuan Building is a two-story blue brick building, which is the place where the funeral service is sacrificed to the ancestors. Tongde Palace is the Japanese for Fuyi and his concubines designed and built a palace integrating office, government affairs, residence and entertainment, is the largest building in the Puppet Manchu Palace. To express the same heart and morality as the Japanese colonial rulers, the temple on the roof of the wadang and dripping water burned the word "dexin". Tongde Temple is named after this. Tongde Garden is a Japanese garden style garden designed by Japanese garden teacher Satoku. The garden is lined with movement and static, and it is a place for Fuyi and its "hou concubine" to rest and entertain. The Houdong Royal Garden built an air defense basement, and built a "Jianguo Temple" dedicated to the ancestors of the Japanese royal family, "Tianzhao Great God", in the original riding field. The Painting and Calligraphy Building is a small two-story building, and the good ancient books brought by Puyi from the Forbidden City in Beijing, the famous paintings and calligraphy of the past generations, and the precious cultural relics of the Qing Palace are stored here. When the fake full fall funeral funeral home fled the fake full palace, for easy carrying, carefully selected the most precious collection 57 boxes, all shipped to Tonghua big chestnut ditch, the remaining part was lost.
Visiting the Puppet Manchurian Palace Museum gives people a complex historical feeling. The museum was originally the Puppet Manchurian Palace Palace, and a large number of historical relics and cultural information have been retained. When entering the museum, the first thing I feel is the heavy sense of history. The architectural style, furnishings and exhibits of the palace make people feel the special atmosphere of that period. From the perspective of the exhibits, they are not only artworks, but also symbols and historical testimony of the times. Especially the display of the pseudo-Manchukuo period gives a strong shock, and the special time and complex political background in history make people reflect on the pain and regret of history. The layout inside and outside the palace also gives a sense of the political atmosphere and the symbol of the emperor's identity during that period. In some exhibition areas, you can see the literature, clothing, daily necessities related to the Japanese occupation period, and almost every exhibit tells a complicated historical story. In general, visiting the Puppet Manchuria Palace Museum is not only a retrospective of history, but also a deep understanding and reflection of the culture, politics and history of that era. Every step of the way seems to be passing through history, feeling the unusual atmosphere of that period.
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Changchun Zoological And Botanical Park
4.5
/5
1295 reviews
7.0
From NZD 7.14
Based on 66 reviews
Changchun Animal and Plant Park / Northeast Normal University | >100 km from downtown
Phone 18186849692
Address: No. 2121, Freedom Road, Nanguan District, Changchun City
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
No.1 of Night Attractions in Jilin
Highlights:
Panoramic view of Changchun's center
Panoramic view of Changchun center
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Changchun Zoological and Botanical Park, located in Nanguan District, Changchun City, Jilin Province, covers 74 hectares, including 8.8 hectares of water surface and 0.8 hectares of built space. A specialized park with its primary social functions as a conservation and exhibition center, it also serves as a wildlife science education and promotion platform, providing conservation education, research, earthquake macroscopic observation, and recreational activities.
Changchun Zoological and Botanical Park was originally built in 1938 during the Japanese occupation of Changchun. Known as the "Xinjing Zoological and Botanical Garden," it was also commonly known as the "Tiger Park" or the "Nanling Zoo," and was known as "Asia's No. 1 Park."
When Japan surrendered in 1945, all of the park's lions, tigers, and other large predators were poisoned and killed. Other animals, lacking care, starved to death. During the Kuomintang occupation of Changchun, the park became a training ground for its troops, destroying its facilities and trees. The once-thriving park was reduced to a ruin of broken walls and overgrown weeds.
I came to Changchun specifically to watch Snow Monkey and Tang Monk. I didn't expect there would be so many people at the Monday night show. Snow Monkey is the most popular. The performance is great, each performance is well connected, and the actors are very dedicated. It is worth coming.
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Yanji Dinosaur Kingdom
4.5
/5
761 reviews
6.9
From NZD 56.60
Korean Folk Village/ Yanji Dinosaur Kingdom | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0433-5018666
Address: 吉林省延边朝鲜族自治州延吉市龙翔街1520号
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
No.5 of Family-Friendly Attractions in Jilin
Highlights:
Dinosaur Museum: Abundant family-friendly activities
Enjoy Korean cuisine in the Korean Cultural District
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This is a great place to take older children. We first watched the Korean musical "Flowers Never Fade." The indoor attractions tend to be crowded, while the outdoor attractions are more suitable for adults and young adults. Fortunately, there's no age limit for electric vehicles in the park. Driving them around and riding the Ferris wheel were fun. We spent the entire afternoon there, but because taxis are hard to come by, we left before the lights came on.
The service attitude of the park staff is very good, more warm than Disney, the projects inside are also OK, I went there on Monday, off-peak travel and there was not much queue, the ticket is worth it
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Liudingshan Cultural Tourism Area
4.4
/5
2276 reviews
6.8
From NZD 23.78
>100 km from downtown
Phone 0433-6688330
Address: Dunhua, Yanbian, Jilin, China
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Highlights:
360° platform for panoramic views
View Dunhua from Buddha's feet
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It was raining heavily when we went there, so we were lucky enough to get a vegetarian meal in the dining hall. The guide was very good at explaining things, greeting other colleagues warmly along the way, and always picking up trash. Thumbs up to her 👍 However, the 110 yuan ticket price was a bit too expensive. The main attraction is the Big Buddha at the top of the mountain. There are some regular temple halls at the foot of the mountain, but the rest of the area is just like a park.
Liudingshan Cultural Tourism Area is a tourist attraction worth visiting. The environment is clean and the staff are warm and thoughtful. I was very impressed. Both the natural scenery and cultural landscapes made me feel happy and relaxed.
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Changbai Mountain Devils Drifting
4.0
/5
251 reviews
6.8
From NZD 7.38
Chibei Area | >100 km from downtown
Address: 吉林省延边朝鲜族自治州安图县吉林省魔界风景区西门
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
No.6 of Family-Friendly Attractions in Jilin
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The price/performance ratio is very high and economical. After taking the photo, the staff contacted us immediately to inform us of the precautions, etc. However, this rafting is only suitable for the elderly and children. It lasts about 30 minutes, the water flow is gentle, the scenery is beautiful, and it is a Buddhist rafting.
There is not much to say about this time. We didn’t drift enough, so we came for a second trip. The main reason was that the kids liked it. It is suitable for both young and old. We even saw a little squirrel 🐿. The friends who drifted with us were also very awesome. We didn’t have to paddle at all. It was all thanks to everyone, haha.
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Tianding Mountain Tourism Town
4.7
/5
47 reviews
6.7
>100 km from downtown
Phone 400/800:4000967799
Address: 长春市二道区天定山旅游度假小镇
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
No.3 of Night Attractions in Jilin
Highlights:
Colorful Fun on the Rainbow Slide
Feeding gentle deer at Deer Park
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Tianding Mountain has beautiful scenery. The ski resort is very fun. The package is not expensive. The front desk service is also very good. The introduction is also very detailed. I plan to camp at the top of the mountain when I have time. It is a very suitable place for entertainment.
The scenery of Tianding Mountain is very nice. I spent a day at the ski resort. The activities were very fun and exciting. The package was 78 yuan per person. The front desk service attitude was also very good. The introduction was also very detailed. I am very satisfied. I plan to camp at the top of the mountain when I have time.
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Changchun Film Studio
4.7
/5
1415 reviews
6.7
From NZD 21.41
Based on 29 reviews
Hongqi Street/Wanda Plaza | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0431-89236888
Address: No. 1118, Intersection of Hongqi Street and Huxi Road, Chaoyang District, Changchun City
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
Highlights:
Over 900 film locations explored
70 years of Chinese cinema
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Changchun's attractions are all very concentrated. The Changchun Film Studio is divided into a free part and a paid part. If you are not a movie fan or are interested in the history of movies, you can just visit the free part. There are some things that ordinary people don't understand. There are also many things on display in the cinema corridor.
It has created, shot and translated more than 3,600 films of various types and supplied more than 2,000 film talents of various types to the whole country... Founded in 1945, Changchun Film Studio is known as the "Cradle of New China's Film."
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