Jilin Attractions Jilinwula
Jilin lies in northeast China, on the border with Russia and North Korea, between 121°38'-131°17'E and 40°52'-46°18'N.
The province is called ''Jilinwula'' in Manchurian, which means ''along the Song-hua River''. Around 30 ethnic minorities, including Koreans, Hui, Manchurians and Mongols, live here.
Jilin takes in parts of the fertile Manchurian plains belonging to the catchment area of the Soghuajiang, the most important river in the province, and also part of the East Manchurian wooded mountain areas.
The continental climate brings long cold winters and short summers. The temperature regularly falls below zero on as many as 240 days each year. Most of the rainfall, which decreases as one goes west, occurs between May and September.
The province, which was founded in 1907, formed part of the puppet state of Manchuguo after the Japanese occupation. In 1945 Russian troops marched into Jilin, followed by Chinese nationalists, who were subsequently driven out by the Communists in 1948.
There is a wide-ranging industrial base supported by rich mineral reserves (coal, slate, iron, copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold).
Agricultural products include soya beans, maize, sugar-beet, kauliang, rice, sorghum and millet. Timber (27 per cent of the province is forested) and furs are also important.
The province is called ''Jilinwula'' in Manchurian, which means ''along the Song-hua River''. Around 30 ethnic minorities, including Koreans, Hui, Manchurians and Mongols, live here.
Jilin takes in parts of the fertile Manchurian plains belonging to the catchment area of the Soghuajiang, the most important river in the province, and also part of the East Manchurian wooded mountain areas.
The continental climate brings long cold winters and short summers. The temperature regularly falls below zero on as many as 240 days each year. Most of the rainfall, which decreases as one goes west, occurs between May and September.
The province, which was founded in 1907, formed part of the puppet state of Manchuguo after the Japanese occupation. In 1945 Russian troops marched into Jilin, followed by Chinese nationalists, who were subsequently driven out by the Communists in 1948.
There is a wide-ranging industrial base supported by rich mineral reserves (coal, slate, iron, copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold).
Agricultural products include soya beans, maize, sugar-beet, kauliang, rice, sorghum and millet. Timber (27 per cent of the province is forested) and furs are also important.
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