13 Facts About Jilin City

Jilin City, alternately romanized as Kirin, is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin province in northeast China.

Jilin City is known as the River City because of the Songhua River surrounding much of the city.

Mighty river fleets were built and sailed several times from Jilin City, getting the chieftains of the local tribes to swear allegiance to the Ming rulers.

The nickname of Jilin City is River City, which originates from one sentence "" of a poem written by Kangxi Emperor when he was visiting Jilin City in 1682.

Jilin City retained its importance into the 18th and 19th century as one of the few cities existing beyond the Willow Palisade, along with Tsitsihar, Ninguta and Mukden.

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Jilin City became the provincial capital of Jilin City Province after the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, until Changchun took this position in 1956.

Jilin City, which is located in central Jilin Province spanning from 125° 40' to 127° 56' E longitude and 42° 31' to 44° 40' N latitude.

Jilin City is situated in a hilly area near the Songhua River.

Jilin City has a four-season, monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate.

Jilin City was one of the worst-hit regions in China by rain and landslides in the 2010 summer China floods.

Three soldiers of the People's Liberation Army in Jilin City drowned after working to remove the barrels and control the flooding.

Jilin City is a popular destination for tourists to come each winter to view the magnificent rime ice on trees along the banks of the Songhua River, (the river is the only river in the region that does not freeze in winter).

Winter sports in Jilin City are full of interests, such as skiing, skating, sledding, snowboarding, and winter swim.