Songyuan City

A Songnen Plain city known for the winter fishing at Chagan Lake, where you can watch traditional fishing and hunting scenes, with Mongol culture as a bonus.

Songyuan City lies in northwestern Jilin Province, on the Songnen Plain, where the Nen and Songhua rivers meet. It includes Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County. The best-known attraction is Chagan Lake, where winter ice fishing continues a traditional fishing-and-hunting way of life in spectacular fashion; in summer you can enjoy wetland scenery around the lake. The winter fishing usually takes place from late December to January. The city has rail links to Changchun and other places, and there is also Songyuan Chagan Lake Airport.

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