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Astronomy Peak

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Closed Today Open tomorrow at 06:30-16:00
Recommended sightseeing time:0.5 hour
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Astronomy Peak, Antu, Yanbian, ChinaMap
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20230708 afternoon (North Slope): 1. "Astronomical Peak" is located in the "Changbai Mountain" of the scenic spot of 5A, which is the peak reached by Tianchi on the north slope. Changbai Mountain is a world-famous dormant volcano, is one of the "China's top ten famous mountains", "the first mountain in northeast China", is also the border mountain between China and North Korea, the top of the 16 peaks of the 9 seats in China, and the highest peak "General Peak" (altitude 2,691 meters) including the 7 seats in North Korea. Changbai Mountain was first seen in the "Shanhaijing" more than 4,000 years ago, that is, the fairy mountain. The famous "Tianchi" on the top of the mountain is the largest, deepest and highest crater lake in the world after the eruption of the volcano. It is the source of the Songhua River. One of the world's three major gold water sources, it is also the birthplace of the female true family, is regarded as the holy mountain of the dragon vein by the Jin Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was banned and protected for more than 200 years, the Qing emperor often came to Changbai Mountain to worship and left poetry, history left Nurhachi, Qing Kangxi Emperor, Qianlong Emperor, Jiaqing Emperor, The footprints of celebrities such as Dao Guangdi, Fan Zhongyan, Du Fu, Xin Qiji, Xu Xiake, Deng Xiaoping, and others, also served as the base of the Northeast Anti-Japanese League during the Anti-Japanese War, and Yang Jingyu and other anti-Japanese national heroes emerged. The scenic area is rich in animal and plant resources, is a filming place for many film and television dramas, integrating viewing, skiing and hot springs, divided into three lines of north slope, west slope and south slope, which are not connected to each other in Changbai Mountain, and belong to the three independent sub-scenes of Changbai Mountain Scenic Area. The north slope contains 6 areas: Tianchi, "Changbai Waterfall", "Xiaotianchi", "Lvyuantan", "Underground Forest", "Mammoth Theme Park". ① Address: Interchange of Baishan Avenue and Erdao Baihe Street, Antu County, Jilin Province (Visitor Distribution Center of Changbaishan North Scenic Area). ② Transportation: No bus, driving is very good. ③ peak season: the warmest summer, you can see the azalea sea and the iris in June. ④ Duration: 6 hours. ⑤ Note: make an appointment as soon as possible, if you enter the park too late, you can't go all the landscapes; Try to find sunny weather to avoid the cloudy and foggy sky can not see the Tianchi. 2. The Beipo Distribution Center sends a direct train to the scenic spot at 8:30 every morning, and will directly cross the entrance of the Beipo Scenic Area to reach the transfer center in the scenic area. The journey is 44 kilometers and it takes 1 hour. The ticket plus tickets total 224 yuan. Private cars cannot enter the scenic spot. The shuttle bus at the transfer center can go to Tianchi and Changbai Waterfall in 2 directions. It is recommended that which side of the queue people go to which side first. There is no shuttle bus directly connected in the 2 directions, and you need to take back to the transfer center and then change the car. 3. Tianchi needs to be transferred to a small van at the transfer center, and the ticket is 80 yuan to buy another. The van goes directly to the "Astronomical Peak" on the top of the mountain along the winding road. Tianchi such as sapphire and blue sky and white clouds, beautiful, the surface area of 9.82 square kilometers, the circumference 13.1 kilometers, every year from mid-June to early December thaw, the water is full of unique rainbow trout. The top of the mountain is windy, although the temperature is not low, it will feel a little cold, but as long as it is sunny, short sleeves can not be frozen, if the cloud can not see the Tianchi, can wait for the clouds to open the fog, because the weather becomes fast when the wind is strong. The 16 peaks on the top of Changbai Mountain are "Tianchi Fishing Stick" and Liu Jianfeng, the pioneer of the Xinhai Revolution, is in Qingguangxu 32

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