The Chinese city of Hunchun is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Jilin Province: in a place where the borders of China, Russia and North Korea meet. From Manchurian, the city's name is translated as "The End of the River."
Recently, Hunchun began to develop extremely rapidly: construction of high-class hotels and whole hotel complexes is underway, infrastructure, economy and trade are continuing to develop. Now Hunchun can easily be called a popular health resort and a tourist center due to low prices for medical services - their excellent quality.
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How to get here
It is most convenient to get to Hunchun from the village of Slavyanka, which is located in the south of Primorsky Krai and is connected by regular bus routes with Vladivostok and Ussuri. From Slavyanka to Hunchun twice a day there are regular buses, a visa can be made directly on the Chinese border, there is also an opportunity to buy local currency. In addition, there are shuttle buses directly from Vladivostok and Ussuriysk, which also can get to Hunchun.
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Transport
The beginning of the 1990s was marked by a big event for Hunchun: the Jilin Provincial Government agreed to build a railway branch and a motorway leading to the city .The railway line connected Hunchun with Mahalino station, which is located on the Ussuriisk-Hasan branch, 41 km before the station of Hasan .With the North Korean town of Wonchon, Hunchun is connected by a bridge built as far back as 1938, and in 2010 the bridge was included in the infrastructure modernization program .Rason, signed between the governments of the PRC and North Korea .Hunchun stands at the intersection of important strategic trade routes both on land and at sea - they connect the city with North Korea, Japan, North America and Europe .From here direct flights to the ports of Najin (North Korea), Sokcho (South Korea), the port of Zarubino, Niigata (Japan) .
Climate
The climate in Hunchun is monsoon sea. And, despite the fact that there are no seas in the city itself, its proximity brings numerous winds. The whole year here is quite warm: the average temperature does not drop below +5 ° C. Summer is rainy, winter is dry.
Shopping
Hunchun - a great place for shopping: the prices here are slightly higher than in neighboring Suifenhe, but the goods of higher quality .Due to the fact that the city stands at the border, there are many Korean shops and even a whole Korean street along which they are located .Bargaining is appropriate everywhere, it does not matter whether it is a street store or a company store .Here you will find a large number of clothing stores and products for children .In addition, in optics "Boshilun" you can order glasses, and for motorists a shop "Auto parts" Dawn ".In Hunchun you can find everything from a cheap cell phone to a chic chandelier .This cozy and quiet city is a wonderful place, where many tourists who have visited here are sure to return .
Cafes and restaurants
In the center of Hunchun there are many restaurants, and the variety is amazing. Here in every corner, on every street you can find a place to have a bite or even a good lunch. Of course, there are enough restaurants in the city where traditional Chinese and Korean cuisine is cooked, many fish restaurants and restaurants of different cuisines of the world. Interesting restaurants are self-catering, where visitors can prepare their own meals.
In recent years, many cozy cafes have appeared around the city, where you can sit and have a cup of coffee. In addition, there is a large selection of shops selling sweets.
Recreation and treatment
Many go to Hunchun to improve their health - including the very popular local dentistry, which is pleasantly pleased with the perfect combination of price and quality. In the city there are many dental clinics, among which you still have to choose. True, most employees do not speak Russian, so it's reasonable to use the services of an interpreter.
There is a wonderful outpatient clinic in Hunchun, opened by the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine: here every patient can be diagnosed by a gynecologist, urologist and cardiologist, and then, depending on the results, receive a course of treatment.
A variety of beauty salons in the city is amazing: in Hunchun you can make a variety of suspenders, tattooing or photoepilation.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions
The excursion program that can offer in Hunchun, albeit not as diverse as in the major cities of China, but here too there is something to see. The main attractions of Hunchun: Buddhist temple; Lin Bao Monastery; European street; Lake Lotos; reserve "Peski"; the Tumen River; resort village "Shinsheng"; The Park of Lovers.
The city was named after the river of the same name, running down from the mountain of Senlin, at the foot of which are the natural reserves of Fanchuan and Jingxin, where the Ussuri tigers dwell. At the top of the mountain is the Buddhist monastery of Lin Bao, where you can see a giant statue of a recumbent Buddha, admire the stone forest and take a boat ride along the canal.
In the summer, it is very interesting to visit the Peski reserve, located at the very border with Russia. Here you can see how the wind creates bizarre patterns of sand brought here by the Tumadjiang River. And not far from the city is the resort village "Shinsheng", where there is a swimming pool, a paintball field and a lake for fishing. Caught fish will be cooked right in your sight. Children will also like it here, especially the opportunity to ride horses and donkeys.
In the southern part of Hunchun there is a large "Lovers' Park", which can easily be seen from the installation installed in it in the form of two big hearts. The park is considered an obligatory stop of any wedding procession, like the photos of the bride and groom against the background of hearts.