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yangshu Says: The monument is located in the center point of People Square, which was built in 1945 to memorize the Red Army liberated manchuria from Japanese. The statue on the top is a airplane, and as far as I know that there are several ones in main cities in northeast China, such as...
Last emperor and his wives at Manchuria palace
RoseAmano Says: Pu Yi married at only 16 years old. His first wife, an empress of Manchuria was Wan Jung. The second wife was Wen Hsin. Wan became an opium addict. He did not care about them. Wan was lonely and her grief drove her mad. Wen the consort got away from him, and divorced....
Palace of the Puppet Emperor and His biography
RoseAmano Says: Maybe you already have watched the movie “Last Emperor”. As you know, Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi was the last emperor of China. He was born in 1906. He lived a stormy life and he has succeeded to the throne at only three years old in 1908. He became the emperor three times. In 1911...
Merijn Says: One of the few attractions in Changchun, the Palace of the puppet emperor is where Pu Yi, the disposed last emperor of China lived when he was appointed 'emperor' of Manchukuo by the Japanese during their occupation of the North East of China in the 1930's. The palace was...
4 Reviews and 431 Opinions It's a nice hotel consistent with Shangri-La standards. The fitness club (pool, dance studio,...
1 Review and 26 Opinions Three-star but not extravagant, but extremely comfortable. Standard rooms between Y24 and 280 are...
RoseAmano Says: This beer brand is Haden beer, from a Danish-Chinese partnership. Northeastern China beers in general tends to be less bitter and easy to drink if you are not a heavy drinker. The chingensai bokchoy vegetable are with meat and miso sauce, and the noodles are a type of...
Indian Kitchen: Authentic Indian food in Changchun!
moderntime Says: It's -25 degrees Celsius in Changchun, and you're sick of eating hot pot. What to do? Warm up with some authentically Indian curry at Changchun's best (and only) Indian restaurant!This is the Changchun branch of a Chinese franchise chain. The cooks here are from both the...
Sorabol Restaurant: Korean Cuisine at the Renmin Square
ahoerner Says: Korean restaurant located in Jilin Hotel in the Renmin Square. Most dishes are based on meat and spicy Korean seasonings, which is prepared on the table under request.The restaurant has a nice atmosphere divided in many large dining rooms and some private ones. Tasty Korean...
Ferry Port Bar 渡口酒吧: Live music and film posters
moderntime Says: The Ferry Port Bar is a local neighborhood bar in the Guilin Lu area. The decor is pretty interesting--some of the walls are covered in small film posters ranging from your usual Hollywood films to more obscure, independent films. Towards the front of the bar the tables have...
San Marco Bar: Have a Corona, enjoy the band
JCtheEE Says: The San Marco bar became my goto spot after the Mayflower closed for renovations. The friendly, talented Phillipine band played music that got the crowd on its feet and even allowed an amateur like myself to join them for a song. The staff was friendly(after my departure I...
Let's ride on the train to anywhere from here!
RoseAmano Says: We do not speak Chinese, so we had to ordered Chinese travel agency to get the train ticket from Japan. Now we go to Harbin from Changchun by train. About two and half hours.How to ride on trainFirstly, you go into the station and check the ticket to enter waiting room.There...
Merijn Says: A very cheap way to get around in Changchun is by bus (only 1 yuan per ride). However, this works best if you can read Mandarin and are a bit familiar with the city. You could try to ask other people to help you choose which bus to take, but I wouldn't recommend that. Just...
Merijn Says: The most convenient way of transportation within Changchun is (like most other cities in China) by taxi. They are quite cheap (usually ranging from 5 - 15 RMB) and available as soon as you raise your hand. In Changchun almost every taxi is a dark red Volkswagen Jetta. (These...
Shopping locations just outside Shangri-La Hotel
RoseAmano Says: You may find shops for international top brands (same prices as international standard), a Wanda Shopping Mall and a Wal-Mart's supermarket among others. There are Chinese souveniers at the retail outlets in these shops, and also Russian-imported goods shops are also found...
China Haoyue: Want some beefs?
ahoerner Says: This is a tip if you live actually in town, because a tourist will never be interested in a place where you can buy good quality meat.Well, this is the best place to buy meat for barbecue or for daily homecook meals...
ahoerner Says: This is another fascinating transportation vehicle widely used in China. They are used to carry almost everything and they are found just where you do not expect it: right in the middle of the streets, of course... As bicycles have the same status as cars, buses and trucks...
yangshu Says: Changchun, the city of auto, has a large number of cars runing on the street and a large number of dangerous drivers too. The texi drivers in Changchun do not like to step the brake and rush to the walkers on the road as if they did not see them. The new drivers always...
Histrical pictures of Changchun
RoseAmano Says: I bought the picture postcard at Pu Yi's puppet palace. These are old pictures of changchun over 60 years before when here was under Japanese rule. It was indeed a beautiful city as my father told to me. The picture of yoshino cho, near here my grand father's office was...
60 years passed... he came here again
RoseAmano Says: He is my father. In 1935 he was born in here. He lived here for over 10 years until that WW2 has finished. His family were repatriated from China after the war at the risk of their life. In the evacuated way actually he faced to very dangerous situation with Soviet union...
Automobile Manufacturing Base of China
RoseAmano Says: Now the Chinese automobile manufacturing increasing their production volume every year. see the web site of the biggest Chinese vehicle manufacture "FAW"=(First Automobile Work) http://www.faw.com/webcontent/index.htm I was surprised at the sales volume , over 1 million...
Former Japan Kanto Military Faction Admin. HQ
RoseAmano Says: Where is here? Maybe It’s looks like typical Japanese castle town. Actually here is China.This building is Former Japan Kanto Military Faction Admin. HQ. When my father was child, his impression about Kanto military was scared in 1940’s. Sometimes the children was forced to...
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Capital of Manchuria - It all began as a 30-day business trip in January 2004... tight schedule, lots of work and almost no time to travel around, so I’ve focused in knowing Changchun in my free time. I knew however I would...
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Q: Which is the better hotel in Changchun? Shangri-La or Noble? Would appreciate your advice.
A: i'm currently in chang chun . Shangri-la is much better than Nobel.that's for sure. welcome to chang chun. have a nice trip! my email is Heather_lau333@hotmail.com in...
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It all began as a 30-day business trip in January 2004... tight schedule, lots of work and almost no time to travel around, so I’ve focused in knowing Changchun in my free time. I knew however I would...
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Changchun, city of eternal spring, as the name translates, is forever linked to the pathetic, melancholic Aixin "Henry" Puyi, last Qing emperor, and from 1932 to 1945 puppet emperor of the Japanese......
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Changchun, capital of Manchuria during the 2nd WW
I heard my father was born in Changchun. He said the city was very beautiful. The streets ware lined with neat rows of stores and houses. So I was always thinking that someday I will come here with...
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This place should be called 长冬(long winter) instead od 长春 (long spring). Chinese love asking if it's so cold in your country too. To their susprise, it is, almost. To my......
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Changchun - City of Eternal Spring
Changchun, today the large capital of Jilin Province, is a relatively new city with only 200 years of history. It was originally founded by emperor Jiaqing of the Qing dynasty around 1800 as a small...
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