Ji'an Travel Guide

 ellyse Says:  Admission 30 RMB, no student price. However here we found no one on duty except a watchman and we persuaded him to let us in at half price -- no tickets issued as a trade-off. Mistakenly assuming that we were Korean (the main nationality of tourists visiting Ji'an's sights),... 

 ellyse Says:  Tombs with murals drawn on the walls and ceilings inside them. Only one tomb -- no.5 -- is open to visitors, the rest are closed for preservation purposes.The guide explained the murals very well in Chinese, which added tremendously to our enjoyment, or at least my own. He... 

 ellyse Says:  Just some old sections of city walls around town, looking very out-of-place. 

 ellyse Says:  This's a park in the middle of town with some excavations, however those looked more like potholes ready for planting trees in... :P It's a good place to go and see local people and kids having simple fun like sliding down on their butts (with plastic bags under them) from... 

 ellyse Says:  This's supposedly the trump attraction out of all these sights, but sadly we (2.5 out of 4 of us, actually) opted not to buy the admission ticket and go in as we were tired of seeing "so many random piles of stones". On hindsight we probably really should've gone in,... 

 ellyse Says:  The stele is in a glass structure, but we were allowed to go in, and there was a guide explaining in Chinese. Not sure about English. No photos permitted within the glass structure though.The tomb was locked, but a guard came running up with the keys to open it when he saw... 

 yangshu Says:  on the way to yunfeng dam, i look across the yalu river, on the other side, the north korean side, there is a small station. it is very quiet without any people and a green train stay there quietly. that is a charming place which only the state, north korean can keep it. 

 yangshu Says:  it is a pyramid-like tomb where bury a Koguryo king, hao tai wang. 

 yangshu Says:  look down from the yunfeng dam, you will see a northern korea lamber factory. on the ground, a group of workers or soldiers is sitting on the wooden chair in order. they have a everyday meeting which is very important to there life. 

 ellyse Says:  There's a small mom-and-pop local restaurant at the southwest corner of Shengli Xilu and Dongsheng Jie selling so-so Korean cold noodles and Korean bibimbap (no meat) for very reasonable prices, 5 RMB each. The bibimbap with squid is 10 RMB is very salty, so be warned! The... 

 ellyse Says:  We had dinner in a BBQ restaurant on Dongsheng Jie. I think there're also usually many more similar restaurants around, but not in winter. 

 ellyse Says:  If you speak Chinese, you can call directly the driver we hired (sorry, we didn't even get his name!) at the number provided below.Otherwise, I'm sure the reception staff of Lu Ming Hotel would be happy to hook you up.Another trip report I read on another website mentioned... 

 ellyse Says:  In case anyone is interested in seeing one of the local wet markets, we found one on a side street running east from Dongsheng Jie, east side of Guo Nei City Park. 

 ellyse Says:  Guo Nei City Park is a good place to go and see local people and kids having simple fun like sliding down on their butts (with plastic bags under them) from the piles of snow.