Overview

Siping City, located in the hinterland of Songliao Plain, east to the branch of Changbai Mountains and west to Inner Mongolia Ke’erqin Grassland, is the South Gate of Jilin Province. The city covers an area of 14080 km2 with a population of 3.3 million. During the period of China Revolutionary War, the famous and successful Siping War was broken out here. Therefore, the city is named Hero City, which is famous far and near.

The mountains in Siping City are beautiful and exquisite. Hada Summit of Changbai Mountains connects all the mountains, which looks complex and steep.

Siping City, enjoying longstanding history, possesses precious cultural relics and natural sights combining grace and glory. Mountain Gate Tourist Resort, the Half Open Mountain Gate, Yehenala Ancient City and Yitong Volcano Group are the most famous tourist resorts in Siping City. The history of the city is closely linked to the rise and decline of Qing Dynasty. Xiaocigao Empress, the mother of Hongtaiji (the first emperor of Qing Dynasty), and Cixi Empress Mother in the Late Qing Dynasty are both born in this ancient city. Hence, the Hometown of Two Queens, another name of the city, is spread out.

There are unique volcano terrain resources. Yitong Volcano Group, situated in Yitong Manchu Autonomous County, is the only treasury of modern volcano data. 16 grand, continuous and cliffy volcanoes rise and fall, which would be erupting. All these are rare volcano terrain in the world. There are quantities of limestone terrains in Mountain Gate Tourist Resort. Stalactite, stalagmite and with southwest corrosion hole feature can be seen everywhere. It is also the good choice for the tourists to go away for the summer in Erlang Villa, Mountain Gate Reservoir, Zhuanshan Lake, Xiashantai Flat and Double Dragons Lake etc. on the outskirts of the city.