Why visit Yanji
Townapedia lists 52 museums and landmarks, 46 parks and trails, 101 places to eat, 49 places to stay and 7 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Yanbian University of Science and Technology, Yanbian Museum, 延边博物馆 and Mao'ershan National Forest Park.
Weather in Yanji
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About Yanji
Yanji (Chinese: 延吉; Korean: 연길 Yŏn'gil; alternately romanized as Yenki or Yenji) is a county-level city in the east of China's Jilin Province, and is the seat of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Yanji City is located in the eastern part of Jilin Province. It is the seat of the government of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and the political, economic and cultural center of the entire autonomous prefecture. Its population is approximately 400,000 of which a significant portion is ethnic Korean.
From the Wikipedia article Yanji (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Yanji on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do7
Yanbian University of Science and Technology
School · 4.6 km
Private university in the autonomous region Yanbian
Museums and landmarks52
Yanbian Museum
Museum · 7.0 km
Museum in Jilin, People's Republic of China
40 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds46
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Mao'ershan National Forest Park
Park · 3.7 km
Forest park in Yanji, China
34 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes101
味先生温面冷面 맛선생온면랭면
Restaurant · Korean · 3.1 km
127 局子街, 延边朝鲜族自治州
89 more on the map.
History
Yanji and its environs were largely unpopulated until the 1800s when Qing dynasty rulers of China began to encourage migration there from China proper as part of its Chuang Guandong policy to populate Manchuria in an effort to stem encroaching Russian expansion.
The city was the seat of Jiandao Province in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo from 1934 to 1943. In 1943, the city itself was renamed Jiandao (Chientao) and made a part of the Dongman Consolidated Province (东满总省).
Following World War II, the city (again called Yanji) was nominally part of a new Songjiang Province but with the communist seizure of power in 1949, Sonjiang's borders were changed and Yanji became part of Jilin Province.
Yanji is now part of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, which is situated in eastern Jilin. Yanji City is centrally located, surrounded by five other county-level cities and two rural counties (see map); it is the administrative seat of the prefecture.
From the History section of Yanji on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay49
James Joyce Coffetel (Yanji Department Store)
Motel and hotel · 2.1 km
855 局子街 국자거리
Churches and places of worship18
Shopping35
Gas and EV charging28
Schools, colleges and libraries78
Healthcare35
Map of Yanji
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Getting there and nearby towns
Yanji Chaoyangchuan International Airport (YNJ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 4 km away.
- Longjing 15 km southwest, about 15 min by car
- Chang’an 21 km northeast, about 21 min by car
- Tumen 29 km east, about 29 min by car
- Wangqing 52 km northeast, about 52 min by car
- Antu 54 km northwest, about 54 min by car
- Helong 57 km southwest, about 57 min by car
- Hunchun 70 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Yanji, China, EditQ, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yanbian Univerisity of Science and Technology, Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 延吉帽儿山国家森林公园, 沧海夜风, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 延边大学求真楼 2, EditQ, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 渤海国建筑构件和装饰 (1), EditQ, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yanji No.1 Senior High School - Main Teaching Building, Theodore Xu, CC BY-SA 4.0
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