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Changchun Zoological And Botanical Park

7.4

4.5/5

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Changchun Zoological And Botanical Park is located at 2121 Ziyou Avenue, Nanguan District, Changchun. It is a diversified park integrating animal and plant exhibitions and science education, traditional Journey to the West themed performances, and a leisure camping area. Currently, Changchun Zoological And Botanical Park is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, covering an area of approximately 74 hectares, including 56 hectares of green space and 8.8 hectares of water. The park boasts beautiful scenery and abundant resources, with more than ten thousand plants and nearly a hundred species of animals and plants, including Asian elephants, giraffes, zebras, and rhinos. During the day, there are science shows and feeding sessions for small animals such as red pandas, hippos, and Asian elephants; at night, there are Journey to the West themed performances. It has been praised by netizens as "a theme park suited to Chinese children's tastes" and has obtained authorization from the 1986 CCTV adaptation of Journey to the West. With immersive scene design, a main stage and more than twenty sub-stage performances, the "snow cake monkey" feeding at the foot of Five Elements Mountain has gone viral. The leisure camping area offers a relaxed and comfortable experience, and the park also features nearly three thousand sets of decorative lanterns, bringing you into a dreamlike Journey to the West Fantasyland!

Changchun · 5.7 km from downtown

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PALACE MUSEUM OF THE PUPPET MANCHUKUO

7.1

Changchun · 10.1 km from downtown

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The Palace Museum of the Manchurian Regime is a cultural tourism landmark in Changchun that combines the dual attributes of "museum + attraction". It is currently a national first-class museum, a key cultural relics protection unit, one of the first batch of national AAAAA tourist attractions, a national patriotic education demonstration base, a national research and practice education base for primary and secondary schools, one of China's "most innovative museums", and an influential project unit of the International Council on Monuments and Sites. The Palace Museum of the Manchurian Regime is located at No. 5 Guangfu North Road, Kuancheng District, Changchun, Jilin Province. It was originally the Changchun salt warehouse in the late Qing Dynasty and later served as the official office of the Jilin-Heilongjiang Salt Tax Bureau during the early Republic of China. From 1932 to 1945, it was the imperial residence of Puyi, the puppet emperor of the Manchurian regime. In 1962, it became the Exhibition Hall of Imperialist Aggression in Northeast China and later the Exhibition Hall of the Manchurian Regime Palace. In 2000, it was officially renamed the Palace Museum of the Manchurian Regime, becoming an important site for patriotic education. In recent years, the Palace Museum of The Manchurian Regime has embraced the vision of "becoming a pioneer in innovative operations among China's museums and attractions." Through its development strategy focusing on academic excellence, creative revitalization, innovation-driven growth, and open sharing, it has achieved leapfrog progress in various operations and overall enhancement in museum management. The museum integrates six functional areas: the imperial core zone, the exhibition hall of northeast China's occupation history, the museum eye art palace, the M+ creative block, the interactive experience zone, and the administrative area. The palace museum of the Manchurian regime currently has 39 original displays of the Manchurian court including the Jixi building, Qinmin building, and Tongde hall, along with 4 large-scale permanent exhibitions and 12 thematic exhibitions. It has saved over 73,000 art pieces, including a large collection of Manchurian court relics, Japanese modern artifacts, northeastern China modern artifacts, folk relics, representative modern paintings and calligraphy, sculptures, and works by intangible cultural heritage inheritors.

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Changchun New World of Ice and Snow

6.9

4.4/5

1.5k reviews

For the 2025-2026 snow season, the 7th Changchun New World of Ice and Snow spans 1.56 million square meters with the theme "Ice and Snow Bless China, National Unity." The attraction features eight themed zones: Snow Lotus Dance Area, Splendid China Area, Ice Paradise, Rime Cloud Palace, Snow Fun Hub, Ice and Snow Entertainment Zone, Ice and Snow Competition Area, and Arctic Glacier. Over 200 ice and snow sculptures will adorn the park. The 760,000-square-meter ice and snow playground offers five themed series with more than 30 entertainment activities, including four major slides, eight smaller slides, and 36 children's slides distributed across different areas.

Changchun · 22.2 km from downtown

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Changchun Movie Wonderland

6.9

4.1/5

6.3k reviews

Changchun movie wonderland is located in the Jingyue high-tech industrial development zone, Changchun city, Jilin province, and is a movie-themed park. Changchun Movie Wonderland's entertainment programs are divided into four categories: innovative technology, thrilling adventures, performance experiences, and interactive games. These programs feature high technological content, strong experiential elements, and excellent interactivity. The park boasts "Changchun Movie Wonderland - space exploration" combining motion technology with dome screens, the orthogonal multi-screen special theater "space labyrinth," 3D giant screen cinema, and 4D theater "extreme lab." The 4D film "extreme lab" is exclusively copyrighted by Changchun Film Studio. Changchun Movie Wonderland has developed a series of movie-themed entertainment projects. These include the "milky way palace" movie stunt museum revealing special effects secrets, the eerie "haunted castle," a symbolic ancient mysterious tree, the Chinese-themed show "star shift," the free fall tower (drop ride), and the "sky dragon" roller coaster. The children's play area "cartoon zone" creates a dreamlike fairy tale world. For several consecutive years, the park has hosted spectacular lantern festivals integrating light displays, gourmet food, entertainment, performances, shopping, and leisure activities, lighting up Changchun's summer nights and leaving visitors enchanted.

Changchun · 11 km from downtown

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Changchun Film Studio

6.8

Changchun · 5.7 km from downtown

2k reviews

Changchun Film Studio is located in Chaoyang District, Changchun. Founded in 1945, it is the first film studio in China. It produces a total of more than a hundred feature films, mainly focusing on rural problems and wars. You can learn about the development of filming in China and many unheared movies from various gallaries here.

Changchun · 22.3 km from downtown

Tianding Mountain Tourism Town

6.7

4.8/5

133 reviews

Tiandingshan Tourism Resort TownIt is a comprehensive parent-child entertainment plaza, including dozens of landscape and amusement projects such as cute pet park, deer park, loop tour, extreme adventure, rainbow slide, etc.Tiandingshan Tourism Resort TownIt is committed to creating an environment where young people can get close to the natural environment, experience farming activities, organic ecological food and healthy living. It is a beautiful leisure and vacation rural life tourism destination.

No. 2 of Night Attractions in Jilin

The Hill

Changchun · 6.1 km from downtown

148 reviews

The Hill is a cultural, commercial, and tourism complex located in the Hongqi Street business district of Changchun. Its uniqueness lies in bringing a mountain indoors: upon entering, you are greeted by mountain-shaped architecture, with the main mountain path spiraling upward. Stone steps, alleys, courtyards, quaint plaques, and rocks are scattered throughout, accompanied by lush greenery, the sound of water, and birdsong, allowing you to experience the fun of mountain climbing without leaving the city. The entire mountain is enclosed indoors, so even in the cold Northeast winters, the mountain remains green, and you can visit as usual during rain or snow. Walking up the mountain path, you will find craft shops, bookstores, teahouses, general stores, and creative boutiques scattered along the way, while snack streets, cinemas, and theaters are also hidden within the mountain; the Wencham Pavilion at the highest point is the core view for overlooking the entire mountain, while the Wangshan Pavilion at the end of the route is perfect for a rest, offering a panoramic view of the mountainside. The spacious cave hall can host markets, exhibitions, and other events. Strolling here relies entirely on walking up steps, which tests your stamina and can be disorienting, but fortunately, the merchants along the way are happy to help with directions. If you catch immersive performances like the "Mountain Opening Ceremony," flash mobs and costume interactions will make your visit more engaging; after nightfall, the mountain remains brightly lit and bustling, making it a great place for weekend strolls and family-friendly outings, and a great spot to experience the local vibe of Changchun.

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Changchun World Sculpture Park

Changchun · 992m from downtown

1.1k reviews

Changchun World Sculpture Park is located in the core area of Changchun, covering nearly 92 hectares with 11.8 hectares of water area. It is a modern urban sculpture-themed attraction integrating natural landscapes and cultural scenery, recognized as a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and one of the first batch of "national key parks." Opened to the public on September 5, 2003, the park features delightful scenery with sculpture art blooming everywhere. Strolling through it, visitors can immerse themselves in artistic charm while enjoying the gentle breeze of nature. The park features five major squares, Moore Lake, and other scenic views, forming a layout of "one park with five museums." These include the Changchun sculpture art museum, Songshan Hanrong African art collection museum, Wei Xiaoming art museum, sculpture experience hall, and Changchun sculpture museum. The five museums fully showcase the perfect fusion of sculpture art and architectural art, with unique designs and rich connotations, earning widespread acclaim. Currently, the attraction houses over ten thousand artworks from 216 countries and regions worldwide, standing out for both the quantity and international diversity of its sculpture collection. It boasts five original works by the world-renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin, making it the sculpture park with the most Rodin originals in China.

No. 9 of Family-friendly Attractions in Jilin

Jilin Provincial Museum

6.4

4.5/5

256 reviews

Jilin Provincial Museum, formerly known as Jilin Provincial Museum, was founded in 1951 and moved to Changchun City with the provincial government in 1954. On April 28, 2016, the new building of Jilin Provincial Museum opened with a construction area of 32,000 square meters. Jilin Provincial Museum is a history and art museum directly under the Jilin Provincial Department of Culture and is a national first-class museum. As of July 2016, Jilin Provincial Museum has more than 120,000 cultural relics, including 295 first-class cultural relics, 3,379 second-class cultural relics, 14,280 third-class cultural relics, and nearly 100,000 other cultural relics. Among them, cultural relics from the Goguryeo, Bohai, Liao and Jin dynasties, as well as calligraphy and paintings from various dynasties in China, and cultural relics of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces occupy an important position in the country.

Changchun · 10.3 km from downtown

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