Important: Wikitravel is exploring a license upgrade to CC by-sa 3.0, please give your consent or refusal here.

From Wikitravel

Yanji (延吉) is a city in Jilin Province.

[edit] Understand

Koreans first migrated to the Yanji area after a series of famines struck in 1869. The area, called the Yanbian Chaoxing (Korean) Autonomous Prefecture, is the home of the largest group of ethnic Koreans living outside of Korea. Since large areas of Yanbian were off-limits to travelers, the tourist facilities and people who speak English are kind of non-existent at the moment but that is changing.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By Plane

Flights are available to all major Chinese cities and Seoul, Korea on a daily basis from the airport (IATA: YNJ) 6km west of the train station.

[edit] By Train

Yanji Zhan

• Beijing - takes about 24 hours
• Changchun - takes about 10 hours

[edit] By Bus

Dongbeiya Keyun Zhan Location: Chang Bai Lu, northeast of the train station

• Chang Bai Shan - takes about 3-5 hours

Yanji Zhan Parking Lot

• BeiHe - takes about 4 hours

[edit] Get around

[edit] Talk

Unsurprisingly, due to its large Korean population, the Hamgyong dialect of Korean is widely spoken in Yanji. However, most ethnic Koreans in Yanji will be billingual in Mandarin and Korean, so Mandarin-speaking visitors should not have much of a problem. All official signs will also be written in both Chinese characters and Korean hangul.

[edit][add listing] See

• Longtou Mountain.  edit

[edit][add listing] Do

It is possible to visit the DPRK, and in particular Rason on visa free 1-4 day trips. Companies such as Young Pioneer Tours [1] can help arrange these trips for as little as a few hundred Euro. Hiking in Mt Baektu, there are a few direct tourist buss from Yanji city to a few of the most beautiful areas in the montain, the price is as low as a few Euro.

[edit][add listing] Buy

[edit][add listing] Eat

cool noodle:characteristic food of Korean-Chinese,authentic taste is nowhere else to be found

[edit][add listing] Drink

[edit][add listing] Sleep

• Baishan Mansion, 2 Youyi Rd., Yanji City, ☎ (0433)2515956 (fax: (0433)2519493).  edit

[edit] Get out

Yanji is the gateway for Changbaishan National Nature Reserve, located about 5 hours southwest of town.