Dandong, for this city, this is a relatively new name, there are decades of history. The older generation never cared that it was called Dandong, but rather Andong. After the Tang Dynasty defeated Goguryeo, it set up the Andong Capital, which means stabilizing the east. The story of Xue Li's conquest of the East and Wang Baochai's 18 years in the cold kiln are familiar here. The name Dandong is changed after the anti-American war, from the meaning of the east of the red haze in the sky.
Dandong, near the river and the sea, rich in produce, is also the mouth of the Yalu River, the Yalu River is also the border between China and North Korea, thousands of years ago, there are human beings here to thrive.
The other side of Dandong is well known to the Chinese people because of the tragic war against the United States and North Korea. It was a war in which the volunteers fought in blood and made a name for themselves in the new China.
From the tourism point of view, Dandong is not widely known, today to a traveler's identity to lead you close to Dandong, close to the Yalu River.
To get to Dandong, the vast majority of travelers must go through the Shenyang transfer, Beijing also has a direct train to Dandong. After you get out of the station and continue straight across the street, there are many hotels to arrange accommodation, settle down, hungry, you can first go to taste the Dandong Korean cold noodles and cake. Then you can walk straight to the Yalu River. At the riverside, you can see the China-North Korea Railway Bridge, and on the right side of the bridge is the famous Yalu River Broken Bridge. You can take a slow tour along the river, and the streets on both sides of the bridge are full of stores selling North Korean goods, which are very busy. You can climb up to the Broken Bridge and feel the tragic scene when the American planes bombed the bridge.
In the evening, the lights come on. Moon Island is crowded with tourists, a wide range of special snacks will make your mouth watering, sitting on the riverside, drinking beer, you can see the faint lights on the other side of the river, and then look back at the Dandong side of the brilliant lights, pride will arise.
Near the Broken Bridge is a Koryo Hall, said to be officially run by North Korea. Ingredients are all supplied by North Korea, where the dog meat, spicy cabbage ... North Korea's authentic flavor of the meal is very good, the price is not high. The waitresses here are all pretty, and I heard that they are all selected by North Korean college students. There is a North Korean song and dance show at dinner time, no charge, you can enjoy it while eating, but you need to go a little earlier to make a reservation.
After walking across the Broken Bridge in Dandong City, we turned our attention to the estuary. Hekou is also a famous attraction in Dandong, where there is also a broken bridge. It was through this bridge that the martyr Mao Anying entered North Korea. You must take a boat ride here to get a full view of both sides of the Yalu River. The boat can be close to the North Korean side of the sightseeing, the North Korean side can not see a lot of people, there is a building, said to be some kind of women's prison, the building is mostly old and dilapidated.
Hekou was first made famous by the song "in that peach blossom place", where a large peach sweet and juicy, and iron pot stewed carp, catfish is famous, delicious. To go to the estuary has a passenger shuttle bus through here, is not very convenient, it is recommended to charter a car (the price is not high) to go.
We all know the Great Wall of China, that you know the easternmost section of the Great Wall is in Dandong? This is the Hushan Great Wall. Climb the Great Wall, the Yalu River scenery as far as the eye can see. Here there is a small attraction, called a step across, here and North Korea border, a step across the meaning of a step can be across the past, is out of the country to North Korea, but you do not go to try.
The hot springs of Dandong Wulongbei are also very famous, which is backed by the beautiful scenery of Wulong Mountain, and many national leaders and foreign heads of state have also come here. Guo Moruo returned from a visit to North Korea, the bath after the excitement, had a poem for the five dragon back hot springs, "chimney forests look at Andong, bathing hot springs across the five dragons". Small town hot spring hotels, hot spring inns, attracting a large number of tourists from all over the world to bathe in the summer.
Dandong's most famous seafood is yellow clams, large meat fat, very tasty, produced in Dandong Donggang. This is a county-level city under Dandong, probably because of the estuary, the seashore here is basically silt, but it is a paradise for birds, there are a large number of different birds in this place to reproduce habitat. There is a bird-watching platform here, which is a good place for bird-watching and photo-taking.
Dandong also has a Phoenix Mountain, the terrain is steep, the scenery is beautiful, the maple leaves are red in the fall, it is a beautiful mess, Qingshanggou, Tianqiaogou ... are all famous attractions in Dandong, where the streams are gurgling, as clear as a mirror, it is just a good place to go rafting. If you want the sea to surround you, go to the beach, to catch the sea ... then, here is another big deer island is also welcoming you.